We’ve covered some basics in career development and job search in part 1 and part 2. Before going into the practical side of your standard job searching tools, there’s an important thing to remember when looking for you next job - where to look. There’s a common percentage division that says that the jobs and…
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Career Development Part II – Searching and applying for positions
You’ve done the first step covered in part one of this series, and now know where you want to put your focus when taking the next step on your career and job search journey. For this post I’ll keep the focus on traditional job search. Create a daily plan Create a plan for how to…
Career Development Part I – Productive Job Search
For some time now I have been working as a career advisor, and so I thought it was about time to do a few posts on the realm of career advice and job search. I won’t claim that the ideas and suggestions presented here are new or revolutionary in any way, but I will say…
Applying 80/20 Thinking
When we encounter problems, two specific points of focus are available to us. Problem Focus and Solution Focus. Focusing on the problem allows us to analyze what it is that is standing in our way. Whether it is people, lack of time, lack of resources, missing information and more. Focusing on the solution allows us…
The (lack of) Power of (in)Decisions
A while back I was at a party and found myself in a conversation that turned into the area of leadership and the lack of follow-through on decisions and decision making. It actually started out as a discussion on social media and the availability of information, and my friend felt that part of the problem…
Time Management: Children’s Style
I’ve been doing some writing on the self-help area lately (post on the subject coming up), and one of the topics typically covered are time management. It’s a popular topic no doubt, and there’s probably a reason why people say things like “there’s only 24 hours in a day“, “wish I had more time” or…
Challenge: Leave The Phone
You know the scene in the movies where the main characters are about to finally get on with that kiss that you’ve foreseen since before you even started watching, and just as their lips are about to touch, the phone rings and destroyes the moment. This of course, has been used to the point of…
7 Strategies For Facilitating Conflict Mastery
In my last three posts I’ve focused on the way we handle conflicts at work, and especially on the way conflicts at work can be productive. Based on those posts, here are 7 strategies that can help facilitate conflict mastery at work. #1 Have A Plan Like any project, having a plan for reaching your…
Productive Conflict At Work, Part 3 – Thesis Results & Reflection
In the previous posts on productive conflict I’ve looked into a theoretical overview on conflicts at work, and the point of view from the LinkedIn network on the impact of productive conflict at work. In this third part of this blog series I focus on the approach to conflict from Norway, with a basis in…
Productive Conflict At Work, Part 2 – LinkedIn Responses
“Collaboration without conflict is mission impossible” Since last weeks post on productive conflict at work, the linkedin answers to whether conflict at work can be productive have gone up from 118 to 121. With the quick overview of some of the theoretical positions on conflict presented in part 1, this post will focus on the…