Get Lighthouse

AUGUST 11, 2022

Unfortunately, that's not how careers work. People want career growth. Do you have career development plans for your people? If you don't have career development plans for everyone on your team, you're playing with fire; eventually you're going to get burned with a surprise departure. SHRM, 2019 ). But.but.but.

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Get Lighthouse

JUNE 9, 2023

In the process of growing Lighthouse and writing this blog, we have talked to a lot of leaders. Today we tackle that question, and how to transition out in a way that's good for your career, and the company you're leaving. It requires careful consideration of how it may affect your professional image and career trajectory.

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Get Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“Joe made a *huge* difference in my career. I don’t think I would have made it without her” “Vikram showed me how to get noticed and build the skills that unlocked my career.” I know, because I was lucky to have a few amazing people guide me early in my career. I advanced much faster than I would have on my own.”

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Tanveer Nasser

APRIL 30, 2019

If you're a regular reader of my leadership blog, one thing you'll probably notice is how I love to draw inspiration and insight into how we can improve the way we lead from the most unexpected places. And for this comedian, none of these career moments were what he sees as being his big break.

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Alison Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

I’ve been a reader for a decade and I can credit a huge shift in my approach to my career to your advice. I called a friend who works as a career coach who updated my resume. Thanks for all your advice!” It’s your Friday good news! I finally realized I was miserable and needed a change.

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Peter Winick

MAY 4, 2023

Christina has crafted a career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts. She is a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School, an angel investor, speaker, and author of “The Portfolio Life: How to Future Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger Than Your Business Card.”

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Get Lighthouse

DECEMBER 30, 2023

It provides critical advice on responding professionally when an employee quits your team. Common advice (that we share often as well) focuses on the responsibility to have a great 1-on-1 being the job of the manager. Unfortunately, many companies do not provide enough support nor training resources for your new career path.

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Mind Tools Leadership

DECEMBER 29, 2022

There’s lots more about transformational leadership on Mind Tools , including its history, and advice on how to become a transformational leader.). This approach was modeled brilliantly by a radio news editor I had early in my career, a woman called Juliet. and that I felt I could wake her up for advice.

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Vantage Circle

JUNE 23, 2020

Raghu began his career in the Indian Army and was in operations in Punjab, then in the frontline of Siachen glacier and as a UN peacekeeper in Angola. 07:48) How can people use this time to upskill to have a long career in this crucial time of downsizing? (15:11) 47:58) Advice for young HR leaders. (43:35)

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Get Lighthouse

MAY 7, 2022

If the person you’re trying to hire at an early stage of their career is sloppy and unreliable now, this is a huge red flag for the future. For example, if you’re hiring a copywriter, ask them to share their landing pages, emails, blogs, or similar pieces of content they’ve created. Trait #1: Attention to detail. That all took 2.5

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Peter Winick

APRIL 8, 2024

By distilling his expertise into actionable advice, Anton aims to empower leaders with practical strategies for navigating unpredictable projects and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. How do you do that and what have you learned in your career? Anton Skornyakov Well, to be honest. That’s a big challenge.

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Alison Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

1. “I’ve been a religious reader of your blog since I finished my PhD and stumbled into the ‘real’ world more than a decade ago. Problem was/is, I’m in a tricky spot in my career where I don’t have my license yet but I’m too experienced for entry level work. It’s your Friday good news!

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AIHR

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Those who are passionate about helping an organization reach its long-term goals and assisting employees across the employee life cycle will thrive in Human Resources Management careers. However, depending on your skills and interests, you can choose from a wide range of career paths within HRM. Service provider roles 1.

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Get Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Whether you're an aspiring manager looking to manage up and want to make a career move into leadership, a senior leader wanting to better manage your team of managers, or a hungry learner wanting to learn more about both, this post is for you. 3) Questions to ask your manager to drive your career growth.

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Alison Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

One bit of advice for your readers that worked for me most of the time: when the recruiter says “What are you looking for in terms of compensation?” My new job is an incredible opportunity to level up my career into a particular field I’ve been wanting to go into but didn’t think I had the experience quite yet.

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Scott Elbin

JANUARY 3, 2024

As I’ve written about before on this blog and in my books, the framework we use for that planning process is a one-page tool we developed called the Life GPS®. And three, by writing it up here on the blog, I’m putting a record out there that will help keep me accountable for following through. That’s how I want to be.

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Alison Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

. “I’ve had a full-time career for about 13 years, working different jobs in that time, and working my way up in terms of knowledge/title/pay. During the pandemic, my husband made a career change and we decided to move 1.5 I owe a lot of my success to this blog, so thank you!” hours away.

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Alison Green

MARCH 4, 2024

Between the recession and Covid, I’ve had to change careers a couple times, but I’ve always received good feedback on my work and often comments from supervisors that I should be promoted in some way. I recently applied for a leadership position because it seemed like a good next step for me, career-wise. Yes, please do!

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Get Lighthouse

AUGUST 9, 2022

It's a great look into the mind of a legend; as I read it, I felt like I was sitting on a porch getting advice from him on life and leadership. When you shape the mindset and careers of some of the greatest players and coaches of all time in your sport, you're doing a few things right. This mindset can help you in your own career.

