It’s time to make your next career move…within your organization. Internal interviews can be just as challenging as interviewing at a new organization. Should you inform your boss when you apply for an internal position? Can you assume that you have an edge over other candidates? Host Cady Chesney discovers the answers to those questions, and more, with Amy Gallo, writer and contributing editor at Harvard Business Review.
Although jealousy is an instinctual reaction to things that happen in our lives, it can have long-term, negative effects in our professional careers. Judith Orloff, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, warns Tim Muma about the damaging impact co-worker envy can have on your health, personal life and career success. Judith explains why this emotion causes so many problems, and offers up some ways to counteract...
While emotion may not always be bad in one's career, fear can be an overbearing detriment to an individual's potential. Blair DeMarco-Wettlaufer is the COO for Kingston Data and Credit, and he's been working for 23 years in an industry where fear rears its head often -- the credit and collections field. Blair tells Tim Muma that fear can cause us to make hasty decisions and fail to reach our peak. He offers up some ways to...
Networking groups bring people with common interests together to share thoughts, have discussions on trending topics, and connect with others in the field. Stilettos on the Glass Ceiling Society has started a networking society that brings together innovative entrepreneurial ideas and the best of corporate strategies and processes. Host Cady Chesney sits down with Marney Reid, founder of Stilettos on the Glass Ceiling, to d...
The popular Netlix series, House of Cards, takes an in-depth look at Washington, D.C. politics, including the leadership skill and style of congressman Frank Underwood. Peter Gasca, CEO and Co-Founder of Wild Creations, explains to Tim Muma how this fictional character utilizes effective leadership strategies to move up the food chain and attain his goals. While Underwood's ethics often come into question during the show, h...
It's been a key component to workplace success for a while, but it remains a difficult concept to to get a hold of as an employee. We're talking about the way you can be assertive, while not being aggessive. Lynn Taylor, a frequently-quoted workplace expert and CEO of Lynn Taylor Consulting, uses her experience to breakdown the keys to striking this balance. She explains to Tim Muma the negative side of aggressivenes and th...
Personal development is an important aspect of everyone's career, but many struggle to figure out what that means for them specifically. Michelle M. Smith is the Vice President of O.C. Tanner, and she's is a highly accomplished industry leader, author, and consultant. She talks with Tim Muma about the value of being true to yourself when looking to grow within your career. Michelle offers up some tips on how we can all deve...
You may speak and write thousands of words a day, yet there's one that may scream you're afraid when it comes to a career move. Marcia Reynolds, a master certified career coach, tells Tim Muma which word this is and why it can have such an impact. She also explains how people can avoid using it, and more importantly, how to be fearless when it comes to your career.
We all naturally tend to compare ourselves to those around us or individuals we look up to, and it's prevalent when thinking about our careers as well. Jim McCarthy, a leadership consultant and motivational speaker, warns Tim Muma that participating in this activity could be to our detriment, depending on who we are looking at. He also says it all depends on what factors we deem important, and of course, what we do about it.
Much like the lines of confidence and arrogance can be blurred, the difference between a leader being self-aware or self-centered can also be thin, but have even greater impact. Ed Delaporte, senior Information Technology executive for Horizon Hobby, talks to Tim Muma about the importance of all leaders' perspectives. Ed describes how a self-aware leader thinks, speaks and acts and the positive results he or she will see wi...