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Avoid These Mistakes at Your Next Job Interview

Coaching, GrowthBy Chris GossardMay 16, 2018

Avoid These Job Interview Mistakes Know your answers to the standard job interview questions. Steve Jobs It isn’t easy to bag a job interview for a great opportunity. Becoming one of the few “job candidates” rather than being part of the usually gigantic crowd of “job applicants” is a major victory. Unfortunately, too many job…

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Successful Leaders When Things Go Wrong

What Successful Leaders Do When Things Go Wrong

Coaching, Leadership, TeamworkBy Chris GossardMay 3, 2018

There’s this idea that failure is a prerequisite for growth – as if failing alone will make you a successful leader. Wrong. A great leader learns how to overcome failures by capitalizing on mistakes and turning them into opportunities such as debriefing with the team to learn from a failure or designing a campaign to…

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Born Leaders

Are Leaders Born or Made Through Grit and Determination?

Coaching, GrowthBy Chris GossardApril 24, 2018

For most people, there’s this idea that leadership is an intrinsic trait, an ability to guide and lead that comes from nowhere else but our genes. In her book, Grit, Angela Lee Duckworth explains why the most talented students, the naturals, those who were born with it, often end up falling short in comparison to…

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Becoming a C-Level Executive: The Upward Path

Becoming a C-Level Executive: The Upward Path

Career Advancement, CoachingBy Chris GossardApril 18, 2018

.The business world is rapidly changing, and it seems like things happen twice as fast as before. Some days it feels like taking a power nap is going to leave you way behind in the leadership race. For aspiring leaders who also want to stay abreast of the developments of groundbreaking projects and successful companies,…

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Coaching & Mentoring: Learning the Difference

Career, Coaching, MentoringBy Chris GossardApril 9, 2018

When we were younger, we would spend countless hours studying and admiring our heroes – you know, people with a considerable and unmatched level of experience in our area of interest. Maybe your hero was a football player, or a celebrated musician, or a prominent writer; regardless of the area of expertise, you knew you…

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Stand Up Straight: What Lobsters Can Teach Us About Leadership

Stand Up Straight: What Lobsters Can Teach Us About Leadership

Career, GrowthBy Chris GossardApril 1, 2018

Improving your leadership skills starts with the right mindset – and posture. Unless you’ve been living at the bottom of the ocean for the last couple of months, there’s a big chance you have heard about the new bestseller that remains unbeaten at the top of Amazon book charts. Yes, we’re talking about 12 Rules for…

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Flexible Gen X: Leadership for the Future Workforce

Flexible Gen X: Leadership for the Future Workforce

Career AdvancementBy Chris GossardMarch 28, 2018

No matter how long you have been a successful business professional, a job interview can be nerve wracking. It’s normal to feel the pressure of being analyzed by a hiring manager, but sometimes anxiety can cause us to make mistakes. Here are 3 mistakes to avoid for a successful interview.

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Questions Your Executive Coach Should Be Asking

Questions Your Executive Coach Should Be Asking

Leadership, LifeBy Chris GossardMarch 22, 2018

Do you feel like you don’t belong at your current job? If the answer is yes, you’re not alone. According to a Gallup study, this has become a worldwide issue. The study shows that only 13{dd7119e6466815838a897eacb0f96e3559cd52952e2f5090e01a18ee0bf6c011} of employees worldwide are engaged at their jobs.

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Want to Improve Your Life? Don’t Lose Momentum

Growth, Health, LifeBy Chris GossardMarch 15, 2017

Every professional has been guilty of making a mistake. Small mishaps are easier to overlook, such as a typo in a document or a formatting error in a spreadsheet. Other mistakes are harder to fix, such as accidentally sharing confidential information with the wrong client or realizing you did the math on your department’s yearly budget incorrectly and it’s already in use.

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