Okay! We have already introduced you to the new, Entrepreneurial Workforce (eWorkforce) and suggested that the first great skill of an Entrepreneurial Worker is “problem-solving. It is time to look at the second great skill, which is “service.” The bottom line is that nobody is going to buy you or what you have to offer [...]
You already know that Problem-Solving is one of the core values of the new Entrepreneurial Workforce (eWorkforce). But there are some simple, little things you probably didn’t know about problem-solving. When you learn these things, you can use them yourself … and you can teach them to others too.
FIRST … “All work is a process.”
That’s right. [...]
We plan to do a series of blog entries discussing the new “eWorkforce”. It is by far one of the most important trends impacting workforce and career development today. And it very well could prove to be the most effective response to the many economic issues we have been hearing so much about lately. Anyway, [...]
What do most Americans want from their work? A Gallup Poll provides some answers, and there are a few surprises in the mix! Below are the top five responses:
Benefits (including health insurance).
Interesting work.
Job security.
Opportunities to learn and grow.
Having a week or more of paid vacation.
Let’s analyze the responses and see what we can learn. First, [...]
Many of you know, I love to ride motorcycles. When I am not doing workforce and career development, I do a lot of Christian ministry with bikers around the country. Bikers share an interesting outlook on life that would serve workforce and career development professionals well to adopt also. It goes like this …
THE JOURNEY [...]
“What do you do for a living?” the lady asked me.
“That’s always a difficult question for me to answer,” I thought to myself. ”By training, I am a workforce and career development professional. In practice, I spend most of my time teaching other workforce and career development professionals how to do their jobs better. [...]
One thing for sure, at some time in your career, you will encounter some difficult people. That’s also true for those you are working with now, if you are a workforce or career development professional. They will encounter difficult people too. Part of your career development is learning how to get through those situations in [...]
I have been thinking about success a lot lately. You might even say I have success on the brain. A lot of my life has been invested in helping people succeed. One thing that I have learned is an idea that I call “The Success Circle” or the “Circle of Success”.
It’s really a very simple [...]
Most of us reading this blog have something to do with workforce or career development. Some readers work in the school system and help young people with the transition from middle school to high school … or high school to college or workforce. Others work in one-stop career centers, workforce centers, or employment [...]
America’s workforce is full of industrious, innovative, and creative people. It also seems to have an equal number of dawdling, disenchanted, and lazy people. That’s because they’re usually the same person. I’m talking about you and me — and the people around us — everyday. Here’s the deal.
Most of us have sparks of genius and [...]
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