Author Archives: Pat Palleschi, Ph.D.

Now is the time for more personal strategic planning.  Your planning should be for several phases: Pre- Day 1 of Employment The First 30 Days The Second 30 Days The Third 30 Days Let me provide you with some tactics and some strategies. Pre-Day One You should have gotten signals whether you are in a [...]

A recent Harvard Business Review article caught my attention.  And it will catch your attention, if you are in need of managing your transition time between career posts. The article, “Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders” by Joseph L. Bower (reprint R0711E) states that “the most effective CEOs…are those who are developed within [...]

One of my best sources of new ideas is Jeanne Hartley’s Quarterly Salon. At Jeanne’s last Salon, Bev Kaye (a noted career expert) asked us if anyone knew anything about “whining” in an organization.  You know what she means. Almost all employees whine by making snarky little comments about their organization.  (Why don’t we have [...]

During my first semester teaching the Communication 101 class at Loyola Marymount University, I had a student with a tendency not to attend classes.  Let’s call him John. Usually, this would not be a big deal, but John also had not turned in his mid term paper.  This IS a big deal. So, I set [...]

Interviewing for a new position is all about story telling. From the first question (usually, “Tell me a little about yourself”) to the last (“What are your salary requirements?”) as someone in a career search you need to consider questions as a way to entice the interviewer to get involved in your  “career story.” With [...]

Warning – Read This ONLY if you are ready to be ANGRY.   Ok, we’ve seen the State of the Union and the Republican Response…Lots of words, but conspicuous was what was missing. If you are like me  (a political junky) you were probably struck by the same thing on Tuesday evening. In all the [...]

Okay… starting a new job is like starting a new year… you get to act and perform differently. Here are a few tips that will help you enter a new company: Try to meet all your key stakeholders BEFORE your start date. Try to influence the internal (and external) announcement of your new position. Identify [...]

Entering a company can be full of land mines.  George Bradt and his co-authors outline these landmines in a book called “The New Leader’s Action Plan.” Remember that “pitch” you used to get the job?  Well, now it needs to be CHANGED to fit the needs of the new organization.  Instead of, “I am an [...]

HBR asked a great question in their November issue:  Why doesn’t the USA try to be India’s most respected company? http://hbr.org/2011/11/why-dont-we-try-to-be-indias-most-respected-company/ar/1 What could be the downside?  US Companies are already (trying to be) ethical, to respect employees while grappling with shareholder value?  We are already “outsourcing” to India.  Now, if we begin to demand that [...]

What caught my eye in the September copy of Harvard Business Review was a short article on how to find “well connected” people. http://hbr.org/search/tapping%252520the%252520power%252520of%252520social%252520networks/ As the article says, using a little data on who interacts with whom, you can visually identify good (and bad) prospects that may help you find work or sell goods. The [...]