Category: Success

Building Trust: What makes trust so valuable in leadership? What is the role of this trait in the relationship between leaders and their teams? Great leaders may have the authority to demand that their teams follow. But by building trust, great leaders instill in their teams the powerful instinct to follow.  ~ www.jaywren.com   Building…… Continue reading Building Trust and the Role of this Trait in Leadership

Leadership Types: Leadership is a trait that can start from any place in an organization, but usually starts at the top, and runs throughout the entire organization. Great leaders create great organizations through picking and developing winning teams.  Bad leaders can create failure in any organization. Leadership Study from Literature “The Caine Mutiny” is a…… Continue reading Leadership Types: Success and Failure

Becoming Aware: Doing one thing at a time and clearing my mind of everything else, these steps empower my mind to a higher level of thinking. Becoming Aware: My Promise to Myself Today I am going to do one thing at a time.  I will start the day by going over my plan for the…… Continue reading Becoming Aware: The Power of Living in the Present Moment.

Leadership Development:  How can companies hire and train future leaders? Here are steps companies can take to strengthen company 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 leadership Increase…… Continue reading Leadership Development: 4 Steps to Creating Future Leaders

USA Small Business Administration helps entrepreneurs plan, launch, manage, and grow their business. Two government web pages that will help you find support for your business are “U.S. Small Business Administration: Start and Grow Your Business” and “USA.gov: Small Business” “Small businesses make up: 99.7 percent of U.S. employer firms.”  SBA.gov U.S. Small Business Administration…… Continue reading U.S. Small Business Administration: Government Support for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs accept greater risks to operate their own business. In return, successful entrepreneurs can enjoy greater independence over their activities, greatly increase their income, and gain greater control over how and where they do business. Entrepreneurs: Is it Time for You to Start Your Own Business? Prior to entering recruiting, I worked for two terrific…… Continue reading Entrepreneurs: Is It Time to Start Your Own Business?

Career Inside Track:  As a job seeker, you will face a number of challenges. Here are three of them. First, knowing whether they are looking at the right job. Second, gaining the experience employers are seeking. Third, getting to know people who can help them on the inside of a company. Here five ways you…… Continue reading Career Inside Track: Testing Driving a Job while Gaining Experience

Stay Flexible: Becoming established in your career gives you success and security.  But the world changes. Industries change. Career opportunities change.  What should you be doing in a world of career uncertainty? Stay Curious and Aware Remain curious. Accept the realities of an ever-changing world of business.  You might need to return to college or obtain…… Continue reading Stay Flexible: Career Assessment is an Ongoing Process

Hardest Interview Question: “Why were you fired?” How do you handle the most difficult question in interviewing?  How do you prepare your answer?  How do you deliver it? There are several difficult Interview questions. Explaining why you lost your job is the hardest.  However, preparation can help. Write down and rehearse your answer. Do not…… Continue reading Hardest Interview Question: “Why Were You Fired?”

Loving the present moment. Working on turning It every day into Friday.

Sales: Why is it that some companies have return customers and continue to attract new customers?  Does the way they sell make a difference? Sales is About Helping People Get What They Want. ~ www.jaywren.com Sales: How to Stop Selling and Start Helping People. The most important thing a salesperson can do is to help…… Continue reading Sales: How to Stop Selling and Start Helping People

Success: What are the things that successful people do to build a long-term career? Can you do these things? Can you repeat them throughout your career? Success: How do Successful People Create Long-Term Success? During three decades working as a corporate recruiter, I saw people do many things to create successful careers. Here are five…… Continue reading Success: How do Successful People Create Long-Term Success?

Enjoy life: Do you find yourself overwhelmed with work or with personal and family challenges? How do you find a way to step back and take it easy? “Lighten up while you still can. …and take it easy.” “Take it Easy” lyrics by The Eagles Enjoy Life. Not only should you enjoy life.  Moreover, you should live…… Continue reading Enjoy Life: How Do You Step Back and Take It Easy?

ragging: The Wrong Way to Impress People.  What are the things people don’t want to hear?  How can you attract people without annoying them with bragging? Most of your friends want you to have nice things.  Furthermore, they want to have nice things happen to you. However, when you make the focus about you and…… Continue reading Bragging: The Wrong Way to Impress People

I have never known a rebel who was boring. ~ www.jaywren.com Rebels: Companies have guidelines and rules.  But what do you do when the guidelines no longer provide you security? Do you have enough of the rebel in you to change your life and, perhaps, even the lives of people around you? Rebels: Is Conforming…… Continue reading Rebels: Is Conforming to the System Killing Your Career?

Do You Want to Get Promoted?  Here are twelve things that will help you achieve your goals and receive the credit you deserve. #1 Get things done. The phrase “[He] gets things done” is the description that appeared on “Mashable” as a description of Sundar Pichai as he assumed the role as the new CEO…… Continue reading Do You Want to Get Promoted? Do These Twelve Things.

Daily Steps to Success: Here are 8 things you can do every day.  These things are simple.  These simple steps will increase the joy and productivity in your workday. How do you make success a habit?  Repeat the things that make you successful and repeat them daily.  Here are 8 daily steps to success that…… Continue reading 8 Simple and Powerful Daily Steps to Success

Conquering Self-doubt Highly successful people experience self-doubt.  Sometimes life is uncertain.  But highly successful people find ways to conquer self-doubt. “We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate, so too do the layers of prejudice, fear and guilt.…… Continue reading Highly Successful People: 7 Quotes to Live By

Successful People Turn Bad Days into Great Days! “It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.” The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen R. Covey When I am having a bad day, I can strain to push myself through the day.  Ruminating, sulking, and whining are…… Continue reading Successful People Turn Bad Days into Great Days!

