| January 2012 - Email Newsletter |
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Hello ,
Who is the person most interested in your professional development? Not your boss. Not human resources. The answer is you; you are the person with the most to gain from continuing to develop professionally. It is your responsibility to establish a career path that provides clear objectives with a detailed plan to achieve your goals while sniffing out opportunities, identifying training needs and gaining the exposure you need.
The higher you intend to rise, the more important it is to be able to clearly express yourself. A number of studies estimate that professionals spend over 80% of their time exchanging ideas and communicating with others. There is no point in having the best understanding of a situation – and its solution – if you can’t communicate that understanding to others. The development of effective business communication skills takes considerable practice and most professionals, including top-level executives, seek help in cultivating these skills.
Make sure your skills and knowledge are current and polished; because the bottom line on professional development is that you own it.
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What's New?
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 New Year's Career Resolutions
Thanks to our sluggish economy, it’s easy to make excuses for not advancing your career or looking for a new position even if you are miserable in your current role. Once you’ve convinced yourself that there are no opportunities out there or that it’s too risky to make a move in this economy, you give yourself a pass to do nothing. But doing nothing can cost you. So let’s make some New Year’s career resolutions…shall we?
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What Do You Want to be When You Grow Up?
What do you want to be when you grow up? For some of us, even years after graduating from college that answer still eludes us. The working world is ever-changing; from emerging technologies to environment policy, careers that were not around ten years ago are now all the rage. Whether you are a student or fully engaged in a career at the moment, wouldn’t you like to know what your personality is best suited for?
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I am Fluent in the Language of Dog
Every communication is actually two simultaneous conversations: the verbal and the nonverbal. In terms of emotional impact and believability, the nonverbal conversation is far more important to us then the verbal one. Which is a good news for my dog. She can whine when she wants to go out, growl when she plays tug of war, and bark when the doorbell rings, but she doesn’t have the gift of gab like her owner. But what she lacks in the verbal department, she more than makes up for with her nonverbal capabilities. I dabble in French, can read a few words of Spanish, but thanks to my Lab, Georgia, I am fluent in the language of dog.
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