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Ready for Anything! How to Practice Proactive Career Management
The working world is unpredictable. (Never before has this statement been more true!)You never know when your job will suddenly become remote, or your role will dramatically change or be eliminated altogether. On the flipside, you also never know when an exciting opportunity will appear before you...
The Art of Career Crafting
No job is perfect. However, there are almost always things you can do to make an imperfect job a little closer to perfect. When you’re not happy with your current role, instead of jumping ship and finding a new job, you might want to first engage in a process referred to as “career crafting” or...
How Assistants Can Deal with Difficult Bosses
This video is an excerpt from a live Q&A session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video is available in the Career Success Library. A participant in our recent Q&A (Ask the Career Coach) session asked: My executive treats me like a servant rather than...
Time and The Mind: Shifting Your Time Management Mindset
Time management is one of the most popular topics for professional development, and it’s easy to see why: Almost everyone in the working world feels overwhelmed by their workload. Most professionals believe they aren’t nearly as efficient or effective as they could be…and they’re all looking for...
How to Focus with an “Open Door” Policy
This video is an excerpt from a live Q&A session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video is available in the Career Success Library. A participant asks: My question is about how to take time for professional development in the midst of a busy work day. I...
Task vs. Project: What’s the Difference?
This video is an excerpt from a live training webinar hosted by Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video and worksheet are available in the Career Success Library. The topic of this webinar was, “How to Speak the Language of Project Management.” In this excerpt,...
Is It Okay to Talk Badly About a Former Boss?
This video is an excerpt from a live Q&A session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video is available in the Career Success Library. A participant in our recent Q&A (Ask the Career Coach) session asked: How can we be honest to our potential employers...
Future-Proof Your Career by Developing Project Management Skills
Did you know that the typical office professional spends about 80% of his or her time working on projects? Research suggests this number is only going to increase in the future. If you think about it, you can quickly see why. Tasks (or single-step operational to-do items) are easily automated....
How to Speak the Language of Project Management
Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of How to Speak the Language of Project Management Project management is an entire field of study in and of itself. But many people, in many roles, manage projects in an “unofficial” capacity. Even if you have no formal project management...
What’s the Difference? Career Advancement vs. Career Progression
This video is an excerpt from a live training webinar hosted by Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video and worksheet are available in the Career Success Library. The topic of this webinar was, “Career Advancement for Administrative Professionals.” In this excerpt,...
Beware of Toxic Productivity: Tips for Working While Under Stress
For most of us, “productivity” is something positive, desirable, even healthy—especially when it comes to work. But productivity also has a dark side, which I’ve been experiencing more and more recently. Perhaps you have too, but maybe you don’t even realize it. Toxic Productivity is so insidious,...
5 Tips for Working Without Direct Supervision
*UPDATED* In 2020, the global pandemic forever changed the way we live and work. Many professionals started working from home for the first time. And during that incredibly difficult and stressful period, I received a lot of questions and complaints from people who were struggling to work without...