10 Tips to Get Started with Peer Coaching

If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for my free email newsletter. Thanks for visiting!Peer coaching can be a great way to work through whatever is troubling you at work, bounce ideas off a trusted thinking partner, and overcome isolation on the job.  (Click here to read more about why aid and […]

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Here is a Way Development & Aid Workers Can Overcome Isolation at Work

Isolation.  It’s a fact of life for many people who work in international development.  There are several reasons.  Field-based expat staff may be the only person at their level in their local office, or the only expat on the team (or one of very few). Managers feel “lonely at the top” and don’t feel comfortable […]

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7 Ways to Make the Most of a Training Opportunity

So you’re off to participate in a training program.  Maybe you’re being dragged against your will by some new organizational requirement, or you’re skipping all the way to the conference room because you’ve been advocating for this training for some time.  Either way, here are 7 ways to make the most of this learning opportunity. […]

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Want to Achieve Your Goals? Make Yourself Accountable

Have you been lagging lately, not accomplishing as much as you would like?  Are some of your projects, goals, or dreams stuck in neutral gear?  Here’s how to generate some forward movement: make yourself accountable. Last month I looked at the calendar and realized I’d hit a milestone: five years of working as a professional […]

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Handle With Care: The 5 Dangers of Email

I got my first email account when I was a freshman in college.  I had heard about this cool service being offered at the computer lab, and signed up right away.  That was 20 years ago — this month, as a matter of fact. And ever since then, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with email.  […]

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Want to Succeed at Work? Go Ahead, Be a Diva

What do you need to perform, work and/or be at your best? A few years ago, pop singer Jennifer Lopez made news for reportedly insisting that the hotel suites where she stayed while touring conform to the following demands: bedsheets must be Egyptian cotton with a thread count of at least 250, walls and furnishings […]

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5 Secrets to Falling Asleep More Easily

What does getting a good night’s sleep have to do with career success?  You might be surprised.  The topic of sleep comes up frequently in my coaching sessions with international development professionals.  They tend to be hard-working, intelligent, successful people…who are exhausted.  They know they’re not at the top of their game when they don’t […]

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Sleep On It

To be more effective on the job – and in your life – you need to get enough sleep.  (Yep, your mom was right!)  For most of us, that means getting MORE sleep. Do you get less than 7 hours of sleep each night?  Guess what: you are probably sleep deprived.   Surprised?  The National Sleep […]

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What You Never Learned in School About Learning

Ah, September.  In Manila, Philippines, where I live, September signals the start of Christmas season — believe it or not!  Holiday tunes can be heard on the radio, and stores start putting out their Christmas displays. For those living in North America, or expats with kids in international schools, September means back to school season […]

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I Wouldn’t Plan On It

Do you have a five-year plan? Have you mapped out where you want your career to be in five years?    Do you know what position you’re gunning for, in which organization, at what pay level? I don’t. I don’t believe in five-year career plans. This may surprise you, since I am a career coach and […]

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