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Video Blog #3: Know When to Go

Posted June 3, 2015 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights

Are you feeling like it’s time to go? It might not be. Glain offers advice on how to reconnect with what energizes you. Got a coaching question you want to see answered? Tweet it at Glain: @ExecRoundtable or join the conversation by liking our Facebook page.

Lessons from a Failed High Po

Posted May 25, 2015 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights

Twenty years ago I was one of five employees selected for a yearlong “high-po” program at a big corporation. I flew to the New York headquarters multiple times – shared meals with top executives and enjoyed days of incredible learning experiences. But at the end, when the time came to take the “big job” – […]

Are Metaphors Killing Your Career?

Posted May 4, 2015 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights

I spend most of my time working with very ambitious, highly productive people who sit squarely in middle management. Middle management is a tricky area of the org chart to navigate. The biggest issue (as I see it) is that what got you to middle management often won’t get you to the next level…and senior […]

Work hard, work harder: How we’re screwing up the pursuit of happiness.

Posted March 13, 2015 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights

Once upon a time, in a work galaxy far, far away, there was a mantra that companies used to use. It went like this: work hard, play hard. Over the past decade (or possibly more), the mantra has changed to work hard, work harder as companies move their focus from why they do what they […]

Ignore Your Mentors and Ditch the Career Plan: A Conversation with Phyllis Yaffe

Posted December 4, 2014 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights

This past week, 12 lucky members of The Executive Roundtable had an opportunity to get up close and interactive with the inspirational Phyllis Yaffe, corporate board director and former CEO of Alliance Atlantis. Phyllis brought candour, humour and a down-to-earth approach to the conversation that took us through her career path from librarian to CEO. […]

Are you afraid to pursue your passion?

Posted November 10, 2014 in Career Management, Latest News & Insights

I spent the better part of my 30’s being afraid. Afraid to do what I really wanted to do with my life, which was to run my own business. It wasn’t that I wasn’t good at being an employee. I think I was a pretty textbook high performer. I got promoted quickly, got tagged for […]