Surpass Your Dreams

Negotiating For Yourself At Work

I met an amazing attorney, Alan L. Sklover. He is an expert on how to navigate and negotiate for yourself at work. His blog, SkloverWorkingWisdom.com provides insight on how to negotiate to gain the most for your skills, time, and effort in the workplace. It is worthwhile to spend time on this site.

Great New Blog For Women

I got a call today about a new blog called Talking W2W. I like it.  It’s written by Lisbeth McNabb, the former CFO for Match.com. The blog discusses important issues that pertain to women like Work/Life balance. Mrs. McNabb worked her way up the corporate ladder and she learned a lot about juggling a career and a family. There are some good stories and tips on this blog. You can check it out at http://www.talkingw2w.com

What Do You Want From This Blog?

As a career coach, I find that fear and uncertainty is running rampant in the workplace. No matter how long or how hard you’ve worked, going to work every day is no longer exciting. Excitement has been replaced with trying to survive another day. I know what you are going through. I was there too. Until I made a decision and a commitment to do something about it.

What I learned in my travels from full-time corporate executive to full-time business owner is change occurs over time. (Most of the time.) This applies to changing a career, changing something in your department, or changing your attitude. It’s not an overnight event even though we would like it to be. This is good news as sudden change would overwhelm us. So we are not leaping into something new immediately, we are gradually getting used to it in stages.

The goal is never to start over, but to build on what you have. If you want a new career, what skills do you already have that you can use? If you want to take a new direction in the career you currently work in, what do you need to learn or update to get there? Small steps on a regular basis will take you to the finish line. Larger steps, or no steps at all, taken on an irregular basis will slow down or halt your progress.

So, what do you want in your career? Answer the following. Please note that you are not alone in the thoughts, fears, or struggles you are experiencing. They are shared by others too.

1. What Is The Biggest Challenge In Your Career Right Now?

2. What Keeps You From Doing Something About It?

3. What Is The One Thing You Need To Solve Your Challenge? (This Could Be A Tool, Web-Site, Book, Etc. Whatever You Need To Get Moving. It Could Be A Resource You Know About Or Wish Was Available.)

Surpass Your Dreams is a resource for you. Please know that you don’t have to go through the challenges and difficulties in your career alone anymore.