by careertipper | | Career Tipper Podcast
Episode 39 features Ellen Burton. She is a change agent who’s on a mission to support organizations in shifting to a culture of civility in the workplace. Ellen is a certified Executive Coaching skills through Newfield Network. She has worked as an executive pharmaceutical sales consultant and trainer. As a result of her career experiences and current leadership examples, Ellen’s passion for workplace civility escalated. Ellen is a Certified Kolbe Facilitator and a trusted affiliate withTiara International that travels the country as a lecturer and leadership coach. She’s igniting conversations and coaching corporations and universities on various business topics, ranging from Strategies to Managing Generations to Business Communication Skills. During this episode, Ellen shares how corporate culture impacts wellness, productivity, and profit through workplace civility.
To learn more about Ellen’s workplace civility awareness efforts, please visit http://www.coachellenb.com.
by careertipper | | Blog
Your ability to speak the language of your chosen industry is important not only when interviewing but also when conversing with various industry professionals. Taking the time to learn your industry language including acronyms and jargon beyond the textbooks is essential to your professional success. Being able to effectively communicate as an industry professional will prompt other professionals to view you as credible and increase your confidence in your professional skills and knowledge.
Below are a few language development tactics that will help you evolve the fluency of your industry language.
- Listen attentively during business initiative launches and reviews.
- Read and notice the verbiage details from business meeting minutes, industry related periodicals and books.
- Study industry websites and the description of their services and products.
- View industry advertising campaigns through various media forums.
Your industry language versatility will permit you to communicate well with various levels of professionals while leading you through the path of becoming a verifiable industry subject matter expert.
by careertipper | | Blog
Throughout your career search many questions are generated that you may not know where to gain direction and solutions from. It is strongly encouraged to be confident and comfortable to ask yourself and others questions to gain clarity about the next steps you need to take regarding your career search.
Asking the basic questions of requesting assistance with resume reviews, referrals, or employment leads can often be asked with ease. It’s important to ask yourself and sometimes consult with others the applicable questions and scenarios listed below.
- Is this the right time to start a career search? Determine if you need to professionally develop in your current position longer before moving on to a new employment opportunity.
- Do you need to improve your communication skills? If yes, identify what specific communication skills you need to improve and create an action plan accordingly.
- Is it time for you to be considered for a management position? If yes, assess what qualifies you to be considered based upon the required experience listed for the position description.
- If you desire a career change because of management. Resolve if is it worth transitioning out of your current role because of one person or a certain management style. Take the time to rethink your decision at least once to determine if the potential career move will be an overall advantage or disadvantage to your current career path.
- Are you playing yourself small in your current role? If yes, decide if you want more and why now is a good time to seek career advancement. Pinpoint what eligibility steps you need to make to be considered beyond strengthen your self-confidence.
You are meant to achieve greatness and it is up to you to solidify your path to experience it. Ask questions to assist you in determining how to accomplish your desired career outcomes.
