Lessons Learned from Anne Mulcahy: Managing a Seamless Transition

Posted Under Career Advancement, Career Shocks, Career Transition, Lessons Learned

One of the dilemmas some of my clients and readers face is letting go and moving forward. Whether it is a project that went awry, a negative performance review, the experience of working with a mismatched... [Read more]

Career Transitions: From Sales to Sauce

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In Second Acts, Dawn Fallik over at WSJ.com profiles Jim Barbour in “A Former Sales Rep Concocts Fresh... [Read more]

Lessons Learned From Successful Career Switchers

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“We change when the pain to change is less than the pain to remain as we are.” - Ed Foreman

The San Francisco Chronicle recently profiled a former investment banker, a national sales director and an executive search specialist who have all transitioned successfully [Read... [Read more]

Carla A. Harris: Hard Earned and Hard Learned Lessons

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Yesterday, I attended Brokering Change: A Wall Street Multicultural Women’s Exchange a great quarterly series hosted by Goldman Sachs.

Carla A. Harris was one of the keynote speakers. Harris is a... [Read more]

What’s the best advice you have received? (Part Two)

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Here is the second installment of influential leaders sharing wise words that changed their lives forever in the “[Read more]