Category Archives: Career

Advice to ‘dead man walking’: Stay true north

How to navigate tough times at work—and find your way forward.
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If the hat fits, wear it

My friend lamented that people don’t wear enough hats. What he was really talking about was the roles we wear at work.
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A labor of love

What makes a good, or rather, a great manager? Learning from an exceptional role model who led by example.
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Take my network … please

For those taking the plunge into the professional networking pool, nothing can be more daunting than navigating social media. Nevertheless, with a few basic guiding principles, these sites can be powerful tools.
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‘Gears of genius’

For freelancers, our creative locus can be wherever and whatever we want and need it to be.
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Be the tofu

Be the tofu. No, not bland, boring or tasteless. Rather, find career satisfaction and success in being versatile and adaptable. A delicious post with recipe.
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The intersection of passion & profession

What do we do with the timeless advice: discover your passion and make it your career? It’s no simple formula. Perhaps, for many, fulfillment lies somewhere in the middle: that geography where passion enters at an angle, seeps around the edges, informs and inspires. How much fulfillment is enough to make it through the day?
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The break-up, life after corporate

A personal account of job loss and how it became a positive, life-changing experience.
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Take my job, please

When I was growing up my father changed jobs a lot in order to advance his career. After he would leave a job, he would alter a business card from that job and draw on it as if it was stamped with such sayings as "canceled," "expired," or "you can take this job and shove it," etc.
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