Developing ourselves helps in all areas, from management, career development, and being an effective leader. Having a strong sense of self-awareness and a high level of emotional intelligence is what I hope to develop in you.
Allison just finished getting chewed out by her boss. It was a grueling 30 minutes of hearing about how she didn’t take initiative and dropped the ball. She felt totally deflated and just wanted to take the rest of the day—if not week—off. She had a plenty of legitimate excuses, but because she was the… [Continue Reading]
It’s not always easy to stay positive. Everyone is entitled to feeling the emotions they feel. Anyone who tells you otherwise isn’t doing justice to the fact that people have complex needs. When we look at others, we shouldn’t be so quick to judge if they don’t always seem positive or in a good mood. For yourself, however, you should set… [Continue Reading]
People are going to panic sometimes. Things are going to get occasionally messy. It may be because of layoffs, a change in leadership, your company being acquired, or something as seemingly mundane as a mishandled seating change. It’s times like this that a person’s core comes out. It’s easy to get swept up in the wave of passion,… [Continue Reading]
If it hasn’t happened already, there will be many times in your career when you’re simply wrong. When you’ve fought hard for or against something only to realize it was the wrong call. Imagine a path that divides into two and you have to choose which way to go. The choice is deciding whether to… [Continue Reading]
Chances are you’ve missed out on taking a paid vacation day over the past year. The numbers are staggering, with 55% of Americans reporting that they ended the year with unused paid vacation days. [1] That’s 658 million vacation days left untaken. What you might not realize is that missing those days is directly connected to how… [Continue Reading]
It’s inevitable that no matter where we work, eventually we’ll experience a round of layoffs that’ll swoop up our colleagues. The unease, uncertainty, and stress this can cause… sucks—there’s no better word for it. What many people don’t realize, however, is that just because you’re skilled, doesn’t mean you’re safe. Stuart had worked at the company… [Continue Reading]
A common problem I hear about is an engineer not knowing how to properly give his or her opinion to others. It’s a real problem, and let’s face it, many engineers lack these soft-skills that are critical for team building and career growth. I’ll get right to the point in this post, and that’s how… [Continue Reading]
I came across an excellent article from the Harvard Business Review entitled How to Mentor a Perfectionist and it made me really think deeply about myself. In particular, I asked myself the question: do I exhibit any of the flaws that come from perfectionism? Psychiatrist David Burns mentions that perfectionism is a “script for self-defeat,” and… [Continue Reading]
Countless times during my early undergrad days, I found myself being too shy to ask questions during class. It hurt me academically, and caused me to have to spend way more time researching things that a simple question to my professor would have answered. What if he already went over that point? I found myself… [Continue Reading]
