Let's Do Lunch.....Leadership and Career Growth in Silicon Valley

Burnout is rough. You know that feeling when you’re sitting on the couch in the evening and dread going to work in the morning. Or the Saturday that you tell yourself that the weekend is almost over and you’re that much closer to having to go to work. You’re burned out and [...]

I saw a great article in the Wall Street Journal that I wanted to highlight, “Fine-Tuning Your Resume for Maximum Impact“.  It really focuses on the important aspects of your resume. I’ve been thinking a lot about this because I’ve spent a lot of time looking at resumes over the last 2 months and [...]

The economy seems to have stopped its free fall and is wallowing at a bottom. Individual savings has increased as a percentage of earnings and the housing market looks like its begun to stabilize. Unfortunately, credit has not been as readily available as the government policies have promised and businesses are not expanding [...]

I just finished working with other leaders on the coming fiscal year initiatives. As I worked through the identification of our future efforts it occurred to me that some of my peers were caught by surprise by this planning exercise. Some were prepared with specific needs of their organizations because of well defined [...]

You’ve worked hard to understand your skills, history and goals and it paid off. You got the job you think you want. Now what? It’s time to do your homework again. You want to enter your new job as the leader and expert that your new team expects. Learn everything [...]

Step 1: So, You’re Looking For a Job…
Step 2: What’s Your Plan…?
Step 3: What’s Your Value…?
Step 4: Who Do You Know…?
Step 5: How Do People See You…?
You are trying to achieve two goals in an interview. The first is to ensure that the interviewers understand how your talents will fit into their organizations as [...]

Step 1: So, You’re Looking For a Job…
Step 2: What’s Your Plan…?
Step 3: What’s Your Value…?
Step 4: Who Do You Know…?
First impressions are lasting ones. As you make contact with people and expand your network, be very mindful of what impressions you are making. Always remember that people view the [...]

Step 1: So, You’re Looking For a Job…
Step 2: What’s Your Plan…?
Step 3: What’s Your Value…?
“Networking” was always a dirty word to me. I came from a software development and network administration background where engineers felt that networking was for sycophants. My understanding was that people who actively networked were not sincere [...]

Step 1: So, You’re Looking For a Job…
Step 2: What’s Your Plan…?
You’ve now gone through a self discovery to understand what you want out of life and what you want out of a job; you’ve developed a plan for how to approach your job search, identifying what industries/companies you need to research and who to [...]

Step 1: So, You’re Looking For a Job…
I assume you’ve gone through your self-discovery process and should have some ideas about your goals. Do you? Do you know which industries you’d enjoy working in? Have you considered some companies that might meet some acceptance criteria for you? Do you know where [...]