When you hear the words Professional Development, what comes to mind? Many people immediately think about terms such as “succession planning,” or “career path.” While those things certainly require new skills and knowledge, focusing on training for the next job may cause as many problems as it solves. Someone once described the normal corporate career path as “getting … [Read more...]
Can You Work from Home and Still Have a Career?
Everyone knows that if you work from home once everyone else returns to the office, you’ve obviously decided your career doesn’t matter. Right? A recent article in Bloomburg quotes Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, who has some strong thoughts on remote work and why we need to go back to the office as soon as possible. We’re going to share a few of his more controversial … [Read more...]
Elevating Your Leadership Requires Vertical Development
by Ryan Gottfredson, PhD. If you are a computer scientist and you want to improve your computer so that it can more effectively perform the functions that it needs to, which option for improvement would you prefer: Adding new programs and apps, or Upgrading the computer’s operating system? If you are an Air Force general and you want your aircraft to be more … [Read more...]
When Your Team Whines about Technology…ASK
In the last few weeks, I’ve been working with a lot of clients who are unhappy with the communication technology at their disposal. In some cases, the complaints have reached the point where they aren’t just a cause for griping, but people have just thrown their hands up and let it interfere with team productivity. Maybe you hear similar things from your team: “Why are we … [Read more...]
Remote Workers Own Their Own Development
Alice had a nice little career track going. When she worked in the office with everyone else, she took part in a lot of training, got promoted regularly, and managed to find lateral promotions that offered new challenges and opportunities to feel challenged. That began changing two years ago when she started working from home, and has only gotten more noticeable since COVID … [Read more...]