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I teach my coaching clients over 50 ways to conduct their job searches faster and with more precision during these uncertain economic times.
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Don Straits , Monday, January 30, 2012 at 1:34PM Good Morning,
Just read this article by Rachel Silverman, that appeared in the Wall Street Journal last week. I loved it. It is a total reflection of what we do.
For senior executives, it is a new ball game. If you don't adapt, you will face massive problems in driving your career. If you fail to connect to a new leadership position, don't blame it on age or the economy. You need to take a hard look at whether or not you are contemporary as a business leader and possess an in depth understanding of all the new business paradigms.
Warning, almost every exec who lands a new job falls into a comfort zone and is not proactive in positioning themselves for new positions. Are you one of those executives? Are you waiting for the axe to fall again? Don't make that mistake.
Your job search never, never, never stops....even if you are employed.
Don Straits , Saturday, November 27, 2010 at 3:31PM Just read a story on AOL about a CEO of a small construction company. (Actually two stories...the original and her update). Link at the end of the post.
Even though she doesn't acknowledge it....or maybe even recognize it, within her stories there is a message for how to survive and find the next job.
Don Straits , Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 10:41AM Every week I speak to senior level executives who are looking to secure new challenging opportunities. The overwhelming majority of them are facing extraordinary challenges. They either can't secure interviews or if they do, they keep coming in second place. While there may be many reasons they don't succeed, I have witnessed one overriding commonality.
Don Straits , Monday, January 25, 2010 at 5:13PM I absolutely love this. I just read a great article on how the Pope is telling his priests around the world to go forth and blog....become part of the contemporary generation and use social media to reach the masses with the messages from God. Not only that, the Vatican has launched its own channel on You Tube. So cool. Way to go Pope.
Don Straits , Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 3:55PM WOW, sounds like a hurricane warning. Maybe a Fox News Alert announcing impending doom. But trust me, this is real. I have been in the leadership development arena for 18 years, and I have never seen anything like what is currently going on in the marketplace.
Regardless of your corporate position, whether you are currently a CEO or an emerging executive, you could find yourself without a career if you fail to heed my warning. I realize I have been hammering this in my blog over the past couple of weeks—but it is of such paramount importance I cannot emphasize it enough. I’ll warn you in advance, this is going to be a long post, but it just might save your career from certain peril….now and in the future.
