I don’t think we should consider coaching services as ‘useful’ or ‘worth spending your money on’, only for those who want to climb up the ladder to senior management positions.
First of all - Dear Lois, where have you been all my life!? If I had read this book ten years ago or at the very beginning of my career, I would have avoided many of the mistakes I made as I climbed (or didn’t climb) the corporate ladder.
My 25 years in a corporate environment have taught me a thing or two. Being friends with your boss may seem harmless, but can make things more complicated.
I'm not talking about large-scale reorganizations. I'm talking about how meetings are held, communications are done, simple everyday stuff. Each time I came across one of these articles, my thought was "This is brilliant! Yet, simple logic. How come we don't see it more often in our companies?"
Everybody makes mistakes. But hopefully, when you find yourself in a situation similar to the one I'm about to describe, you will think of this example. And do the right thing!
For some people, saving money is the financial equivalent of going on a diet. It’s the cake that you can happily ignore for weeks or months on end, until the very day that you decide you need to get Beach Body ready - then you just have to have that cake.
I started to think about the challenges working moms face on a day-to-day basis, and realized they need quite a few abilities to maneuver both the day job and the job at home. Then I took a look at how these abilities translate in the workplace and thought, there is no wonder working moms are great assets to companies. Have a look at these abilities, it's impressive!