Negotiating Your Value And Importance – Even If You’re Shy!
It is no secret that many workplaces make it difficult to speak up or to show your worth. Decision-makers have biases that interfere with seeing their employees for who they really are. Does that mean you should keep your head down and secretly hope to get noticed? Absolutely not! Learn to focus on strategies that gets you noticed and have your voice heard in a way that will advance rather than disadvantage your career growth.
Building your Engineering And Geoscience Career Roadmap
Knowing how to launch, develop and pivot your engineering/geoscience career is essential in today’s volatile economy. We know that most people will have between 4-5 career shifts during their working life. Whatever the shift required to respond to the changing economic realities, there are certain career building and maintenance skills you need to be successful.
Meeting Kindred Spirits and Fighting Toxicity with Love
Meeting Kindred Spirits and Fighting Toxicity with Love A keynote speech delivered by Dr. Julie Pham at “The Spirit of Work” book launch You never know when, where, or how you will meet a kindred spirit. That is how I feel about Dr. Marie Gervais. We met...
Reversing Incivility With Intent To Be And Do Good
Reversing Incivility With Intent To Be And Do Good Do a search on incivility and rudeness in the workplace and you will come up with hundred shifts of posts. It’s a hot topic for a reason… As you’re looking for answers on how to improve your workplace...
Imagining a Workplace Culture With No Prejudice!
Imagining a Workplace Culture With No Prejudice! When my friend from Cameroon walked down the hallway of the accounting firm where she worked, nobody smiled at her. Every person she greeted appeared to have not heard her and sometimes even bumped into her as if she...
I Was Writing A Book But Didn’t Know It
I Was Writing A Book But Didn’t Know It It was my first date on my first job as a teacher and nobody greeted me. I had to ask at the office where my classroom was and request a key – no tour offered. The class had a storage room that had never been cleaned...
A Foundation for Workplace Interactions: Soul-Enhancing Words and Actions
A Foundation for Workplace Interactions: Soul-Enhancing Words and Actions We need a new way to think about workplace interactions Ask any employee or manager what their workplace needs to improve, and the most likely answer will be “communication”. Next inline on the...
Why You Need Your Heart To Work
Why You Need Your Heart To Work Why you need your heart to work Since this month features Valentine’s Day, it seems timely to talk about the link between emotions and decision making at work. There is a strong link between emotional self-awareness and ability to solve...
How Leaders Can Be More Compassionate to Employees
How Leaders Can Be More Compassionate to Employees How Leaders Can Be More Compassionate to Employees (a guest blog) by Rose Julian When asked where acts of compassion regularly occur, the office would probably be last on your mind! Professional environments are...
