Career planning

Five strategies for weathering the ups and downs.

Leadership transitions go awry with alarming frequency, often the result of an emotionally charged power struggle between the CEO and his would-be heir. Four practices, however, can help successors defuse the crisis—and make it to the top.

You don't need to wait for them to come to you.

Many of us are considering our jobs with a fresh perspective.

No, we don’t mean come work for us. (Though we are hiring). For the next 30 days, we’ll be rolling out a special series on the new rules for getting a job. The last few years have been tough on job-seekers. Unemployment has been a globe– and demographic-spanning problem now for years. At the same […]

Don't make it a venting session.

Be like an architect-establish the vision, then work collaboratively to best serve the organization.

People who wish they had more power in their organizations — power to bring their ideas to fruition, power to change policies that make no sense — often try to find the one “big move” that will land them in a position of authority. That’s a long shot, and, in any event, it misses the […]

Here's how to decide whether to stick it out.

The company and you have parted ways- now what? In an uncertain economy, one of the things you can predict is that there will be people who lose their corporate affiliation – either through downsizing, or because they elect to take early retirement, or for some other reason – and decide explore the self-employment instead […]

Every so often, writers click with their audience in ways they never expect–and learn something important in the process. I’ve had that experience in the last week, when my most recent “Game Changer” post spread across the media landscape like wildfire, generating all sorts of attention on the Internet, landing on a national radio program, […]

Don’t undervalue the networks you forged in school.

Five ways to get the most out of your one-on-one conversations with your skip-level manager.

Despite the high rate of churn in the labor market today, many companies pay scant attention to offboarding employees. That's a mistake, say the authors,...

Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, explains how to inspire, motivate, and empower people at all levels to act with accountability.

Don't let yourself become a prisoner.

Mullenweg founded Automattic, the company behind WordPress, in 2005, and began hiring in the traditional way: using resume screening, reference checks,...

Making the most of a bad career move.

But if you’re young, gay, black, or a man, the odds are higher that you do.

Life is full of twists and turns and it is sometimes easy to get sick of the many gyrations that are needed to make a business thrive, a project launch,...