Posts Tagged "best career books"

First a few questions. Are you self aware? Are you ready to let go of what work makes you feel empty and cynical? What work fulfills and excites you? What do you do better than others? And finally – if you won the lottery what would you do? What would you do if you had all the money in the world? It comes down to what fulfills and excites you, doesn’t it? Why aren’t you doing this as a career right now? Think about it and don’t let...

After 7 years, my SAP position was eliminated last year at a Pharmaceutical Company.  I knew it was coming but it still managed to irritate me.  I had been instrumental in setting up an almost 20 Million Dollar cost savings project. I had resurrected SAP value engineering to provide additional benefits for the President (but Finance did “not have time”)…etc.  But if Finance decides to cut a position, it cuts no matter what. Then...

I was speaking in Fabulous Las Vegas at a SAP/Supply Chain conference this year and now I find myself out of a job. WTF? Sure, there are a host of reasons why my position was abolished – big cutbacks across the board, a new Department in India and a new boss – I don’t know for sure.  After all expenses paid speaking gigs at SAP and Supply Chain conferences in Orlando and Las Vegas the last two years, I now have a taste to do something...

Don’t change what you can’t. When I first joined a past company I was sitting in with the senior executives discussing the long term IT strategic plan. I told them that if key executives kept throwing products in the short term forecast without warning, the IT system does not “fix” the multiple disruptions to the supply chain. Your IT system is only as good as what you decide to drop in it. I knew I couldn’t change those high level...

Many of my clients that are looking to make life changes require advise on making career changes or finding happiness in a current career. Our careers define us in many ways and we spend 8 hours a day working, so it’s essential that we find the very best way to spend our working lives. Do I have a great career? Yes I do, and I also have an excellent balance between work and my home life. After years of extensive research here are the...