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6 Steps to Get Off on the Right Foot in a New Job

With the economy being what it is - getting a new job is a BIG deal. Here are some steps that you can take to start it right and hopefully lay the ground work for a successful stay at your new job.

Step 1

After you accept the position try and get as much information as you can about general office "stuff". Things such as dress code, pay cycles, breaks, lunch times, vacation policies, time off, general office decorum. This will go a long way toward your fitting in with your new surroundings. For instance, if the dress in the office is jeans, you would not want to come in on the first day in a 3-piece suit (but it is always a good policy to over-dress rather than under-dress if you don't know the specific dress code).

Step 2

Once you meet everyone that you will be working with, try to find the person that is most like you and work toward building a relationship with that person first. Also, as far as relationship building, try and discern for yourself where the various people fall hierarchy and respect spectrum. Hooking your wagon to the wrong person/group could make or break you and your future with the company.

Step 3

Find something that makes you unique and practice that as much as possible. For me, I am an early bird and always get to the office before anyone else. People notice that and have come to rely on me to be there to take care of any emergencies that pop up before everyone gets there.

Step 4

Be reliable. Be where you are supposed to be at the right time. Return calls when you say you will. Finish your tasks (no matter how trivial) on time. Enough said on this point.

Step 5

Take notes on everything. Don't make your co-workers or boss tell you something over and over. While a note pad and pen is sufficient, I have used products like Microsoft OneNote and Action Outline from Green Parrotts Software. They are free form, searchable places to transcribe the notes that you take. This will be one of the most important tools that you will use to help you get off on the right foot.

Step 6

Be nice to everyone. Aside from being a good piece of advice to live by, it is even more important in the working world. Things change all of the time in the work place and you never know who will be your boss or co-worker during your tenure at the job. As another side benefit, people just love to do things for people that are nice to them. Don't be nice just to get things from people, but do it to make your work environment a better place.

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How to Successfully Navigate 12 Very Common Career Situations

Be Prepared!  Time to Take Action .... NOW!

Proactive career planning and career management are key career success elements, but even our best laid plans can get side-tracked if we don't keep our eyes on the horizon and be prepared for unexpected changes and detours in our career path.

As an executive career coach for the past 15 years, I have noted 12 common career situations that present themselves to us at both expected and unexpected times in our career.  You will likely recognize all of these and have probably experienced many in your own work life.  Learning how to effectively deal with these common career situations is absolutely critical to optimizing your career success.  

How many of these have you personally experienced?  

Are any of these looming on the horizon for you?

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12 Common Career Situations That You MUST Be Prepared for:

• Unexpected Job Loss - What Do I Now?  What's Next?  Where Do I Start?

• I've Got a New Boss - How Can I Tee Myself Up for Success with Her?

• I've Just Begun a New Job - The 90 Day "Probation" Period Challenge is Upon Me.

• I'd Like to Post for a Great-Looking Internal Position - How to I Rise to the Top of the List?  What Can I Begin Doing RIGHT NOW to Improve My Chances?

• I'm Thinking About Leaving the "Corporate World" and "Going Solo" - Should I?  Can I? How Do I Decide?  What Should I Do First?

• I Was Just Passed Over for a Promotion! - Why Did This Happen? What Can I Begin Doing RIGHT NOW to "Pass the Test" Next Time?  Who Do I Need to Have a Stronger Relationship With?

• I'm 90 Days Out from My Annual Review - What Can I Begin Doing RIGHT NOW to Ensure I Receive the Highest Marks?  Is it Too Late? (No!!)  How Have I Added Value This Past Year?

• I'm Ready to be Promoted - How Can I Maximize My Chances?  There's a Promotion Opportunity on the Horizon That is PERFECT for ME!

• I'm Ready for a Job/Career Change - What Do I Do Next?  Should I Leave or Should I Stay? How Do I Decide?  What Do I Do About It?  First Steps?

• My Job Search is Stagnated.  I Can't Seem to Get ANY Traction - How Can I Re-establish Momentum?  How Can I Generate Some Viable Opportunities?

• My Weak Areas Are DEFINITELY Holding Me Back.  I've Tried to Improve But I'm Not Making Progress.  What Do I Do?

