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A big thank you to our Executive Author, Cindy Wong-Zarahn for writing this article
In the U.S., the national college basketball tournament affectionately known as “March Madness” mesmerizes much of the country for a few weeks in March. The latest tournament is recently behind us, and throughout the TV coverage I was reminded of one of the most inspirational speeches I have ever heard, from Coach Valvano back in 1993. ...
In part 1 of our talk with Executive Author, Jane Lin, we discussed the Best Secret to Finding Your Dream Job. Assuming you have a job offer, now what? Should you negotiate?
We will have on average seven jobs in our life time. Knowing how to negotiate job offers and initial salary at each new job can means the difference in ten of thousands of dollars in pay and give you a chance to impress our employer before we even start! ...
Lei: I am excited to introduce a new Executive Author to our Soft Skills Gym – Cindy Wong-Zarahn. I only met Cindy last year but feel like we have been old friends for years. She has close to 20 years of experience in the corporate world with plenty of battle scars as well as very sage advice. I already personally benefited from her advice for my own career. Click here to read her bio and why she wants to join our community. You can also follow Cindy on twitter @CZarahn ...
Effective communication with your boss is essential to your career success. One of the things your boss will always want is proactive communication of your work status & progress. It will show that you are on top of your work and you respect him enough to keep him informed.
This not always easy. Below is a situation a Soft Skills Gym member faced. What would you do if you were him? Share your comments below. He agreed to let me share it in case his situation and my advice can help you learn how to better communicate work status with your boss. ...
A few months ago, I did a veggie and fruit cleanse for the first time in my life. Why? All the usual reasons
This article is less about the cleanse and more about what I learned during the experience. First of all, I actually didn’t expect to last four days. This is because I had some very strong pre-notions when it came to food and cleanses. ...
It is critical to your mental and physical health to know How to Stop Thinking about Work. This post is written for my benefit and yours, if you find yourself in a similar situation.
During the last six weeks, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about work. I love my new job, and theoretically I am only working about 40 hours a week, 8:30 am to about 5:30pm, Monday through Friday. I don’t take my computer home, and I only look at my work phone at home to check on my meeting schedule for the next day. ...
What skill does every senior executive has in common?
So what is the one skill that every successful senior executive has? Listen to this 9 minute candidate conversation with Helena Light to find out. I was even surprised at what she said and how executives practiced this skill every day. You can also read the Audio Transcription of Our Conversation below ...