Career Change: Below are powerful tools and suggestions others have found helpful in making an effective career move. 4 Essential Steps to a Highly Successful Career Change Resume Resume Cover Letter Interview Preparation Thank You Letter You don’t have to do everything for success. But you do have to do the right things. ~ www.jaywren.com…… Continue reading 4 Essential Steps to a Highly Successful Career Change
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Quit Struggling to Get Jobs Below Your Qualifications
Qualifications: Quit Struggling to Get Jobs Below Your Qualifications. Are you frustrated, because hiring companies will not see you for jobs you can do easily? Are you overqualified for these jobs. There risks to you and the employer in hiring people who are overqualified. Risks to Employers Speaking as a recruiter, I can tell you…… Continue reading Quit Struggling to Get Jobs Below Your Qualifications
Impact Writing: 4 Ways to Engage Your Reader
Impact writing: In a digital world, everyone is a writer. However, not everyone entered the digital world with the same writing skills. How can you engage your readers for action and interest? 4 Ways to Engage Your Reader with Impact Writing Don’t Add the Word, “Very.” Don’t write “Is, Was, and By.” Use Words that…… Continue reading Impact Writing: 4 Ways to Engage Your Reader
Time Management: Building the Skills for Staying on Task
Time Management: Success comes from getting things done. Successful people use their time effectively to accomplish more. ~ www.jaywren.com Big Projects and Time Management When going through lengthy periods with big projects, I sometimes forget to set a daily schedule. Deadlines come at me quickly. The most pressing tasks take priority over everything else. But…… Continue reading Time Management: Building the Skills for Staying on Task
Character: Four Leadership Traits for Long-Term Success
Character traits for leadership are more than a leader’s personality. These traits are a leaders’ moral, emotional, and mental makeup. What character traits empower leaders to excel? Leadership Character Traits They are many character traits that make leaders successful. Here are four of those traits. Accountability Authenticity Commitment Humility Accountability President Harry Truman said, “The…… Continue reading Character: Four Leadership Traits for Long-Term Success
Creating Future Leaders: 4 Steps to Leadership Development
Creating Future Leaders: How can companies hire and train future leaders? Here are four steps companies can take to strengthen their leadership for the long term. The Four Steps to Creating Future Leaders Creating future leaders is critical to the long-term growth of a company. ~ www.jaywren.com Hire for leadership Establish Authority & Responsibility Teach for…… Continue reading Creating Future Leaders: 4 Steps to Leadership Development
Career Intelligence: Aligning Your Career with Your Brain
Career Intelligence: Aligning your career with the way your brain works will increase your ability to excel in the workplace. How can you shape your career around the way that you are smart? What Kind of Solutions Come Easy for You? Creating a career that matches the way you think can empower you for success. To…… Continue reading Career Intelligence: Aligning Your Career with Your Brain
Triggers: When Emotions Control Our Thinking
Triggers are anything that cause negative emotoinal response. Everyone feels stress. However, the degree that people experience stress, the things that create stress, and the way people respond to stress varies. Different Triggers for Different People We all have individual triggers. I say individual triggers, because different things create different feelings and different responses in…… Continue reading Triggers: When Emotions Control Our Thinking
Toxic People: How to Deal with Destructive Personalities
Toxic people create stress that spreads throughout an organization. What are the skills that you can develop not only to survive but to grow around destructive personalities? Change What You Control If you can control the actions of toxic people, your first step is to stop what these people are doing. The way that I…… Continue reading Toxic People: How to Deal with Destructive Personalities