• I'm Assembling a New Team .... Or I'm Teaming Up with a Business Partner - How Do I Ensure the Success and Sustainability of the Team?

So ..... What do you do about these?  Any of these sound familiar?  

If you haven't run into many of these .... Listen Carefully .... you DEFINITELY will!  Consider the following ideas to help you effectively deal with these situations when they present themselves:

• Find a Mentor or Mentors.  Find someone who HAS experienced the circumstance that you're experiencing -- someone you trust and someone you can confidentially speak with.  Ask your friends; ask your family members; ask your other trust advisors if they know of anyone. Talk to the mentor(s) about exactly what they did.  Have them walk you through their thought process and action plan.  What did they do right?  What do they WISH they had done?  What should the have NOT done that they did?  Listen, take notes and formulate your own plan.

• "School Up" On It.  Read about it!  Because these circumstances ARE common, there is already LOTS of material out there that talk about it -- Books, magazine articles, blog articles -- believe me....it's out there.  Dig in and locate some resources.  Read, learn, take notes and APPLY what you learn.

• Approach It Like You Would an Important Client/Work Project.  Formulate a realistic and achievable action plan -- write it down; get granular with it; flesh out the details.  Set SMART goals and milestones; find an accountability partner (a friend, your spouse, etc.) to help hold you to task.  Plan .... and take action!

• Approach an Experienced Career Coach.  Find an expert in the field, someone you have good chemistry with, someone who's been through these circumstances as an advisor to others.  Have them help you map out a plan, have them teach you what you might not know, have them help hold you accountable to the plan, have them INSPIRE you to action.  

• Do ALL of the Above!  None of the above are necessarily mutually exclusive -- some combination of all of the above is probably the ideal solution.  Remember .... it's your career .... it's ultimately up to you.  Make it happen.  Proactively plan and manage your career.  Keep your eyes on the horizon and be ready to deal with these common career situations.

All the best to your career success!

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
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A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
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New Job? How to Make a Resounding Impact in Your First 90 Days

Time to "Hit the Ground Running!"

Your first 90 days in a new position (whether at a new company or not) is the period under which you're under close observation -- some consider it the "probationary period" -- the period where you've got to quickly prove your worth and value to your new employer.  Perceptions are "cemented" during that time period -- good or bad. So...it's important that you take conscious control over how you perform during this critical period.

Consider these actions and activities as important elements in transitioning effectively into your new position during the first 90 Days:

The First 90 Days

Before You Start:

• Develop List "A" and List "B".  List "A" is a list of declarative sentences that would cause your first 30 days to be a "resounding success" -- develop a similar list for your first 90 days.  List "B" is a list of things that would cause your first 30 days to be a disaster.  Be creative and think outside the box with both lists.  Identify items on both lists that are either (1) under YOUR control or (2) outside of your control.

• "Personal Inspiration" List.  Formulate a list of all of the GREAT reasons you chose this job and why it will or could have such a positive influence on your career.  Develop this list with a career coach if you have one. This list will serve as your "compass" and inspiration during times of stress on the job.

• Understand the Likely Challenges.  Formulate a list of all of the challenges you're likely to face in the first 90 days of employment.  Make separate notes for ways you can mitigate or handle these challenges.

Learn the Landscape and the "Mindfields":

• Understand Official Company Policies.  Know what's permitted and what's not permitted by company policy.  Understand the playing field rules.

• Understand "Unofficial Company Polices (the "Unwritten Rules").  Learn the things that are generally frowned upon or put your at risk if you do them (although not officially against company policy).  Ordering an alcoholic drink at lunch, for example, may not be against company policy, but could be frowned upon.

• Develop Your "Listening System".  Learn and understand from others.  Asking questions is a great way to get to know team members and colleagues across the organization. Spend time with individuals and small groups of people from across the company.  Let them know you are counting on them to fill you in on some basics about the company so you can be both more effective and more sensitive to people’s perspective. Questions such as “what’s it really like to work here?” and “How would you describe the culture and the unwritten rules for success?” can yield great insights.

Develop Alliances and Key Relationships:

• Be Approachable, Respectful, Kind and Considerate of EVERYONE.  It's okay to be firm when necessary, but firmness plays much better when you're viewed as a considerate manager who cares for your people.

