Career EQ

By Jane Lowder, Max Coaching

So goes a quote by Diane Ackerman, prize winning author and poet. A lot of people tell me they feel that they are passengers in their own career.

• “I just fell into this”
• “This job came along and just carried me along with it”
• “I haven’t ever really thought about what I wanted to do”

are comments I frequently hear.

Intelligent Career Management, the theme of this blog, is about being the pilot of your career rather than a passenger. In this Part II of the “This is not my Beautiful Job” post we explore the core and crucial step of making the shift from passenger to pilot. …read more

By Alicia Karwat, KeySteps Pty. Ltd.

Workplaces are loaded with emotions. Therefore employers are looking for workers who are skillful in recognising what is happening emotionally to them and others, and are able to manage these emotions appropriately to the situation. …read more

Part I, by Jane Lowder, Max Coaching

The band Talking Heads wrote a song about that Alice-in-Wonderland-like feeling of waking up in a reality and wondering “How did I get here?” How many of us have had that very same thought in relation to our career?

“I’m 36 and I’m still doing [insert job].”
“I’ve been in [insert industry] for 10 years, and I don’t even enjoy it.”
“I’ve just done whatever came along without thinking about what I really want.”
Does this sound familiar? …read more

By Heidi Winney, Strategic Career Management

Do you know yet what the “features and benefits” of your Brand are? Do you know where you want to apply your strengths, your areas of expertise and your transferable skills (the “features and benefits”)? Before you can create your own employment opportunity you need to be able to answer the all important question “why should I hire you”? …read more

By Dr Alicia Karwat, KeySteps Pty. Ltd.

Have you just accepted a new role? Are you a new leader on the block? Or perhaps you are going to become one shortly? If so, this discussion is for you. The fact is the failure rate for new leaders, in particular for the senior outside hires, is high. The first three months in a new role are crucial for leaders at all organisational levels and your success or failure is largely dependant on actions you take during the first few months. …read more