Category Archives: Career

Where is your Focus?

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Toby Lucich

Sometimes a concept is framed in such a powerful way that you feel required to share it (this view may resonate differently with MBA-types). Balaji Krishnamurthy at LogiStyle offers this paradigm to help CEO’s focus their scarce attention: A good way to examine … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Focus, Leadership | 1 Comment

Searching for happiness in your work? This diagram may help

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Rick Turoczy

(Image courtesy Bud Caddell. Used under Creative Commons.)

Posted in Career, Diagrams, Happiness | 1 Comment

Tackling the No-Accountability Wasteland

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Toby Lucich

There is an uncomfortable, anxious pang that wells up in you when the halls have been empty for hours, and you know that you and the janitor are the only people in the building, again. You feel like maybe the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accountability, Career, Corporate Culture | 4 Comments

Creating Options at Brand "You"

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Toby Lucich

You’re tired of the race. Tired of working tirelessly in shifting sands of corporate America as an exempt FTE. But you do it with the hope of the BIG payday. You’ve got options in the company, and it seems that … Continue reading →

Posted in Branding, Career, Measure, Networking, Recognition | 3 Comments

Yahoo! fires Brazen Careerist Penelope Trunk

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

So, I just heard that Yahoo! Finance has decided to fire Penelope Trunk. I mean, who would want to work with someone who thinks like this? I just choose the lifestyle I want first, before I choose my work. Lifestyle … Continue reading →

Posted in BrazenCareerist, Career, Firing, PenelopeTrunk | 6 Comments

You're hired, you're fired

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Anyone who talks to me about their current corporate career will likely have heard me utter—likely innumerable times—my quintessential thought about staying in one place too long, “You’re not going to retire from there.” Truth of the matter is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Employment, Firing, Hiring, Jobs | 7 Comments

Adopting an open meeting format

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Everyone complains about meetings. Seems that they’re all useless. But I have to imagine that there are some meetings that are valuable. Aren’t there? I mean, I get the chance to participate in some pretty productive meetings. So I know … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Meetings, Whatif | 5 Comments

Does Mediocrity Reign Supreme?

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Toby Lucich

So Rick and I were talking about passion for your work. Do you love what you do? How badly would you want to change to actively go out and find a better alternative to the job the current have (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Change, Passion | 5 Comments

Without artisans, tools are worthless

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

[NOTE: I’ve been struggling with the title on this one for three days. And, while I can’t quite capture the idea in the headline, I still feel that this is imperative to get off of my proverbial chest.] People are … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan, Career, Experience, Tools, Value | 2 Comments

Intuition is a product of repetition

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

To continue to riff on the “Common sense isn’t so common” theme… I know you’re a smart cookie. So I know, for certain, that you’re often blindsided by moments of clarity. Insanely insightful leaps of intuition that just kind of … Continue reading →

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