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Career advice, tips and strategies. Also covers topics like communication and influence, self-awareness, stakeholder management, decision-making, team leadership, building your community and more. May Busch is an executive coach, speaker, advisor, author and entrepreneur. Following her successful investment banking career, May Busch focuses on bringing her insights and experiences to help..
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1w ago
Is worrying keeping you from accomplishing what you’re capable of in your work and life? Here are the steps and strategies I’m using to make a significant dent in my worrying.
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3M ago
Have you missed opportunities because you hesitated or talked yourself out of them? Use these three steps to overcome the fear that holds you back from taking action.
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3M ago
Trusted peers can help you navigate career challenges but are often underestimated or even overlooked. Discover who trusted peers are, how they can help you in your career, and what to look for when forming a trusted peer group.
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4M ago
Career slumps can happen to anyone. The ‘trick’ is knowing how to get out of one. I used these three steps to get out of a slump when I ended up doing the same job for 5-6 years.
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1y ago
How to Build a Good Relationship with Your Manager in a Different Location
How do you build a good relationship with your manager when she’s based in another location and can’t see all the great things you do? Even with weekly 1:1 meetings, it’s not the same as being in the same location.
On top of that, what if you’re relatively new on the team and your manager has a favorite person onsite who has significant influence, including complaining about you?
This is the exact situation one of my subscribers asked for my advice on. So, if you’re facing a similar challenge, know that you’re not alo ..read more
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1y ago
How to Hold Your Team Accountable for Their Performance
As a team leader, it’s your responsibility to make sure the work gets done. But it can be tough to find the right balance of supporting your team members while also holding them accountable for their performance.
Plus, you need to figure out how to have performance conversations without offending your team, feeling like you’re micromanaging them or addressing an issue too late to save the situation.
So how can you keep your team members on track more easily and with less stress?
Hold your team accountable by using “good contracting up f ..read more
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1y ago
How to Manage Underperforming Team Members
As a team leader, one of the most frustrating challenges is managing an underperforming team member.
Just as a chain is only as strong as the weakest link, having an underperformer hurts the whole team’s performance and morale.
Not only do they take up a valuable headcount, other team members have to pick up the slack and your attention is diverted to fixing the issue instead of focusing on strategic opportunities.
So, what should you do as the team leader?
You may feel tempted to start with identifying solutions, but that won’t necessarily give you ..read more
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1y ago
How to Show You’re an Impact Player and Be More Valued By Your Organization
Even the best of jobs has its share of uninspiring projects and repetitive tasks.
But if most of your time is taken up by tactical and unrewarding work, it’s hard to demonstrate your value to senior management or even be visible to them in the first place.
And that’s a problem if you want to advance in your career.
Instead of letting your to-do list get in the way of your career advancement, it’s time to take charge and show you’re an impact player—someone who is proactive in finding ways to make a difference for the ..read more
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1y ago
How to Uncover Opportunities to Be More Visible and Valued at Work
Do you want to be more visible and valued at work?
After all, these are both important ingredients for career advancement and satisfaction.
But for most of us, the workday is dominated by a combination of urgent deadlines, mundane tasks and firefighting, all of which have to get done but most of which won’t make us more visible and valued.
What makes you visible and valued are the really important projects
That means being part of projects senior decision-makers care about. Ones where you get to use your best strengths to mak ..read more
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1y ago
How to Handle Pressure at Work as a Middle Manager
As a manager, you’re under pressure. Pressure to produce results, meet deadlines, and do more with less, just to name a few.
But the pressure on performing and being productive is most acute when you’re in the middle of the organization. This is because pressure comes at you from all sides.
While there’s no magic wand to make it all go away, understanding where your pressure is coming from is key to dealing with it in the most effective way.
To help you handle the stresses of your role while also taking care of yourself, here are the three m ..read more