Career Transitions

3 Books That Make Great Graduation Gifts

College graduation is coming. There is lots of talent coming into the workforce, and here are three books I believe make great gifts for new graduates. Talent management is about having great conversations. These gifts have the potential to start those conversations.

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4 Keys To Successful Transitions

4 Keys To Successful Transitions

Talent management is about great conversations. Preparing for and managing through transitions is something we can prepare for, and there are conversations we own as inner work and through the work we do with our community. Here are 4 keys to preparing for and navigating transitions.

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Forget your brand. What is your art?

Talent management is about great conversations. For an individual to participate in these conversations, it is critical for them to bring a self awareness of what gifts and talents they have. Creating this self awareness as part of helping people find their place is critical. One key is how we talk about it, and Seth Godin uses the term Artist vs the traditional approach of talking about Brand.

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Leadership Journey – Strengths to overused Strengths

Talent management is about having great conversations. For leadership development, those great conversations are critical to have when transitions happen. Not sure if you believe this? Then read this post. Believe it? Then read this post where I give you some resources to become better at handling these situations so they don’t happen again.

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My Top 4 Learning Tools

Where do you learn? Here are my top four sources of learning. Talent management is about great conversations. What is the conversation you are having with yourself about what you need to learn today?

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Greg Hartle – Wisdom from walking around

I had a chance to share a meal with Greg Hartle. Does his name sound familiar? It shouldn’t. Here is some wisdom I gained from a dinner with Greg, and the tips are relevant for anyone. They are especially relevant for people in transition because their work has gone away. Talent management starts with our perspective and willingness to shift.

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Good advice for new or old grads – Effective Immediately Post 1

Talent management is about great conversations. This book not only helps new graduates understand how to apply that in the workforce, but also provided invaluable tips on how to self manage the transition to a new role. The tips provided will also be tools that can be used at any point in a career transition. This is the first post as I read the book – with my ultimate goal of writing a book review.

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It must be the shoes – Yes and No, but mostly No

Making the most of the talent in ourselves is less about learning and more about heart, attitude, and community. I received some Supeman shoes yesterday that remind me of that, and of 21 special people I was able to share a journey with over the last 106 days. The shoes are a reminder of what is really important.

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4 Things That Identify a Great Community

Shifting Gears is a unique program in Michigan that helps people effectively move through a career transition. Often people that come to a program have been unemployed for 1+ year and are frustrated with what they are experiencing. The key to Shifting Gears is community, and creating it and getting people to contribute to it is the key to making it work. Here are 4 characteristics of a great community.

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What is your learning BRAND?

Have you heard of TED? Where do you learn? Talent management is about great conversations. As part of that conversation, I love to ask these two questions to help me understand someones learning Brand. Use them, and if you are asked, be ready to offer some authentic and energized answers.

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What Staking A Web Claim Says About You

We say we are lots of things, and talent management is about knowing and utilzing those things. But can we really say we are creative and progressive if we do not own a web domain? I think it is a good measure.

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The Hidden(and not so hidden) Impact Of A Question

We now know that talking about ourselves triggers the same sensation of pleasure in the brain as eating or receiving money. How do we use this research to help us get our people more engaged and support the engagement of our leaders in their work? Here are some thoughts on why this matters and how to translate it into what we do as leaders and followers.

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