What Career Builders Do You Believe Are Holding You Back?

Have you ever been passed up for a special project but didn’t know why?  Did you assume the boss just didn’t like you?

Assumptions are dangerous.  They affect how you handle things and may be detrimental to your business position.  As career builders, assumptions put you in a state of not being confident in your abilities.

You may have been passed up because the boss didn’t know you were interested in the project.  It may have been completely unintentional, but you jumped to conclusions that may have made for a bad situation.

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Is Your Business and Money Outlook Affecting Your Job?

Each person is different in how they want their life/work balance to be.

Many companies tell “workaholics” not to work so hard because it makes other employees feel bad or guilty that they are not doing more.

As a business owner, manager, or executive you are in a leadership position.  Let your team find the balance that works best for them.  This approach will improve your business and money because your team will become more productive with your support.

If you have a “workaholic” that LOVES their job and can’t wait to work with customers each day, don’t tell them that’s wrong.  Just because everyone doesn’t do that doesn’t mean that one person isn’t working as hard as the other.

If you have staff that wants or needs to leave by 5:00 each day to be with their family that’s fine too.  As long as the obligations to the company are being fulfilled, time shouldn’t be a determining factor in someone’s position.

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Do You Dress For Success When You Attend Networking Events?

Networking is such an important aspect to business.  Many people don’t put enough value in networking.

Networking isn’t just about meeting for a meal or drinks.  It’s about sharing information, tapping resources, leveraging your work with thought partnership with others.  To dress for success at networking events you need to be prepared to find resources that will benefit you and make use of them.

You need to meet people with other expertise than your own to grow in your business.

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Are You Stuck In A Double Bind Personality Type In Your Company?

Many females lead their teams in sports or their organizations in college.  They are capable and self assured and show that.  They are mentors to their team members.

Then they enter the work force.  Reality suddenly changes.  In most companies, unfortunately, they are still male dominated.  There is a new personality type to contend with now.

If you sit a female employee next to a male employee holding the same position, and they answer a question identically, the male employee will be seen as confident, while the female employee will be seen as assertive.

This is referred to as a double bind, which means when women act like women they are discounted as weak and if they act like men they are seen as aggressive.

Are you stuck in a double bind personality type in your company?

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“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

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 “It is not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.” 

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