12/6
How to Rebuild Confidence When Coaching Your Colleagues
I often suggest people ask a friend for reality check in sticky situations. Here's some advice for when you're the impromptu coach.
Learn from my life experience, and get my latest, up-to-the-minute advice.
Archive for: Emotions
9/20
How to Nurture Your Creativity in a Corporate Culture
Read Time: 5 minutes
One of the biggest challenges for creative professionals is corporate culture. Here are three ways you can make your creativity work for you.
9/6
Overcome Job Interview Anxiety with these 6 Simple Steps
Read Time: 5 minutes
We all suffer from a little (or a lot) of job interview anxiety. Expect that feeling. Then prepare for it and overcome it with these easy steps.
8/16
How to Expose the Truth Behind Corporate Jargon
Read Time: 5 minutes
Jargon prevents you from seeing problems clearly, let alone deconstructing them. Here's how to suss out the real problems that the buzzwords are masking.
8/9
How (and When) to Ask for a Raise
Read Time: 5 minutes
Getting a raise isn't all about timing, but that's a big part of it. Here are nine scenarios when you should be ready to ask for a raise.
Why We Compromise – and What to Do About It
Read Time: 5 minutes
Negotiation doesn't have to mean confrontation. Even sensitive, creative people can learn to be tough as nails at the negotiating table.
7/19
How to Crush Your Next Salary Negotiation
Read Time: 5 minutes
The traits that make creative professionals good at our jobs are the same traits that hold us back in a salary negotiation.
7/12
How to Nail the Big Presentation
Read Time: 5 minutes
When you prepare for the big meeting, start with understanding your audience’s needs, expectations, and fears. Here's how.
7/8
They hated my work. Now what?
Read Time: 6 minutes
Just because someone hates your work right now doesn't mean they always will. Here's how you can use the feedback to turn it around.
6/27
4 Signs It’s Time to Walk Away from a Negotiation
Read Time: 7 minutes
Negotiation meetings are about working out the details. Here are the signals that it’s better to walk away then take a gig you’ll regret.
