A version of this article, entitled “To Get Ahead in Your Career, Share the Credit, Says Career Coach and Award-Winning Author Tamara S. Raymond,” appeared recently in over 130 media outlets and online publications consisting of newspapers; broadcast media and local tv stations; and financial, business and multicultural news services. They include local NBC, Fox
The Pandemic Job Search: How to Land a New Job During or After
A version of this article, entitled “Pandemic Job Search Tips: Career Coach Tamara Raymond Offers Pointers,” appeared this week in over 120 media outlets and online publications globally. A few of them include: local NBC and Fox affiliates; Yahoo! Finance; Dow Jones’ MarketWatch; NPR’s Marketplace; and Ask.com; as well as Latin publication Telemundo and Finanzen.net in Germany and
Courageously Creating Your Support Team
In the world of being productive, a leader is not absent of fear — or even fearless — but courageous. The definition of courage is having fear but taking action anyway — in the presence of that fear. Understandably, for some, being the key decision-maker can be lonely. As part of management or leadership, there
The Other Side of Leadership: Making Tough Calls
As a leader within your organization and/or manager of a team, sometimes you have to make the tough calls. Say, you may like an employee as a person, but realistically recognize they’re not a good fit for the role or the team. And, unfortunately, if you can’t move them to another more appropriate role as
There Is No “One-Size” Managerial Model
Leadership styles may vary. It’s a plain and simple truth. The operative concept here to take away though is that different doesn’t mean less effective. This concept also means recognizing that it goes both ways. For example, if you have a different management style than your manager and/or mentor, you can be just as —
Listening Is Your Most Powerful Tool
In the last blogpost, I shared that leadership means being accountable, responsible and willing to take action. Today, I am focusing on a particular “take action” tool: the art and skill of listening. A key element by any measure. In fact, if you ask me, it’s the most powerful tool a leader has. Why and
Challenge Your Notion of What a Leader “Looks” Like
Whenever I’ve posited the question, “describe what a leader looks like to you,” the sum of responses I receive point to something curious. It’s as if age and other quantitative information serve as necessary determining factors. What would you say if I were to ask you? There is absolutely something to be said for years
Taking Your Small, Well-Performing Business to the Next Level: Who Do You Hire?
Your small business has been around for a few years, and it’s starting to thrive. You’re past the days of struggling through slow months, and now you have room to make a first-time hire or bring on a few more full-time employees. When you’re a small, growing business, what kind of job candidate should you
When Your Child Gets Sick, How Can You Stay Ahead at Work?
Parenthood can be wonderful. It can also present some true challenges when you’re in the workforce. There will always be times when your child is not in school—in the summer, for instance—that you can plan for well in advance, either setting aside money for babysitters, enrolling your child in a camp or other short-term program,
NETWORKING: Not the Best at Work? How Networking Can Help You
Despite how hard you try, you’re just not great at your job. It’s not because your boss isn’t trying to help you succeed or because you’ve been sabotaged. No, in spite of lots of support, you’re just not a good fit. Sometimes you do OK, and very, very occasionally you do quite well, but no