• Share Lunch with Colleagues.  Spend lunch time getting to know people on a personal level.  This is another great time to ask questions.

• Find a Mentor and Develop a Great Relationship with Him/Her.  It's vital to have an ongoing dialog with somebody who knows the company well -- quickly identify the people at your company who can help you and figure out how to get in front of them. 

• Identify Your “Trustees” - No one succeeds in an enterprise entirely on his or her own. Early on, decide which few people you can trust with your private thoughts; determine who will be in your inner circle and begin the process of enlistment. Also determine who in the organization can be a secret angel, making good things happen if treated with respect.

• Understand the Political Structure. Find the formal AND informal "seats of power" and develop positive relationships with those individuals (could be that that your colleague's administrative assistant is a family member of the company's owner).

Make Things Happen! -- Deliver Results:

• Avoid Changing the World.  Understand fully how things work before you try to change things -- there may be a very good reason WHY things are done the way they're done.

• Avoid Doing "Too Much Too Soon" -- Tread Lightly.  It's better to purposely under-commit and over-deliver than vice versa.  You don't want to bite off more than you can chew.

• Put Your 90 Day Expectations In Writing - Your 90 Day Plan.  Be proactive in developing your key goals for your first 90 days of employment.  Sit down with your manager and discuss those expectations, ask for his/her input and make necessary adjustments to your 90 day plan.  Before presenting initially, ensure it meets "SMART Goal" standards.

• Tactical Top Ten Lists. What are the top ten key things you want to get done in the first 30 days to establish momentum with your 90 Day Plan?  Write them down.  Prioritize them.  Review them daily and schedule time on your calendar to get them done.

• Score Some "Early Wins."  Look for opportunities to score some noticeable "early wins."  What are some things on your manager's near term or immediate term "radar screen" that you can handle effectively with positive results.  Ensure those things are incorporated into your Tactical Top Ten Lists and your 90 Day Plan.

Your BOSS/Manager is the Key to Your Success:

• Get to Know Your Boss .... Very Well.  Your number ONE relationship in your new position .... period.  Look for opportunities to spend time with your boss or new manager.  Anticipate his or her needs.  Make him or her "look good." 

• Be Visible.  Arrive early and stay bit later, particularly during the early period in your new job tenure.  Attend all required meetings -- arrive on time; no exceptions.  Be accessible, resourceful, helpful and friendly.

• Practice Personal Excellence; Become a Role Model in Your Boss' Eyes. Step up to the "A Team" with the great tips in THIS article.

Other Excellent Resources to Consider:

• Book: "The First 90 Days" written by Michael Watkins.  THE best book on the market for guidance in new job transition situations.  A must read.

• Whitepaper: Portions of this article incorporate some of the ideas discussed in this excellent whitepaper written by Stephen H. Baum - www.Stephenhbaumleadership.com.

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Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
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Maintaining Networking Momentum After You Land the Job

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Weekly Smart Networking Wisdom of Liz Lynch
Contributing Expert and Career Success! Partner

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Maintain Networking Momentum

Networking is something many job seekers get into reluctantly. It can feel awkward if you haven't done much of it before. What do you do, where do you start?

Losing your job, especially, can make you want to hold back from meeting new people and talking about yourself. What will you say when they ask what you do, and more importantly, how will you project confidence when so much of your identity had been wrapped up in a job you were forced to leave?

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It's understandable then that as soon as you do land a job, you'd want to stop networking. The desire to dive into your new cubicle or office and bury yourself in your work can be very strong. And it's easy to use the excuse of being too busy learning your new job to get out there and network.

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In an ideal world, you'd keep up some networking momentum, perhaps shifted down a gear or two. What this current job market has illustrated is that having a strong network on the look out for opportunities for you, and willing to recommend you for them, is the key to minimizing your time in the unemployment line.

