A lot of us know the story of David and Goliath. The one seemingly regular guy taking down a supreme and much bigger warrior. People often use this story as a reference for an underdog type of situation. One understated and often unheard of fact is that David might have been a regular guy. However,…
Author: Ed Balfour
Perseverance and Saving Your Career!
Guest blog from Ushekia Mcghee For years you’ve committed yourself to developing professionally, saving towards retirement, children’s education, and overall evolving into this person you have set out to be. Although you’ve committed to these things, somehow, you have allowed a boss, a supervisor, or a leader to mentally break you and contemplate giving it all…
Keys to Successful Meetings
Meetings have become mundane must-do tasks in many organizations, we loathe scheduling them, attending them and the lack of decisions made by them. Many of them are meetings that simply just lead up to more meetings. Meetings serve a purpose are supposed to be productive. Your time, as well as your coworkers, should never be…
Interview Techniques: Scoring Sheets
“Don’t Let Your Eyes Deceive You” There are many great interviewing techniques some will apply to you and some may not. I will show a couple of reasons for using scoring sheets during interviews. Using scoring sheets can remove bias which may happen when using only your “eyes” to select the best candidate for your…
The Hypocrisy of Being Authentic
Authenticity is a topic that seems to be trending in business as well as in sports, social media, politics and other areas. People want truth and transparency from their friends, coworkers and public figures. Individuals should be proud to reveal their true selves to every one they come in contact with. At first glance it…
Losing the Fear of Public Speaking
I ABSOLUTELY enjoy public speaking! I love public speaking whether it’s in class, at work or training workshops it doesn’t matter. I know a lot of you are probably making faces and saying who actually likes speaking in front of others. Believe me I get just as frightened as you are, but there is something…
Pain the Ultimate Motivator???
I read an article about Myron Rolle, a Rhode Scholar winner and there was a discussion in one of his classes where the question was posed “Where do you get your passion from?” Two options were given: 1. A burning desire to do something wonderful. 2. A deep righteous anger about a particular injustice. Let’s…
Transitioning from the Military to Civilian Resume Tips
The transition from the Military to Civilian work environment can be a hard one. Landing a Civilian job might be the hardest part of that process. Lets look at a few tips to get your process started smoothly before you start sending your résumé out to have better chance of getting that desired response. Plan- …
Lessons from being a Caretaker
Recently, I have had the pleasure of taking care of someone very close to me. For many of us this can be a life changing event and everything can be affected. Your schedule can get a bit hectic and some things may be pushed aside or even removed. A lot can be learned from challenging…
Office Rules for Nice Guys (and Gals)
Ever heard the expression “nice guys finish last”, well there is a bit of truth to it but I prefer to believe that actually its “ naïve guys finish last”. There is being nice and then there is being taken advantage of. You have to know the difference and know exactly what is happening to…
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