by Scott Anderson | Sep 24, 2015 | Personal Enrichment, Workplace Issues
Last week I received this blog post in an email from Marc Cendella, founder of job search company The Ladders. It contains a piece of simple yet refreshingly astute advice that I wanted to share with you on my own blog. For those about to start a new career, you may...
by Scott Anderson | Sep 23, 2015 | Playing Big, Workplace Culture
I recently read a blog post by Jack and Suzy Welch called “Six Ways to Tell If You Work for a Really Great Company,” and I started to think about what defines a great company today. Today, the definitions of greatness are expanding, not to be less exacting, but to be...
by Scott Anderson | Sep 18, 2015 | Personal Enrichment
I recently received this post in an email from my friend Matthew Kimberley. Matthew is the Head of the Book Yourself Solid School of Coach Training as well as the author of the self-help classic How To Get A Grip. If you’re a service professional looking to get more...
by Scott Anderson | Sep 16, 2015 | Personal Enrichment, Playing Big
What was the last novel you read? Today, many of us are so busy and so consumed by our career and family responsibilities that even thinking about sitting down and spending a few hours reading for pleasure seems a distant fantasy, at best. However, for those who...
by Scott Anderson | Sep 14, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment
Want to add 30 minutes of super productive time to your daily schedule? Try this: Log-off email for the next 15 minutes. Did you know that it’s possible to log off email? You may feel anxious at first. It will pass (eventually, I promise). No one is going to die....
by Scott Anderson | Sep 11, 2015 | Coaching, Playing Big, Workplace Culture
Tides are shifting in the minds of employees and in the actions of the leadership of today’s top organizations. The fight for top talent has become less about who can offer the best salary than who represents the best ideological and cultural fit. J.T. O’Donnell...
by Scott Anderson | Sep 4, 2015 | Coaching, Playing Big
Thanks to the proliferation of success stories like those of Facebook, Uber, and others, the entrepreneur has attracted a cowboy-like mystique in contemporary American business culture. Programs like Shark Tank and figures like Richard Branson make it all seem so...
by Scott Anderson | Sep 2, 2015 | Playing Big, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
I come bearing bad news for the mega-brands and established industry giants out there: Jacob Morgan, one of the foremost thinkers on the Future of Work, and founder of the FOW community, recently published a blog post detailing why he believes smaller companies will...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 28, 2015 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big
Success is not a static, defined feeling or location. But regardless of what it means for you, getting out of your comfort zone is an absolutely essential step to getting there. In this blog I want to offer a few thoughts on how to shake off the shackles of routine...
by Scott Anderson | Aug 26, 2015 | Workplace Issues
The office can be a very different place when you are working remotely. There’s no water cooler, no lunch break, no desks, no cubicles, and most glaringly of all, no coworkers! It’s a wonder that great work is being accomplished by diverse and far-flung teams each and...
