Continuing our New Year/New Career theme, this inquiry on top job boards is perfectly timed. Please write in and tell me about a career challenge or frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana Theus Dear Dana: I have been looking for a job for several months and have applied for jobs on all...
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our weekly column to give you career and workplace advice/coaching. Please write in and tell me about a career challenge or frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana TheusDear Dana,My situation is that I am embarking on a second career. I’ve been a career paralegal...
By Jessica Thiefels Networking can be hard, nervewracking, expensive and time-consuming. It can also afford you otherwise unavailable job opportunities and ultimately provide you with the tools you need to find success and stand out in your field. Especially as we head into the New Year, when...
Bosses, Do you know what’s really going on in your organizations? According to the Speak Truth to Power Survey I fielded last month, no. You’re often not hearing what your people really think. According to my unscientific-but-interesting poll, almost half your potential workforce (48%) indicated...
Popular culture is entranced with the idea of transformation. Just look at our blockbuster movies that feature all kinds of magic, relationships renewed and personal bests beat despite the odds. We love our stories of redemption and renewal, all of which celebrate the potential for human beings to...
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our weekly column to give you career and workplace advice/coaching. Please write in and tell me about a career challenge or frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana Theus Hello Dana, [Note is abbreviated-ed.] Quite complicated and online advice is scant. I would love...
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our weekly column to give you career and workplace advice/coaching. Please write in and tell me about a career challenge or frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana Theus Dear Dana, I used to love my job; recently my colleague caught me complaining about it. I guess...
In a recent leadership development workshop I facilitated, one woman bravely spoke her truth about the reality of the toxic corporate culture they all worked in. It was dysfunctional. Managers were petty and their pettiness was only overshadowed by the pettiness of the leaders above them. All...
We welcome back Vreneli Stadelmaier to talk about imposter syndrome. This time, we’ll talk about imposter syndrome and how it impacts the fluid career. There was recently a wonderful article at HBR.com about competence vs. confidence and how people respond to both. How does this relate to...
Carri is a true entrepreneur and product designer. I originally met her at one of the Dallas co-working centers, and later we had many conversations and built a friendship at the Dallas Entrepreneur Center. Her energy is infectious. Her drive is focused. She constantly solves problems and creates...
