Michelle Tillis Lederman's Blog, page 36
June 21, 2018
Three Questions You Need To Answer To Nail The Interview
It’s June, and that means graduation time! It’s job search season. It may be just a summer job, a first job after college, or a new step in your career. Whatever it is, interviewing is a necessary evil to get you there. Sometimes you are being interviewed without realizing it. There are companies that ask […]
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June 13, 2018
Try This To Figure Out Your Perfect Path
Last week I talked about how to figure out what you want to do in life. I also admitted that the idea of helping someone else find his or her path seemed unattainable, since it took so long for me to figure it out myself. But I want to try. Step three was about reflecting […]
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June 6, 2018
What Should I Do With My Life?
In my past, I dabbled as a career coach. I thought, “I can help you write a resume or cover letter and prepare for the interview.” But what people really wanted was for me to tell them what they should do with their lives. Seriously? Do you know how long it took me to figure that out for […]
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May 30, 2018
Success Shortie: The Trick To Getting More Done
One thing that we feel there is never enough of is time. So, as a result, we are constantly stopping and starting and running around trying to get it all done. And you may be under the delusion that multi-tasking is the key to success. I get it and am often guilty of it. However, multi-tasking on brain work actually reduces […]
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Success Shortie: The Trick to Getting More Done
One thing that we feel there is never enough of is time. We always seem to need more. So, as a result, we are constantly stopping and starting and running around trying to
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May 23, 2018
How To Get The Respect You Deserve
This email from a reader really got me fired up: “I have a work issue that I am hoping you can help with. My boss is extremely disrespectful towards me and speaks to me like I am an idiot. I would like some ideas on how to turn this around – I feel like I get […]
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May 16, 2018
Success Shortie: How To Get The Information You Need
When you are giving an assignment, you are rarely given all the information you need. If someone is delegating a task to you, the simple fact is that they are busy. Because of that, a lot of people don’t delegate tasks in a way that is exactly… clear. Often tasks can be thrown at you as the person is walking out […]
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May 11, 2018
Hiring Veterans? Listen Up.
We have relied on our military extensively over the recent past. Many have served and now many are coming home to reenter the civilian workplace. Over 1 million veterans in a five year period! That was the inspiration behind writing my book, Heroes Get Hired: How to Use Your Military Experience to Master the Interview. Going […]
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May 2, 2018
Are You Biased? I Am.
Would you be surprised to hear that the female Global Head of Human Resources for a 30 billion dollar company is biased against women leaders? Seriously? She is! She was surprised to realize it too. Kristen Pressner admitted this during her 2016 Ted Talk, “Are You Biased? I Am.” If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it here. She […]
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April 25, 2018
Success Shortie: When You Shouldn’t Say “I Agree”
In a past blog post, I shared a Success Shortie on how to disagree diplomatically. I talked about two commonly used and often destructive strategies for disagreeing with someone in a conversation, and suggested one to replaced them: STOP: Disagree and Dismiss STOP: Agree and Counter START: Acknowledge and Add It’s obvious why flat out disagreeing can be a bad […]
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