Latest Blog Posts for Growing Up: Time only flies when you throw your watch!

• Outgrowing Your Distractions: Knowing When To Let Them Go!
  on Feb 17, 2011 in Foowater career development discontentment job satisfaction maturing personal development personal transitioning professional development self improvement transitioning
  A while ago, I met a childhood friend and after a few minutes of conversation, I realized…she needed to stay in my childhood. She was gossiping about people I didn’t remember and I felt like I was stuck in a high school, “mean girl” moment. W...
• The New Year Plan: Are you READY?
  on Jan 11, 2011 in Foowater career development career management career transitioning FOOW job hunting job satisfaction New Year resolutions personal development professional development self improvement
  The New Year means different things to different people. For some, it inspires change for the better, for others it’s just another year, and the rest of us fall somewhere in between. For the inspired, great successes will ensue. For the pseudo-insp...
• Leadership: Is there an app for that?
  on Nov 1, 2010 in Foowater
  When I accepted my first management position, my new boss told me his secret to managing people was to treat them like whiny children. I asked him if managing people was his thing, and he bluntly said, “No, because I hate dealing with people and th...
• The Unemployed You: Battling Through the Waiting Game (Part Two)
  on Oct 5, 2010 in Foowater career development career transitioning downsizing job hunting job searching job transitioning laidoffs outplacement services personal development professional development transitioning unemployed
  A couple months after being downsized, current and former employees were still angry, complaining and blaming. I still didn’t engage in it because bitterness needs an expiration date, plus it dominates your life whether you realize it or not. It is...
• The Unemployed You: Battling Through the Waiting Game (Part One)
  on Sep 21, 2010 in Foowater career development career transitioning downsizing job hunting job searching job transitioning laidoffs layoffs outplacement services personal development professional development transitioning unemployed
  While my boss was telling me that I was his go-to person, he was also informing me that my position was being downsized. It struck me as funny because my immediate thought was…the go-to person is GONE? This happened years ago while I was working at...
• Growing Up: Time only flies when you throw your watch!
  on Aug 23, 2010 in Foowater
  When I was 16, I wanted to be 18. At 18, I wanted to be 21. To me each age meant I was grown; what I never considered was the growth I needed between them — because maturing is a process that brings along two friends: responsibility and challenges.
• Networking: Hate to miss it, but I really don’t want to go!
  on Jul 15, 2010 in Foowater advice career career advice career expert career question career support career transitioning career workshops college college career center corporate strategies decision making FOOW? resigning job hunting job search leadership management management training new managers personal development personal growth productivity professional development resignation resumes training workplace exits
  Networking is touted as the best resource for professional success and personal growth. Whether you are looking for a job, professional development, business opportunities or shared-interest socializing, networking is said to be the key. But like any...
• Bullies At Work: Exceeding Corporate Limits
  on Jun 10, 2010 in Foowater advice career career advice career expert career question career support career transitioning career workshops college college career center corporate strategies decision making FOOW job hunting job search leadership management management training new managers personal development personal growth productivity professional development resumes training
  When a friend asked me to write about workplace bullying, I remembered the first time I was bullied by a senior manager. She told me I was doing a great job but needed to learn how to “kiss her a#$” (her words) for a promotion. Her boldness took...
• Career Bliss: Happily Ever Now What?
  on May 3, 2010 in Foowater career career advice career support career transitioning career workshops college corporate strategies decision making FOOW? advice job hunting job search leadership management management training new managers personal development personal growth productivity professional development resumes training
  Trying to find the ideal job is like trying to find the ideal mate. Mr. Right may sound good on paper but off of it, his issues coupled with yours may overflow a newsstand. So what do you do? 1) Decide quickly based on the first few meetings that “...
• Exiting Gracefully: It’s Complicated!
  on Mar 15, 2010 in Foowater advice career career advice career support career transitioning career workshops college corporate strategies decision making job hunting job search leadership management management training new managers personal development personal growth productivity professional development resumes training
  Years ago, I was hired to replace a manager who was staying with the company but moving to another department. In my first meeting with the manager, she provided a synopsis of the 35-member team, identifying winners, troublemakers and the borderline...

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