An ever ready network

Since you never know when you'll need your network again, before you withdraw back into your comfort zone, there are a few things you can do to make sure your network is ready to go again whenever you are:

1) Close the loops

• Update your LinkedIn profile. Add in your new company, title and job description. Rewrite your summary, if necessary.
• Update your contacts. LinkedIn allows you to send a message to up to 50 contacts at a time. If you send out an email blast, be sure that all of the recipient emails are listed in the bcc line to maintain everyone's privacy and avoid multiple "Reply All" emails.
• Send a personal thank you email or handwritten note to anyone who helped you during your search. While you should have been doing this all along, if you missed anybody, now is the perfect time to make up for it. It will only get more awkward the longer you wait.

2) Start making internal inroads

• Get introduced to the people around you. Being proactive in meeting people in both your department and adjacent ones, rather than waiting for them to come to you, will help you get up to speed more quickly and be more effective in your job.
• Join the LinkedIn and Facebook groups for your new company, and follow your new employer on Twitter. Sometimes it's the best way to stay updated on news and developments.

3) Maintain your outside network

• Make a commitment that at least once a month you'll have lunch away from your desk and away from your closest co-workers to catch up with outside colleagues.
• If you haven't already done so, check out the professional associations for your industry and search LinkedIn for relevant industry groups to join.

All of these activities keep you visible and in the flow of new ideas and opportunities that can help advance your career.  They also keep you in the right mindset for networking. When you're not putting pressure on yourself to get something, you put less pressure on others, and at the same time, become more comfortable with networking overall.

Read original post HERE.

Liz Lynch is author of Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online (McGraw-Hill, 2009) and a sought-after speaker who brings a practical and insightful perspective to networking that has connected with a global audience. Liz is also founder of the Center for Networking Excellence, a company that develops products, programs and seminars to help entrepreneurs and professionals get clients, build their businesses, and accelerate their careers through networking.

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Liz brings up a key point to remind job-seekers that "finding a job" does NOT end the networking process; your networking pump is now primed! Keep the open lines of communication flowing. Look for ways to communicate with your network on an ongoing basis; consider social media applications that facilitate such communication. Thanks Liz!

Career Success! Partner Liz Lynch is a regular contributing expert on our blog site.  Visit us every Friday for Liz's insights, ideas and wisdom on the subject of Smart Networking -- building powerful connections -- offering information that I hope will resonate with you in your journey to achieving incredible career success.

Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
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Weekly Smart Networking Wisdom of Liz Lynch
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How to Successfully Navigate a Major Career Transition

Michael Watkins, author of the books, The First 90 Days and Your Next Move - A Leader's Guide to Successfully Navigating Major Career Transitions, is interviewed on the Harvard Business Review YouTube Channel on the subject of successfully navigating major career transitions.

How can you improve your odds as you prepare to make your next move? Michael discusses to two key challenges you face in any career transition:

• What do I need to do to adapt to the change and the challenges inherent in the change, and
• What do I need to do for the organization -- what are the key goals and objectives

Getting clarity on BOTH of the above is key to navigating and realizing a successful career transition.

Michael also poses two great questions for those making a career transition:

• What are some things I really do well, that I probably need to drop or no longer do in the new position?
• What are some things that I DON'T do well, that are going to be important elements in the new position -- and therefore important for me to improve upon?

I highly recommend viewing this video for anyone in a leadership position about to embark on any of the following major career transitions:

• A new promotion
• Onboarding into a new company
• Leading/managing individuals who were formerly peers
• Turning around a business in crisis

Source: Harvard Business YouTube Channel - Original Telecast

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Career Success Tip for Surviving Change - Do What's Needed with Grace

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Weekly Wisdom on Effectively Managing Change with M.J. Ryan
Contributing Expert and Career Success! Partner

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Ryan had been a manager for a small company in New York’s garment district. Then he got laid off and looked for work in his field for almost a year. Finally, he took advantage of the need for seasonal holiday workers and took a temporary job unloading pallets at night for Wal-Mart. “I’m so glad to have something productive to do,” he explained, “and to be bringing money in, even if it’s much less than I used to.”

Sometimes when change hits, we must do things we would rather not. With an Ivy League education, I’ve been a cashier in a drug store, a mother’s helper, and a housecleaner (all very temporarily, for which I am extremely grateful). I’ve worked the equivalent of three jobs for years and on more weekends than I care to remember. In tough times, my husband’s worked as a day laborer and sold books and other possessions on eBay, including a Wedgwood teapot that had been in his family for years.

