From the monthly archives:

September 2009

[Coaching Tips] First Things First

September 30, 2009

The are resources to help you manage your day, your week, and even your life are endless. Some are there for you to buy , and some are there for you to engage .  Some of the resources are a combination of both , and appear overwhelming enough to make the eyes of the most motivated glaze [...]

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[Through the Glass Door] Can You Trust the Recruiter?

September 29, 2009

The voice at the other end of the voicemail sounded sincere and the message they left earlier about the possible job sounds great. But is too good to be true just that: too good to be true? And can you trust the recruiter who left the message? The short answer is “maybe”. And here’s more. [...]

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[Career Planning Tips] Breakfast with Jane

September 28, 2009

There are lots of ways to start a career: many of us fall into one after starts and stops, and others put some reflective thought into the project and figure most things out before the career has taken off. While the stories behind the former cases are interesting, it’s the narrative of the latter cases [...]

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[Letter to an Alma Mater] Dear Willamette University President M. Lee Pelton

September 27, 2009

Dear Dr. Pelton , It was great to meet you last week and your twelve-year tenure as Willamette’s president has been a time of great accomplishment and progress. The school has prospered academically, the quality and diversity of students has increased, and the physical plant in gorgeous. Fundraising, something that can be challenging, has been [...]

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[Through the Glass Door] “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”

September 25, 2009

Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg offers some gems of advice on her work/life philosophy in the September 23, 2009 issue of Fortune to people in general and women in specific. Sandberg writes “But after watching talented woman after talented woman pass up opportunities, I realized that too many women make the mistake of leaving before they [...]

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[New Rules] Traylor’s World

September 25, 2009

In the old days, which is anything more than about seven years ago, I would be playing my personal version of “Masters of the Universe” today. The plot would be familiar: take several important meetings, make several important phone calls and send several important e-mails. If it were an unusually important day, I might even [...]

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