career inspiration

New Year, New Work?

New Year, New Work?

So, you want to find new work in the new year? There are a few questions you should ask yourself before you do. For true career happiness, knowing what particular ship you want to be on the crew of is key!

How to Be Inspired on the Job When You’re Just Tapped Out

How to Be Inspired on the Job When You’re Just Tapped Out

There are lots of reasons for getting demotivated in your career. You're probably out of inspiration and wanted to just lay out on your couch all day. It is totally understandable, everyone goes through it at some point. But here are some tricks you can do to get back getting inspired on your job because it's important to get inspired on a job that you love.

10 Ways To Not Hate Your Job (All The Time)

10 Ways To Not Hate Your Job (All The Time)

Does your job make you feel that if Karen in accounting so much as looks at you in the breakroom you’re gonna put a fork in the microwave on ‘high’ for 2 minutes? Here are 10 Ways to Not Hate Your Job (All The Time).

Your Job Was LOST, Now What?

Your Job Was LOST, Now What?

Your job is being eliminated - WTF do you do? Technologies, industries, and markets all change. If you are in a role that is being diminished due to change what do you do after a job loss? Reinventing yourself and starting over after a job loss is terrifying but here are some tips you can do to handle a job loss.

When Your Dream Job Sucks: It's Not You

When Your Dream Job Sucks: It's Not You

Sometimes jobs just suck. Even dream ones. Here are my 3 reasons why when your dream job sucks it's not you AND what to do about it.

How to Be a Great Leader: 10 Ways to Do It Right

How to Be a Great Leader: 10 Ways to Do It Right

But how do I become a better leader? I hear you asking.

Everyone has the right to sit and delegate tasks to other offices, but effective management requires more. Effective leadership impacts both their team members and the business. Employees working with excellent leaders generally feel more happy, productive and more in touch with their organization, which is a ripple effect on your business bottom line. A good leader will improve not only their business outcomes but their team members too.

The One Thing Most Women Do Wrong In Their Careers

The One Thing Most Women Do Wrong In Their Careers

There is no one else who is doing the work of rooting for you the way you can. If you take the time to create a plan, to outline what success looks like for you and what outcome you're working for - you can achieve any goals that you set.

Job Skills: Don't Do What You CAN Do, Do What You WANT To Do

Job Skills: Don't Do What You CAN Do, Do What You WANT To Do

Many people who are trying to figure out what they want to do with their careers - want to DO IT NOW! They want to skip really important steps because they want to just figure it out right now. However they have some steps that they need to follow. I believe it every single person should start with some of the BIG “life questions” like “Why do I work?”, “What is Meaningful to me?” you know, “How do I want to be in the world?” You should start here, but there a lot of people that are just not even wanting to do those questions - they want to skip ahead. So, the next thing that they get to is “Okay, I'm going to write out a list of all of the things that I can do.” Then they write out a list of skills that they can do and they start looking at jobs that line up with the skill sets they have. That's actually the wrong way to go about it…

Visualize Work Not Sucking

Visualize Work Not Sucking

Career fulfillment is a 100% personal concept. Fulfillment doesn’t mean you need to wake up every day with hearts and rainbows in your eyes about your job, but it does need to mean that you get true satisfaction from it - beyond a paycheck. What is fulfilling for one person could be a nightmare for another so you will need to define what “fulfillment” means -  for you.

How to Fight The Fear and Make the Career Change You Need

How to Fight The Fear and Make the Career Change You Need

Making any change is scary - making career change can fill you full of fear. Whether you’re looking to change careers, get a promotion, start your own business or more, follow these steps and you’ll be well on your way to moving past the fear that’s holding you back.