Some people have trouble with the need to get on with it with as much grace and gratitude as possible. My guess is that it comes from a sense of entitlement. I worked for a while with a young woman fresh out of college who was continually outraged that she had to work as a receptionist because she “deserved” a more interesting job. This was a person whose parents were making up the difference between her income and her expenses, which ironically served to make her less grateful, not more, for her lot. It took all of my fortitude each week not to say, “At least you have a job.” But I kept my mouth shut because such awareness never comes from the outside, only from experiences that teach us there’s no such thing as “deserve.”

Each and every person on the face of this earth “deserves” food and shelter and meaningful work. But unfortunately, as Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein says,

“You don’t get what you deserve. You get what you get.”

Maya Angelou is a great role model of someone who did what was needed. She learned from her grandmother never to complain. When she heard someone complaining she’d say to Maya, “There are people all over the world, black and white, rich and poor, who went to sleep when that person went to sleep, and they have never awakened….They would give anything for five minutes of what that person was complaining about.” As a result, says Angelou, “I’ll protest like the dickens, but I don’t complain….No matter how bad it gets, I’m always grateful to know that I don’t have to stay with the negative.”

Tough changes give us the opportunity to see just how tough we are. We roll up our sleeves and do what’s needed. (Within the bounds of what’s legal and moral, I hope.) We experience how work, even unloading pallets, makes us feel good. And the dignity that comes from the determination to do what’s necessary, that “starch in the backbone,” as Maya Angelou calls it, can never be taken from us.

Original Post by M.J. Ryan: CLICK HERE

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M.J. Ryan is a widely recognized Change Expert and author of the book, Adaptability - How to Survive Change You Didn't Ask For.  She is also one of the creators of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series and the author of The Happiness Makeover (nominated for the 2005 Books for Better Living award in the Motivational category), Attitudes of Gratitude, The Power of Patience, Trusting Yourself, The Giving Heart, and 365 Health and Happiness Boosters, among other titles. Altogether, there are 1.75 million copies of her titles in print.  Learn more about M.J.

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I'd like to welcome! friend and Career Success! Partner, M.J. Ryan, as a regular contributing expert to our blog site. M.J.'s insights, ideas and wisdom on the subject of Dealing Effectively with Change will hopefully resonate with you in your journey to achieving incredible career success.

Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
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A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
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Weekly Wisdom on Effectively Managing Change with M.J. Ryan
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Weekly Wisdom on Effectively Managing Change with M.J. Ryan
Contributing Expert and Career Success! Partner

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Weekly Wisdom on Effectively Managing Change with M.J. Ryan
Contributing Expert and Career Success! Partner

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Weekly Wisdom on Effectively Managing Change with M.J. Ryan
Contributing Expert and Career Success! Partner

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Weekly Wisdom on Effectively Managing Change with M.J. Ryan
Contributing Expert and Career Success! Partner

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Weekly Wisdom on Effectively Managing Change with M.J. Ryan
Contributing Expert and Career Success! Partner

Workforce Reinvention: Success, Serenity and Significance in 2010

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Weekly Wisdom on the Work/Life Merge with Judy Martin
Contributing Expert and Career Success! Partner

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The traditional workplace model has entered into an evolutionary spiral. A workforce reinvention is taking place across generational boundaries, in fact across career trajectories for many people worldwide. Among the numerous reasons:

• Career reinvention due to unemployment
• Career reinvention fueled by a desire for more joyful work
• Re-entering the workforce because 401-k’s have been clobbered
• Re-entering the workforce after motherhood
• The desire to be an entrepreneur
• The need and/or desire for a better work life fit
• A strong desire to give back and make a difference
• The undying relentless quest to merge passion, profit, and purpose
  

It’s the last one that generally falls to the bottom of the barrel because it seems the most difficult to acquire. The underlying thread of my blog over the last 3 years has been that quest for more meaningful work, thus the tag line (which is about 2 years old); success, serenity & significance 24/7. What a world we would be living in if “vocation” was king. Meaningful heartfelt work fueled by those three “’s” words. But that’s a journey – not a destination. You can learn more about this in my webisode, Work Life Post-9/11, We’re a Work Life Nation.

