Career planning

You can’t move away from what scares you.

The company and you have parted ways- now what? In an uncertain economy, one of the things you can predict is that there will be people who lose their corporate affiliation – either through downsizing, or because they elect to take early retirement, or for some other reason – and decide explore the self-employment instead […]

New research suggests that social entrepreneurs may benefit from short bursts of business exposure.

Middle managers, beware.

Six things to consider when applying.

If your manager isn't offering you guidance, ask for it.

The process of self-discovery is creative and ever-changing.

Make a compelling case for getting paid more. Then stop talking.

If you don’t step outside your comfort zone, you’ll never grow.

The glass ceiling appears sooner than we thought.

Working-class men got the fewest callbacks.

Exercises for building self-awareness.

Undeniably, many people who reach executive levels in organizations do so at the expense of their personal lives. They spend long hours at difficult and tension-filled jobs and retreat to their homes not for comfort and sustenance but for a place to hide or to vent feelings left over from a bad day at the […]

And strategies to help smooth the transition.

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At the very top of a company, a subtle sorting process reveals who might become CEO and who won’t. The irony is, what makes you a contender isn’t enough to make you a winner.

Plan your career around learning curves.

…and up your chances of getting hired.

If you've spent your whole career making money, maybe now's the time to make an impact.

I recently had a chance to sit down with Michael Watkins, a leadership transitions expert and the cofounder of Genesis Advisers, to talk about “Picking the Right Transition Strategy,” the article we worked on for the January 2009 Harvard Business Review special issue on leadership transitions. Listen to the interview with Michael Watkins. Download this […]