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Being Real in the Age of ChatGPT, Avatars, and Alexa
AI-technology based ChatGPT has taken over my newsfeed in the last couple of weeks. The newest Avatar: The Way of Water CGI movie has reached all-time global record revenue. Over 300 million homes in the US employ Alexa as a personal assistant. Why do I mention these...
Are You The Leader That You Want People To See?
Is it becoming more difficult to demonstrate executive presence in a world where it seems everything is virtual? Recently, the founder of a well-known technology company went on record as saying, “Companies should call employees back to offices because when people...
Are You Damaging Your Career By Choosing To Be Invisible?
Do you choose to be center stage or are you more comfortable working under the radar screen? Interestingly, Zenger Folkman recently conducted research by inviting 7065 leaders around the world to answer this question: “If you were given a choice of two special powers,...
Is Powerful Executive Presence Now a “Virtual” Requirement?
Many of us are grappling with our own love-hate relationship with our video cameras. Pre-Covid, who considered the impact of our backgrounds, lighting or demeanor or whether our whole set-up might become the subject of critique online? However, times have changed and...
Keeping People Engaged – Podcast Episode 7
The reality of daily online meetings has created a new kind of stress that I refer to as Communication Fatigue. I’ve no doubt your calendar is probably filled with back-to-back meetings with little or no time to take a break. For so many of us working from our homes,...
The Greatest Lesson I Learned From COVID-19
Traditionally, I start off every year with ambitious goals. Like most people, I like to challenge myself and prepare for an even bigger year. However, as fate decided, I had no time to think that far ahead. An uninvited visitor took over my life for the month of...
Career Risk & Consequences: Improving Probabilities in the Next Normal
How I wish I had a crystal ball to predict what the next normal will look like. What’s clear right now is that many of yesterday’s business protocols and rituals have become obsolete. As more of our interactions happen digitally, we are being challenged with distanced...
Your Career Vaccine – Three Personal Prescriptions for Success During COVID-19
I’ve always believed that defining moments should be filled with joyfulness and new opportunities. However, on March 4th, my defining moment took a turn in the wrong direction as COVID-19 completely altered how my business would operate. Every workshop and every...
Launch an Executive Job Search by Transforming Your Corporate Identity to Personal Identity – Guest Post from Barbara Schultz
I'm sharing this link to a thought-provoking article “Launch an Executive Job Search by Transforming Your Corporate Identity to a Personal Identity”, not just for those who are a casualty of downsizing but for those who still believe in job security. Barbara Schultz,...
What’s Your Attitude Towards Optimism?
I recently sent an email to a special client, Paul Martyn, Director of Advanced Sourcing at Coupa Software, curious to know how he is able to maintain his optimism and confidence during these challenging times. His answer inspired me: “I think optimism is, like many...