Our Career Chaos Economy

We’re experiencing what I have referred to as a “Career Chaos Economy.” There have been dramatic shifts in consciousness around the way we live, do business/work, and how we manage the work life merge. There are unprecedented changes taking place;  women now make up half the workforce as we’ve learned this year from the work from A Woman’s Nation, baby boomers have forged a new path as Encore Careers take flight, those who make up Generation Y have taken the lead as conscious digital natives creating and demanding new work environments as you can read in Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist blog.

The elusive quest for right livelihood

No matter the generation, even in a tight job market with high unemployment, men and women are questioning the traditional nine-to-five existence. One which conjures an image of sitting behind a desk, immobile under the dictates of management that often has no conceptual model, or care thereof, of a better work life existence.

Because we’ve all been shaken to our core, our career chaos economy has us uprooted our traditional beliefs in work and has us at least, examining what right livelihood might look like. That is of course, a subjective concept, but it’s being explored like never before. There are numerous websites which I’ve mentioned in past posts, (ie. Top Ten Work Life Culture Stories of 2009) tackling legislation and workplace models to this end, many of which are highly concerned with boosting workplace effectiveness and calling for a better work life fit across the board.

New voices and projects on the horizon

This week I learned about another blog carnival being hosted by Fem 2.0, with an associated blog radio series to…:

“…shift the conversation around work and families away from outdated assumptions and privileged perspectives to better reflect the experience of everyday Americans and American families, who are being crushed between the obligations of home and the workplace.”

I plan to participate fueled by my own passion of this undying quest for right-livelihood, vocation and an all-around better work life existence. Heading into 2010 Work Life Nation will continue to focus on the following:

• Success: redefining success with passion, values, purpose
• Serenity: cultivating calm and navigating sensory overload
• Significance: conscious work toward greater purpose

What do you consider right livelihood, how do you define success? How are you reinventing your career toward this end? Please share your stories.

Original Article from Judy Martin HERE.

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Judy Martin, Work/Life Integration Expert, Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist
Host, Work/Life Nation - Success, Serenity & Significance 24/7
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Judy Talks About the Work/Life Merge Here:

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I'd like to welcome! friend and Career Success! Partner, Judy Martin, as a regular contributing expert to our blog site. Judy's insights, ideas and wisdom on the subject of Work/Life Integration -- integrating life and work concerns while thriving on the threshold of change, ultimately enabling success, serenity and signficance 24/7 -- will hopefully resonate with you in your journey to achieving incredible career success.

Andy Robinson, Executive Career Coach
Co-host, Career Success Radio Show
A leading authority on career success; 15-year executive coaching veteran
Contact: [email protected], 239-285-5575

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Weekly Wisdom on the Work/Life Merge with Judy Martin
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Weekly Wisdom on the Work/Life Merge with Judy Martin
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How to Love Your Job! "Love It, Don't Leave It!" - 26 Things YOU Can Do

I recently read Beverly Kaye's and Sharon Jordan-Evan's excellent book, "Love It Don't Leave It - 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work."  Beverly and Sharon share 26 great ideas for how to find what is RIGHT about your job and how to make the most of your work environment.

This book is particularly timely in today's job market, but is equally relevant regardless of the unemployment rate and state of the economy.

"Love It Don't Leave It" is definitely a MUST READ for anyone who wants to TAKE CONTROL of their performance and their careers.  All of the ideas are highly practical and IMMEDIATELY implementable.

Too many people leave their jobs because something is wrong or something is missing.  They either leave physically -- by walking out the door; or, they leave "mentally" by withdrawing their energy and commitment but stay put -- later regretting their departure (either way).

But....there ARE other options.  It is possible to achieve and regain love and passion for your work -- It is possible for YOU to create all of the following where you are now.

• A job you look forward to each day
• A that energizes you and manifests enthusiasm
• A job that truly uses your creativity and greatest strengths
• A job where you feel appreciated

NOW is the time to take control; pick up the book and take action -- the ideas are presented in a manner that facilitates implementation -- the processes are clearly presented.

Join us next week, Tuesday, November 3rd, at 4pm EST on Exceptional Wisdom Radio, when we interview Sharon on her book and she talks about some of the 26 ways to "fix" you current work situation.