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Mind Tools Team Management

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In a recent blog, we recommended four books to help you to learn about Black history and experiences. Its creator, Claudia Crawley , a Black career coach and anti-racist consultant, explains how to apply it: Recognize. Ask an inclusion expert for advice if you don’t have enough internal expertise. ” RESIST Racism.

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Alison Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

” 2. “After receiving my MBA back in 2012, it seemed like my career was stalled. Please keep up the good work, you cannot imagine the good you have done through your blog and books.” Thank you for all the sage advice!” Thank you for posting the good news each week!

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Lolly Daskal

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

They need to know that they can turn to someone for professional advice, guidance and support. When you help rising leaders develop their skills and confidence, you can know that your leadership and influence will endure far beyond your own career. This understanding will serve as the foundation for their future decision-making.

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Asana

APRIL 27, 2022

Learn more about why Yasmin joined Asana, her advice on empowering teams, and how she approaches scaling Asana’s platform alongside our largest customers. Learning this playbook has sharpened my product intuition and, as Alex predicted, it has been one of the most valuable tools I’ve learned in my career. What attracted you to Asana?

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Zenefits

JUNE 14, 2022

Take control of their career path. For example, some people choose to focus on building a career and accelerating their earnings so they can retire early. Some people choose to focus on building a career and accelerating their earnings so they can retire early. For individuals, this requires them to: Be introspective.

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Peter Winick

MARCH 2, 2023

That s why smart CEO s build their personal thought leadership early on, and maintain it throughout their careers. Raoul shares advice for those early in their career on where they can start, such as by finding a niche within a larger area of expertise to drill down on and become an expert in. It lasts forever.

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Alison Green

JUNE 3, 2022

This blog helped me immensely when I tried being brave enough to take responsibility. I’ve been underpaid to varying degrees almost my entire time here, and just like everybody else in the past couple of years I have been thinking much harder about what I want my career to look like going forward. And it was fine.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 29, 2020

In short, the moment I rejected the advice of maintaining old sleep schedules, dressing up for work and staying true to my old routine, my productivity skyrocketed. The lockdown could also likely leave someone with an epiphany that they have been in the wrong career all along. The advice was still valid. Not so sure.

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Mind Tools Team Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

And that’s just it, true coaching isn’t telling people where their next career step needs to be or how many calories are in an avocado… that’s what Google is for! From counting calories and experimenting with different diets, I found that people would come to me for advice, and you know what? It felt good.

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Peter Winick

APRIL 6, 2023

Our conversation has great advice for both challenger’s brands and would be authors. Peter Winick So you’ve got this long, impressive career, primarily in the advertising space by building brands and all those sort of things. You know, 500 words is an average length blog post, right? What are the blogs?

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Chief Executive

MAY 19, 2023

Based on our experience, we’ve compiled the key pieces of advice every first-time CEO should know to help them hit the ground running. Our recent blog provides more information on how to find the right support. Although it may be a daunting time, this advice will help you focus your energies on your new role.

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Asana

JUNE 21, 2022

Given his hometown’s car history, Felix thought his career was paved before him. But his personality, defined by the mantra—”Leave your comfort zone and take risks”— nudged him outside the auto world and into a rewarding career as an account executive for Asana in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

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Brian Balfour

OCTOBER 12, 2016

But going deep requires you to solve problems where the answer isn’t in some hacktics blog post. When I’ve given the “go deep" advice to those early in their careers I’ve found that it feels daunting to them. I might not want to pin my career on that one area.” “I Writing on my blog. Why is that?

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Get Lighthouse

DECEMBER 30, 2022

How to Find a Mentor You’ll Love to Transform Your Career. How to Find a Mentor You’ll Love to Transform Your Career. Questions to ask your mentor to supercharge your career. It’s also a popular topic from our list of top blog posts this year. The 8 Best Professional Development Goals for Managers.

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 12, 2023

During his long career, Mark moved from being a psychiatrist and FBI hostage negotiator to being one of the most highly regarded coaches and keynote speakers in the business. In this frank and open conversation Mark gives advice for life, death, and leadership. So I write all over the place and I blog. Appreciation and.

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AIHR

OCTOBER 12, 2023

After the book’s release, author Karen Beaven stated, “…I was passionate about sharing information in a really practical way based on the experiences I’d had while building my career. He also maintains an HR blog that reaches an international audience. Karen Beaven is the founder of PXI, a London-based HR consulting agency.

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Mind Tools Leadership

MAY 24, 2022

As I’ve progressed through my career and taken on different management roles, I’ve been given some interesting advice about observation, judgment, and feedback which I’ve been reflecting on. Another piece of advice I’m always given is to ensure that feedback is “non-judgmental.”

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AIHR

JULY 31, 2023

Career planning – Also called career pathing, HR provides guidance and ongoing support to help employees progress in their career, whether vertically (promotion) or horizontally (lateral transfers). Internal mobility helps organizations improve employee engagement and retention while reducing hiring costs.

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