Job Search Timing: The Things You Must Know
ob search timing. Is this the right time in your career to make a job change? What are the things you must know to answer this question? Success is greatest when timing meets necessity. ~ www.jaywren.com Are You in the Wrong Job? Here are some questions that will help you know that it’s time to…… Continue reading Job Search Timing: The Things You Must Know
Become Discovered: How Powerful People Find Great Jobs
Become discovered: You have all the skills, the talent, intelligence, charisma, and emotional intelligence for success. But what does it matter if no one knows? To Become Discovered, Spread the Word. Retailers, manufacturers, and service providers have resources for putting their name out there. They run ads in print, radio, television, social media, and billboards.…… Continue reading Become Discovered: How Powerful People Find Great Jobs
Job Change: 4 Powerful Steps Executive Officers Use
ob Change: What are the things you must know to conduct a successful job search? These four tips might help you launch the career you deserve. Making a Job Change Scott Wallace is a CPG executive officer and a long-time client. Recently, he asked me to help two undergrads launch their career. Here is the note…… Continue reading Job Change: 4 Powerful Steps Executive Officers Use
Productivity: 5 Things Highly Successful People Do Differently
Being busy means nothing. Success comes from getting things done. ~ www.jaywren.com Productivity: Some people have a successful career based on their ability to get things done. Other people accomplish less and their careers fail. Why? 1. Have a Simple Productivity Process Bricklayers start the day with the same tools and supplies. From there they…… Continue reading Productivity: 5 Things Highly Successful People Do Differently
Simplicity: The Essential Leadership Skill for Success
Simplicity: As situations become more complex, simplicity is a powerful tool. How do leaders eliminate the clutter to create success? Simplicity creates clarity and empowers leaders to remove the roadblocks to success. www.jaywren.com The Clarity of Simplicity Simplicity creates clarity. When leaders speak with simplicity, their message is easier to understand. Simplifying their schedule creates…… Continue reading Simplicity: The Essential Leadership Skill for Success
Happiness: Making Better Choices About How We Feel
Happiness is easy when everything is going our way. Some people seem happy all the time. How can we be happy even when life is challenging? Feeling unhappy is normal. Staying unhappy is not. ~ www.jaywren.com Happiness Takes Place Inside of Our Head. When things frustrate, disappoint, or anger us, we feel unhappy. These unhappy…… Continue reading Happiness: Making Better Choices About How We Feel
People: 18 Point Check-Off List for Making Great Hires
People: What are the steps for building teams? How do you know which person is best for the work you need done? If a company has great people at all levels, great goods and services will follow. ~ www.jaywren.com The Challenging Work of Selecting Great People As a recruiter who worked with wonderful human resources people…… Continue reading People: 18 Point Check-Off List for Making Great Hires
Winning Behavior: 8 Bad Habits to Break
inning Behavior: The things we don’t do are as important as the things we do to be a winner in the workplace. Here are eight things to avoid as you work to build a successful career and become a leader among your peers. Sometimes it’s the things that you don’t do that count the most.…… Continue reading Winning Behavior: 8 Bad Habits to Break
Luck Needs Action. We Have to Play to Win.
Luck comes to those who act. Fate decides who wins. But acting often and acting smarter increases our odds of turning fate in our favor. Luck needs action. We must play to win. In the Lottery, buying a ticket comes before success. ~ www.jaywren.com Good Luck I have had good luck and bad luck. But…… Continue reading Luck Needs Action. We Have to Play to Win.