3 Times When You Should Never Take Advice When it comes to making good decisions, knowing when to take advice and when not to take advice can make all the difference in the world. The Best Intentions Do you know people who are more than ready to give you advice? They hear about things going…… Continue reading 3 Times When You Should Never Take Advice

Don’t Wait for Success to Be Happy. Happiness doesn’t happen in the future.  Nothing exists in the future.  Everything can only exist here and now.  Becoming happy today gives us energy and brings joy to our lives. While many people spend time thinking about the future, other people are living in the present moment to…… Continue reading Are Happy People More Successful?

Unfollow and Down Vote: Your Real Power on the Internet Unfollow and down vote are consumer power on the Internet.  As a shopper, you have the consumer power of choosing where you spend your money. As an Internet user, you have the same power with your choice of sites that you visit and the posts you see. You…… Continue reading Unfollow and Down Vote: Your Internet Power

Attitude Negotiation Changing my attitude creates self-wins.  Sometimes I believe that I need to negotiate better conditions at work.  A good place to start those negotiations is with that voice between my ears. When I am in a bad mood, I see the negatives in other people and in my circumstances more easily.  When I…… Continue reading Attitude Negotiation: Creating Self-Wins

Wrongful Termination Wrongful termination is a legal issue. I read questions on Internet forums every day.  Often these questions are about handling termination situations.  A company fires a person.  The person goes on the Internet to get advice on suing the company that fired them. The people responding with advice give their qualifications. They state…… Continue reading Wrongful Termination: What You Need to Know

Successful Telephone Meetings In a virtual world, the skills for successful telephone meetings are as important as the skills for face-to-face meetings.  Before a telephone meeting, prepare as though you will be sitting in a room with other people.  Your goal is to learn and contribute as much as possible as quickly as possible.  Even…… Continue reading Successful Telephone Meetings

There are many career skills for success.  These six simple skills save time, increase productivity, and reduce stress. Clean up as you go along. This is such a simple skill, which makes everything else much simpler.  If I have an empty coffee cup on my desk, I can easily take it with me when I walk…… Continue reading 6 Powerful Career Skills You Can Use Right Now

My latest skills development project is learning how write a book. When I built my first website, I had articles on how to make a job change.  I began to post links to other useful articles.  I added a newsletter to my website. My son suggested that I begin to write articles for my website…… Continue reading Learning How to Write a Book

Eleven things that annoy coworkers is a starter list for etiquette around the workplace.  You might want to read more articles on the subject.  Being annoying is not the best way to advance your career. Using Big Words and Jargon to Impress People Using big words to impress people is phony and annoying. Building your…… Continue reading Eleven Things that Annoy Co-Workers

Dealing with an angry boss is a skill that every great manager must develop.  Even the best bosses will eventually find themselves frustrated with something that you have done.  Here are some tips that have worked for me. Listen to what your boss has to say about the problem. Let them air out their feelings. …… Continue reading Dealing with an Angry Boss

`Parla con il suonatore d’organetto e non con la scimmietta. Talk to the organ grinder and not the monkey. Titles and Functions The concept of the organ grinder and the monkey is about titles and functions.  Overcoming intimidating titles (Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chairman, etc.) is valuable in many ways.…… Continue reading Overcoming Intimidating Titles

Learning as a lifestyle is as simple as remaining curious. Knowledge is more available than ever.  Here are some common sources. Internet encyclopedias and dictionaries to clarify issues and provides facts Forums that range from LinkedIn Groups, Reddit, and specific information related to product uses Do-It-Yourself Websites Search engines to guide an Internet user to…… Continue reading Learning as a Lifestyle

Are you working too hard to become successful in your job? I worked with a recruiter who earned $200,000 – $500,000 a year for over twenty years.  The person would sit down at her desk at 8:00 AM.  She would take a thirty-minute walk at noon. She left the office every day at 3:00 PM…… Continue reading Are You Working too Hard?

The Disney Half Marathon is an event I value in terms of family time.  As a kid growing up in Houston, the idea that I would ever visit Disneyland was a far-fetched fantasy.  My family vacations were times when I went to small towns in Texas and visited relatives.  The fact that I have been…… Continue reading The Disney Half Marathon

The comedy of my pursuit of perfection probably began years ago. However, I learned from developing websites that I could waste a great deal of time trying to perfect things that just have no point at which they become perfect. When I began to learn to edit my websites, I studied website coding. I learned…… Continue reading Perfection, When Is It Worth It?

During my service as a Navy officer aboard an aircraft carrier, I piloted the ship so that there was enough wind down the deck for planes to take off and land.  Sometimes, the wind speeds would gusts up and down.  When necessary, Navy aviators would use afterburners to increase the thrust to launch their planes…… Continue reading Performance Afterburners

Shakespeare Learned by Doing.  You can, too. William Shakespeare had a basic public school education.  He studied grammar and Latin classics.  It was common for playwrights during Shakespeare’s time to have a Bachelor of Arts and even a Master of Arts degree from Cambridge. Here are examples of the education of some of Shakespeare’s contemporaries.…… Continue reading Shakespeare Learned by Doing

Companies Use Social Media for Hiring. Companies use social media to find job candidates. Companies use social media profiles to weed out weak candidates. Companies use social media to terminate workers who break company policy on what workers can say and write in public. Candidates who get high marks as job applicants often market themselves with…… Continue reading Companies Use Social Media for Hiring