It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy. ~ Steve Jobs Earlier in my career I thought there was a set course to achieve success. You go to school, get a job, pay your dues, and then wait for the payoff to come. That plan does work for some, however, I … Continue reading On Career Development: Be a Pirate
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On Career Development: It’s About Relationships
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck. ~ Sophocles Networking is simply the cultivating of mutually beneficial, give and take, win-win relationships. It works best, however, when emphasizing the "give" part. ~ Bob Burg All lasting business is built on friendship. ~ Alfred A. Montapert Recently my children decided they … Continue reading On Career Development: It’s About Relationships
On Career Development: The Formula for Success
"Confidence can take an individual with nonexistent skill sets and make them respectable; ordinary skill sets and make them good; and incredible skill sets and make them great." "All things being equal, the mentally tough win every time." "High Performance (Success) = Potential + Training - Interference" ~ all quotes by Dr. Craig Manning, … Continue reading On Career Development: The Formula for Success
On Career Development: The Ability to Innovate
Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation. ~ Mason Cooley Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~ Steve Jobs Innovation without profit is nothing. ~ Jeffrey Immelt Business only has two functions - Marketing and Innovation. ~ Milan Kundera ~ Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you … Continue reading On Career Development: The Ability to Innovate
On Career Development: The Ability to Execute
When companies fail to deliver on their promises, the most frequent explanation is that the CEO’s strategy was wrong. But the strategy by itself is not often the cause. Strategies most often fail because they aren’t executed well. Things that are supposed to happen don’t happen. ~ Larry Bossidy Guessing what the pitcher is … Continue reading On Career Development: The Ability to Execute
On Career Development: Customer-Centric
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. ~ Henry Ford Customer service shouldn't be a department, it should be the entire company. ~ Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other … Continue reading On Career Development: Customer-Centric
On Career Development: Accountability
Accountability: “A personal choice to rise above one’s circumstances and demonstrate the ownership necessary for achieving desired results – to See It, Own It, Solve It, and Do it.” ~ Roger Connors, Tom Smith and Craig Hickman This quote comes from the book, The Oz Principle, written by the founders of the consulting firm … Continue reading On Career Development: Accountability
On Career Development: The Ability to Focus
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. ~ Stephen Covey In yesterday's post I introduced the acronym FACE IT to identify six leadership attributes I believe will help accelerate your career and professional development. The six attributes are Focus, Accountability, Customer Driven, Execution, Innovation, and Teacher. The first attribute, … Continue reading On Career Development: The Ability to Focus
On Career Development: Getting Ahead in a Difficult Profession
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. ~ Sophia Loren I used to think that the school you went to and the degree you received really determined how … Continue reading On Career Development: Getting Ahead in a Difficult Profession
On Career Development: The Harder You Work The Luckier You Get
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ~ Thomas Jefferson I have also heard this expressed as “the harder I work, the luckier I get.” I have found this to be to be true in my career. I do believe luck plays … Continue reading On Career Development: The Harder You Work The Luckier You Get
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