Benefit from Rob’s broad and deep career and organizational consulting experience, and get results in the shortest possible time! Services include:
- For individuals: Career change, the a-to-z job search, executive coaching, presentations, pitches
- For organizations: Workshops on Presentation and Pitch skills, Advanced LinkedIn for Business, Hiring and Recruiting
Coaching Testimonials
“… found him to be super helpful, which is why I recommend him to everybody I know” – SVP, Fortune 500 Co.
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Seminar Testimonials
“… a fantastic learning experience that was immensely enjoyable at the same time” – NCDA Career Consultant re: LinkedIn seminar
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Want a Promotion? Then Do These 4 Things
You can improve your odds of getting promoted by first setting the stage: show that you’re ready for the role, differentiate yourself by demonstrating leadership and build supportive stakeholder relationships. In addition, ensure that they’re thinking about you as promotion material by having “the promotion conversation” with your boss. Let’s dive into each of these four areas. More
Odds Are You’ll Be Fired Before Retirement, So Build “Career Security”
For those over 50 and gainfully employed, a new study says you have a 56% chance that you’ll be let go before you’re ready to retire, risking substantial income loss. The study supports my own observations via client work that there is no real job security, only “career security.” In a sense employees are really all consultants.
But not to worry! Here’s a list of things you can do to both minimize the risk of an unwanted departure and set yourself up for a quick, positive transition if necessary. More
Want to Ace Your Interview? Tell a Great Story
The single most effective thing you can do in an interview is to make your experience come alive through stories or examples. Yes, you need to get other things right in an interview as well: ask the right questions, prep for handling issues with your candidacy, follow-up effectively and so forth. But telling a good story is the most powerful way to stand out from the competition, since our brains are wired to remember the imagery, the drama, and the emotion that’s conveyed in a good story. More
How to Optimize Your Relationships and Jump-start Your Career
Building and leveraging a network of mutually beneficial career relationships is easier than you may think. And having this network of relationships is crucial in today’s environment, where being good at your job is simply not good enough, or where applying to lots of jobs is an inefficient way to search. Whether you’re eyeing a promotion or seeing layoffs on thehorizon, your network will help you. In a job search, your network will enable you to shortcut the application process and tap into the hidden job market where you’ll find the best opportunities.
Here are some ideas to help you to quickly build and optimize your network of career-advancing relationships. More
Want to Get Hired Quickly? Play the Numbers Game to Win
Even if your resume, pitch and communications skills are stellar and your background is in demand, you may still be in for a long job search. Many opportunities simply won’t pan out through no fault of your own; budgets, priorities and hiring managers can change unexpectedly. To ensure that you’ll have a quick job search, play the numbers game to win; have many things More
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When Bad Interviewers Happen to Good Candidates
Very often, however, you can find a way to change the subject back to their number one question, “How can you help me?” and thus do both of you favor; they will get their answer and you’ll stand out from the competition as the candidate who answered this key question. Let’s look at how to improve your outcome in four of the most common bad-interviewer scenarios. More