The theme for November is “The most important qualities in an employer.” In today’s podcast episode, I researched three online sites that share insights on what features people look for in their employers.

This month’s theme is: The most important qualities in an employer. Today, we are talking about what makes an amazing employer, and why some companies receive highly rated reviews.

There is a relatively small window of opportunity to negotiate during the hiring process. It is between the time the company makes you a bona fide job offer and the time you accept that offer. In this week’s podcast episode, I talk about some ways to negotiate certain desires and conditions in the job hiring process.

Today, I am speaking with returning guest Jane Springer on how to deal with family and friends who may not encourage you during your job search…who may actively discourage you, in fact. In this episode, we cover family and friends’ reactions to your thoughts about changing jobs and/or careers, what the people in your life may say about your job search, and what to do when people seemingly resent your new job.

Jane Springer is a health and wellness coach, specializing in helping women in mid-life navigate the challenges they face – divorce, dating, remarriage, weight gain, health issues, and self-image.

Today, I want to share some purpose questions to keep in the back of your mind. These questions can serve as a way to reflect on yourself, and they can help stimulate new thoughts about potential plans or ideas.

Today, I want to give you five top tips for starting your career. I won’t be talking about tactics and strategies, but rather about how to view the beginning of your career in a way that serves you.

This month’s theme is starting, restarting, or changing careers. Today I want to talk about job dissatisfaction. How to figure out what the problem is…and how to solve it.

Today, I’m presenting case studies of people who made significant career changes, and the lessons to be learned from those changes. My hope is that you might identify with one or more of these case studies and find hope and direction in the paths they took.

This month’s theme is starting, restarting, and continuing your career. Today I want to talk about alternative work arrangements including self-employment, contract work, and side hustles.

This week's guest is employee benefits specialist Michelle Snow. She walks us through a primer on employee benefits so you can understand what your various options may be, how to decide what's most important for you, and what questions to ask the employer.

This week's guest is Denise Wilson, Vice President of Capital City Bank in Tallahassee, Florida. Capital City Bank has a formal program to identify and train high-potential employees. In my interview with Denise, I asked her to define a high-potential employee, talk about Capital City's high-potential program, and provide advice for anyone seeking to be identified as a high-potential employee within their organization.

This week's guest is college senior, Melizza Black. As the editor in chief of hercampus, Melizza has great advice for college students wanting to develop their leadership abilities while in school.

Today, we’re talking about the unique challenges so many of you are facing as a direct result of the pandemic. Some of you continue to work from home, while others have returned 100% to the office. Still others have devised a hybrid model that combines the two. Specifically, I want to address the challenges of getting acknowledged for your contributions when you aren’t in the office every day – and how to set yourself up for promotions and new opportunities as a remote worker.

There are some aspects of leadership that are universal: no matter your personality, industry, background, or audience, true leaders show up in certain ways. In today’s podcast episode, I discuss some of the common traits and styles that make up successful leaders.

All this quarter, I’m talking about various aspects of leadership. Today, I want to talk about Speaking with Leadership Authority.

For some of you, you are already holding a leadership position, so these strategies will be immediately useful for you. Others of you aspire to leadership roles, and today’s topic of Taking on Stretch Assignments to Boost Your Leadership Creds will be particularly useful for you.

Today, my guest, Jane Springer, and I talk about dressing for leadership roles for both men and women. Hear her insights for the dressiest work environments down to casual Friday faux pas.

You’ve heard me say this before: Leadership is attitudinal, not positional. Many people mistakenly believe that to ACT like a leader, you must be IN a leadership position. Today, I want to touch on the Top 10 Leadership De-Railers.

Throughout this quarter, the episodes have been centered on leadership. In many cases, the focus has been on the “doing” aspects of leadership. Today, we’re talking about the “being” aspects of leadership.

We’ve all had to work with difficult co-workers. Of course, what makes a co-worker difficult to work with for one person may not be an issue at all for another person – maybe they even view that co-worker’s idiosyncrasies as a strength. The most important thing to understand here is that YOU CAN’T CONTROL ANYONE ELSE. Today, we’ll talk about what this looks like.