If you’re not a know-it-all but feel like you may be working
with one, there are things you can do to address the problem. The first thing
you must do is speak up about it. If no one knows there’s an issue, nothing
will change. At the same time, with a sensitive subject that involves
presenting difficult feedback to a colleague or manager, diplomacy is crucial
to a successful outcome.
With colleagues: If it’s a … Read More
What’s the hardest thing about your job? If you’re like many of the people I talk to
as a life coach, what’s toughest about work isn’t the work at all, but playing politics.
Maybe it’s feeling like you have to walk on eggshells around a team member to avoid
confrontation. Or maybe it’s trying to figure out how to navigate the murky waters
of communication between your boss and your bosses’ boss without stepping on… Read More
Repeat Yourself
I personally believe that repetition is a key to success in most areas. As a life coach and career coach in NYC, I can tell you that many of the individuals and professionals who I coach have benefitted from this simple principle in some amazing ways.
For example, have you ever tried to reach a goal, fallen short, and decided to just move on to something else? This is a mistake, because it’s … Read More
As a Life Coach in NYC, I often remind my clients of the basic principles of success, both at work and home. One of these principles is that saying “no†more often is key to maintaining a balanced life.
Why is this so? Isn’t it important to greet opportunities in life with a whole-hearted “yesâ€? Well, yes and no. You do want to say yes to those opportunities that help you further your top goals … Read More
I once heard it said that trying to achieve the right balance in your life is like walking a tightrope: you’re either effectively moving across the rope, or you’re falling off of it and trying to figure out how to get back on.
The former instance represents those rare but wonderful times when everything goes smoothly, because you’re spending neither too much time nor too little on any one part of your life. This is … Read More
Many people talk about finding their purpose. But how many people really take active steps toward doing so? Being a life coach is really all about helping people find their purpose. And as I’ve seen as a career coach and executive coach as well, when people seek their purpose, it often involves figuring out their professional purpose.
How do you know what your purpose might be, whether at work on in your life in general? … Read More
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about declining human interaction as social networking sites continue to proliferate. The latest entrant, Google+, joins an already crowded field of competitors—including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Myspace—in the social networking/micro-blogging arena. (Wikipedia lists over 200 well-known sites battling for our eyeballs.)
With all of this activity, sometimes it seems like everyone is online—and many clients who I work with as a life coach feel discouraged about this. But … Read More