Job Counter Offers: The Stress of Leaving a Company
Job counter offers are ways companies avoid the annoyances of losing employees at the wrong time. ~ www.jaywren.com Should you stay or should you go? Job counter offers are risky. If you stay, the reasons you resigned seldom go away. In addition, when you met with your boss to turn in your resignation, you showed…… Continue reading Job Counter Offers: The Stress of Leaving a Company
Self-Empowerment: 5 Traits of Highly Productive People
Self-Empowerment: What are the things that successful people do for themselves to create power other people never have? Are they things that you can do? People who empower themselves don’t see the world as the source of their problems. ~www.jaywren.com What is Self-Empowerment and How Can We Achieve it? Self-empowerment is taking control of your…… Continue reading Self-Empowerment: 5 Traits of Highly Productive People
Complaints: How Top Managers Manage Feedback
Complaints are a grievance issue, not a management feedback issue. Knowing the difference is important to becoming a strong manager. www.jaywren.com Why do weak managers confuse complaints with reporting a problem? How can we train managers to build teams with an effective flow of information? The Difference Reporting a problem is feedback that something isn’t…… Continue reading Complaints: How Top Managers Manage Feedback
Persuasive Presentations: 10 Powerful Steps to Success
Giving successful persuasive presentations takes more than showing up. ~ www.jaywren.com Persuasive Presentations What are the things that make persuasive presentations successful? How can you persuade your audience to accept your proposal? Here are 10 powerful steps for giving a persuasive presentation. Whether you are in an salary negotiation, business meeting, or sales call, these…… Continue reading Persuasive Presentations: 10 Powerful Steps to Success
15 Leadership Soft Skills that Create Greatness
Leadership soft skills: What are the leadership soft skills that create great employees and successful companies. How can you develop these skills? The most successful leaders not only develop technical skills; they also develop powerful leadership soft skills. ~ www.jaywren.com 15 Leadership Soft Skills that Create Greatness “That some achieve great success is proof to…… Continue reading 15 Leadership Soft Skills that Create Greatness
Internet Trolls: How to Steal Their Power
Internet Trolls: A personal story about killing the power of an Internet troll by not responding to them. This method might work for you. When we troll the Internet trolls, we only give them more power. On the Internet, criticism is attention, and Internet trolls love attention. Take away their power by ignoring them. ~…… Continue reading Internet Trolls: How to Steal Their Power
Trust: The Most Important Trait of Leadership
Trust: What makes this trait so valuable to leaders? What is the role of this trait in the relationship between leaders and their teams? Building trust can take years; losing trust can happen in an instant. ~ jaywren.com Creating Trust There several traits that make leaders great. Intelligence. Emotional maturity. High energy. Decisiveness. But…… Continue reading Trust: The Most Important Trait of Leadership
Composure: How to Overcome Meeting Anxiety
Composure: Whether they make mistakes or simply must deal with intimidating people, everyone has stressful moments in meetings. How can you stay composed? Composure creates poise under pressure. ~ www.jaywren.com Composure: How to Overcome Meeting Anxiety Anxiety in meetings can be a problem for anyone. However, whether you have natural poise or suffer social anxiety,…… Continue reading Composure: How to Overcome Meeting Anxiety
Great Leaders: 7 Steps to Creating Greatness in Others
Great Leaders: Some leaders are not only great themselves, but also inspire others to become great. What do they do differently? Great leaders do more than achieve success. They create greatness in others. ~ www.jaywren.com Great Leaders: 7 Steps to Creating Greatness in Others Some leaders have command presence. Colin Powell is an example of…… Continue reading Great Leaders: 7 Steps to Creating Greatness in Others
No Job Plan: Why Long-Term Career Plans Fail
No Job Plan: To increase your income, do you plan to change jobs every three years? On the other hand, do you plan a career at the same company? No Job Plan: Why Long-Term Career Plans Fail Are you basing your career on changing jobs every three years to increase your income? On the other…… Continue reading No Job Plan: Why Long-Term Career Plans Fail
Winning Teams: 5 Traits that Lead to Team Success
Winning Teams: How is it that some teams continue to win while other teams continue to lose? What are the things that winning teams do differently? Here are some traits for team success. The power of winning teams exceeds the power of the individual members. ~ www.jaywren.com Winning Teams: 5 Traits that Lead to Team…… Continue reading Winning Teams: 5 Traits that Lead to Team Success
