Top 3 Resume Red Flags (And How to Fix Them)
In this blog post, we look at what a manager is experiencing when they’re reviewing your resume, what red flags they might be looking out for, and how to avoid them ruining your chances at…
Balancing Empathy & Results As A Leader
Introduction This week’s Ask-A-Coach question comes from a leader who wants to know “how to be an empathetic leader and also ensure employees are delivering above expectations”. Their goal is to “understand where leaders draw…
How to be an Influential Leader
This week’s Ask A Coach question is: “what are some ways to be an influential leader, rather than just a manager?”. Their question comes from a desire to influence their team members, and a concern…
Feedback: An Introvert’s Perspective
Conventional Approaches to Feedback Most of what’s been written about receiving feedback focuses on how to manage your emotions and be grateful for the feedback. The tips usually sound like this: The advice sounds like…
Introversion & High Sensitivity in the Workplace
Introduction Introverts and highly sensitive people are, unfortunately, still widely misunderstood and undervalued in North American society–and especially in the workplace. Seen and judged as unsociable, shy, overly reserved and risk-adverse, their traits fly in…
Feedback, Advice, Mentoring & Coaching
Introduction In the course of your career (and likely life as well), you’ll come across unsolicited feedback and advice. You’ll also often consider seeking feedback, advice, mentoring and/or coaching to improve your performance or help…
Work Friendships
Introduction A lot has been written about the importance of having friends at work, including in a recent 2022 report from Gallup. I would guess that most people who have had work friends before, during…
Feedback Is A Gift
Like a gift, sometimes feedback is more about the giver than the receiver. Introduction A lot has been written about feedback, but mostly about how to give feedback. What I’ve seen written about receiving feedback…
3 Benefits of a Leadership Council
Introduction Formally, a council is a group of people who assemble to consult, discuss or make decisions on various topics. Many governing bodies have such councils and we see them replicated in fictional worlds (like…
Quiet Quitting Antidotes
Introduction The conversation sparked by the misnomer of “quiet quitting” has been an interesting one. Arianna Huffington has reinforced that we need to protect against burnout, Kevin O’Leary calls for people to get the job…