I recently did a short 2-minute video for the upcoming Gen-Y Panel at SXSWi 2010 – Why Gen Y Wants to Work ‘With’ You, Not ‘For’ You (led by Ben Smithee, Elysa Rice, Nisha Chittal, Ryan Paugh, and Sydney Owen). In this video I talk about different ways people think about Career Development and give [...]
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“Never flinch at failure: If you’re not making some mistakes, you’re not doing anything – not trying to make things happen. Mistakes are part of winning – not dumb mistakes or those caused by haste and sloppiness but mistakes made by intelligent and thoughtful individuals attempting to make something happen.”
—John Wooden in The Essential Wooden [...]
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It is said that bloggers, coaches and advice-givers dole out wisdom that they themselves need to hear. Consider this one of those posts. I am learning right along with you. And this post might not be for everyone – so if it doesn’t apply to you – kudos!
The Message
Stop auditioning for other people’s lives. Whether [...]
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I owe you a “Part 2″ post on how I got my new position as a Career Development Program Manager at Google. Trust me – I’ve been working on it. But I started writing about all the various networking and interviewing tactics I used in a mile-long list of tasks, and I bored myself to [...]
Continue reading about “Skills are Cheap, Passion is Priceless” (Job Transition Part Two)
This the first of a two-part post about my process for getting my new role as a Career Development Program Manager at Google (I start on October 1). Part One will cover the intention – getting clear on what I really wanted and the discomfort of knowing I needed to make a change. Part Two [...]
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The time has come! After over 3.5 years on the Training & Development team for Online Sales & Operations at Google, I’m going to be switching teams in late September. I’ve been really looking forward to the day that I could finally share this news with you (I wanted to wait until everything was [...]