Confidence: How to Feel Comfortable in a Crowd
Confidence: From time to time, everyone feels insecure. Our feelings turn inward. Here are five tips for turning insecurity into poise and confidence. Confidence: Only You Can Deny Yourself Permission to Feel Comfortable in a Crowd. ~ www.jaywren.com Confidence: How to Feel Comfortable in a Crowd I have a fair amount of confidence in a crowd.…… Continue reading Confidence: How to Feel Comfortable in a Crowd
Perspective: How to Refocus, Realign, and Create Happiness
Perspective: How is it that some people live balanced lives while other people damage themselves and their relationship through a loss of perspective? When perspective is not automatic, the happiest people create perspective. ~ www.jaywren.com Perspective: How to Refocus, Realign, and Create Happiness These three steps help me keep perspective. They may help you. Refocus.…… Continue reading Perspective: How to Refocus, Realign, and Create Happiness
Authenticity: The First Step to Greatness
Authenticity: Why are rebels so appealing? Why are they so successful? Authenticity – The First Step to Greatness If you copy other people, you are an impersonator. When you remake the work of other people in ways that it becomes your own work, you are authentic. When authenticity leads you to break the rules and…… Continue reading Authenticity: The First Step to Greatness
Wisdom: How to Choose Intelligence over Bias
Wisdom: Is this a hollow word? A meaningless concept? Or is wisdom a powerful force that is available to everyone who seeks it. The voice of wisdom is always there, even when we can’t hear it. ~ www.jaywren.com The Wisdom to See Through Bias Wisdom is that quiet voice that makes us pause and question…… Continue reading Wisdom: How to Choose Intelligence over Bias
Bias: How We Interpret the World with Our Feelings
ias is the noise above reason and wisdom, but is it always bad? What role does it play in decision making and in governing our actions? It is always easy to believe the voice of my own bias. I have always heard it. ~ www.jaywren.com Bias: How We Interpret the World with Our Feelings Bias…… Continue reading Bias: How We Interpret the World with Our Feelings
4 Traits that Form the Foundation of Great Teams
Great Teams: Why is it that some organizations always create great teams? Additionally, why is it that other organizations never create great teams? Creating the foundation for great teams is fundamental to the management of any organization. ~ www.jaywren.com 4 Traits that Form the Foundation of Great Teams On every list that I read, Google,…… Continue reading 4 Traits that Form the Foundation of Great Teams
Reduce Turnover with These Powerful Steps
The most valuable assets of any company walk out the door at the end of the day. Ensuring that those assets return the next day is the obligation of all managers. ~ www.jaywren.com Reduce Turnover with These Powerful Steps. With these steps, you will reduce turnover and increase the value of your employees. Match Jobs…… Continue reading Reduce Turnover with These Powerful Steps
Synergy: Increasing Success By Creating Great Teams
Synergy: How do companies create teams that produce greater results together than the total results of the team members working separately? “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” ~ Aristotle Collaboration and Synergy Synergy is the process of combining the efforts of individuals or organizations to produce greater results together than the…… Continue reading Synergy: Increasing Success By Creating Great Teams
Interview Feedback: How a Thank You Letter Can Land You a Job
Interview Feedback: Have you had interviews and have no idea how well the interview went? A thank you letter can help you land the job. “If you need interview feedback, sometimes all you need to do is ask for it.” www.jaywren.com Interview Feedback: How A Thank You Letter Can Land You a Job After an interview,…… Continue reading Interview Feedback: How a Thank You Letter Can Land You a Job
Phone Interviews: Are they a waste of time?
hone Interviews: Are they a waste of time? The Essential Phone Interview Handbook by Paul Bailo Do you really need to bother preparing for phone interviews? It is just a phone call. It is not as though the person on the phone can see you. Can you accomplish anything at all? You’ve already invested time…… Continue reading Phone Interviews: Are they a waste of time?
Learn to Love Your Job.
Until you get the job you love, learn to love the job you have. ~ www.jaywren.com Learn to love your job. If you have a job, any job, you can learn to love your job until you move on to the place you want to go. If you are a manager, the more pleasure you…… Continue reading Learn to Love Your Job.