by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 20, 2014 | networking, relationship building and women, Self Promotion
A strong network is like money in the bank. Your network can help you build visibility, connect you with influencers, and open up doors for new opportunities. Building and nurturing a network is one of the most powerful things you can do to support your career...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 12, 2014 | life balance, Success, Uncategorized
This is a guest post from Karol Rose, Work Life Flexibility coach. Forget trying to find ‘balance’. It’s a futile search. You may find a moment when it seems like everything is in place and all running smoothly. But, hold your breath because any second that...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 6, 2014 | Mentoring, Office politics, Self Promotion
If you are currently dissatisfied with your job and your company, you are more than likely looking for another position with a new organization. Perhaps you are unhappy because you were passed over for a well deserved promotion. Maybe you just don’t see any potential...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 28, 2014 | goal setting, Success
If you are ambitious and want to move your career forward, you most likely have some sort of a goal in mind; maybe it’s your next promotion or maybe it’s a long range plan to run a company. It always helps to have some kind of goal even if it changes over time. Having...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 21, 2014 | networking, Office politics, Self Promotion
If you have been in the workplace for a couple of years, you have most likely already learned the lesson that your talent and hard work will not ensure your promotion. The myth of the meritocracy has been shattered. Though it seems unfair to be passed over to less...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 14, 2014 | fear of failure, Success
We each have our own personal relationship to success. We have unique ideas about what success looks like and about our ability to be successful. What I’ve learned from coaching professional women for almost a decade is that there are many reasons why women avoid...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 7, 2014 | Office politics, Success
Most organizations have policies and procedures. If you’re not sure what they are, a quick glance at the employee handbook will inform you of the rules as well as the expectations for codes of behavior and ethics. The rule book provides you with a road map for...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 31, 2014 | goal setting, Self Promotion, Success
Every day you have a choice. You can show up as the best you can be or you can slack off and do just the right amount to get by. You can choose getting by or getting ahead. Some of us are capable of accomplishing our daily tasks on auto pilot. We are used to the job....
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 24, 2014 | networking, Office politics
Anne tells me that there are no private offices in her department at the bank. Everyone sits in an open area. The organization of the workspace, however, is indicative of certain dynamics. For instance, her boss sits next to a young woman and most of the day they are...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 13, 2014 | Office politics, Self Promotion, Success
I coach ambitious women. They come to me because they want to get promoted and I have a proven process to help them get ahead. But what I’ve noticed lately is many of my clients are out of alignment with the culture of their company and it causes them a great deal of...
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