I've been blogging now for over 10 years. My Premise has been that not everyone has the desire to be an Entrepreneur. Success can be achieved working within a Corporate environment. By success, I don't mean middle management and the hopes of a 6-figure salary; I'm talking about 7-figure, stock options included success. At times I wondered if anyone thought the same way I do about being successful working for someone else. If everyone out there was so bent on being their "own

Yes Summer, God Bless it, is almost over. People are heavy into vacations long weekends and late night chill outings. All of which make for long slow days at work. People have little to say in meetings, no one seems to have any new or innovative ideas and you can forget about any new business opportunities someone has searched out. Nope, August is just that in between month. However, that was before YOU. You, with your Plan, this is just another 30 days in which to keep movin

This week I must have received about 10 emails proclaiming what I need to climb the corporate ladder. Just nuts! Guess what? Here’s the secret … there isn’t a ladder. If you talk to most people who are successful in the corporate world and ask them "what was their path to get here". Most will say the 1st off it was more like a journey than a path. 2nd their ascent to the top was more like a zig-zag trail than a ladder. Like a mountain with walking trails carved into the s

The Internet is Hilarious! I love how anything posted can go viral if enough people like it, show interest in it or share it. That's what's happening right now with Drake's In My Feelings song dance challenge. I am truly a Drake fan. I agree his latest album is uplifting, empowering and helps us all stay real and true to ourselves. But just like how this song has spawned some sort of dance challenge, so can openings and opportunities at work. You have a plan for your career a

Implementing your 2018 plan for your career will take some serious focus. It's not complicated, but like in the game of chess, there are pieces to this move that have to be watched and rules that should be understood. That said, let your moves catch some people off guard. There will be some people who have been watching you since you started working at the company where you are. You didn't realize how skilled you were, but they did. There are others who are always watching fo

It's one thing to read through your resume and sell your accomplishments when there is money on the table; interviewing for a job, sitting in your performance review for the year, closing the client contract. Where you don't seem to do such a great job is when you are alone and self-talking to yourself. In those moments, for every skill and achievement you have double negatives to void them out. Well, that stops today! It all sounds very touchy feely, but it is the negative s

Your plan for 2018 advancement has started. You've reviewed your Performance Review from 2017, outlined trainings that fit your plan, but the company will pay for since it fits their plan for you as well. You're weeding out the course or seminar you'd like to attend. In meetings, you're more engaged when attending meetings. Even those weekly project calls have new meaning now that your plan as started. People are noticing, some are talking and sadly they all have an opinion.

If you watched the Golden Globes, one of the points which was repeated was Speak Your Truth. When looking at your career and the goals you have for it, you also have to speak your truth... to yourself. The 1st part of the plan, posted on January 5th, requires you to look over your last performance review and pull out the areas that need improvement or skills you need to acquire. In order to do that, you not only have to look at your review with a learning eye but you also hav

Write it down. Write it down. Add a date. Add a date. Write it down. Everywhere you look you are being instructed to take your goal, write it down, add a date and then set a plan in place. I agree with all of that. The part you're missing is, some of the plan is already written for you. Pull out a copy of your last performance review, salary review, end of quarter review or whatever it's called in your organization. Now that you have a copy in front of you, either grab a high