Me: Do you set New Year’s resolutions? My Mentor: Never. (She was deadpan serious. I didn’t know what to do with myself. I was uncomfortable with nowhere to go in conversation. Luckily, she continued.) My Mentor: I don’t make New Year’s resolutions because for the most part people don’t keep them. But I make yearly goals. The one […]

    Make success happen. But how you ask? Sometimes we all put barriers in our own way. They are the obstacles we create in our head that block us from success.   My Mentor: People progress quicker in their career when they extend their network to people higher on the corporate ladder than themselves. Me: That’s great for them. Why […]

My Thoughts about 150 Years Mentorship Program By Sinh Bui I was fortunate to have an opportunity to be involved in the 150 Years Mentorship Program, where I, together with other enthusiastic mentees, met incredibly inspiring mentors. It was like a perfect match between those who are full of energy but do not know which […]

During a conversation about working with teams and how A-Players hire A-Players, and that B-Players hire C-Players, me and my mentor discussed how A-Players identify one another.   Me: How do Executive quality people identify the same qualities in others? My Mentor: You mean how do A-Players identify other A-Players? Me: Yeah. My Mentor: It is a secret code. Me: Are […]

My Mentor: Who do you consult with when you have big decisions to make? Or when you thinking about making a change? Me: My mother, and I talk to my friends. My Mentor: You need to build an advisory board. A group of wise peoplewho you can discuss career advice with, who do not have bias. People who are experienced and people who are […]

Me: How do you accomplish so much? My Mentor: Ah, I think about time differently than most people. Me: How so? My Mentor: Every Sunday between 7 and 9am I plan my week. I look at all the things I want to accomplish this year, and I ask, “what can I do this week that […]

Me: What was one piece of advice that you never forgot? My Mentor: We are the average of the 5 people you most associate with. Me: How to you mean? My Mentor: It means that the people who we associate the most are the average of what we can aspire to. We might interact with many people, but those […]

“Always lay the groundwork of where and who you want to be in 5 Years, even if you want something else in 5 years, you will have options when you get there.” My Mentor: Where do you want to be in 5 years? Me: I don’t know. My Mentor: Well, you need to pick a place, if not in […]

When I was in university I had a hobby. I wrote and directed plays. They were plays with music, solos, mime, dialog, dance, plots, and set changes. I didn’t have any idea what I was doing. I knew one thing very strongly – I could see it in my head, in my mind’s eye. When we […]

Some conversations change your life!   I am a firm believer in the quote, “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” (Charlie Jones)   This is very true. Have you changed your direction based on a conversation? Attended an event or a […]

My Mentor: So you want to know how to connect with a hiring manager. Me: Very much so. Some of the job ads say NO Phone Calls and I don’t how to reach a hiring manager. My Mentor: Last week I talked to you about the importance of fit and how important it is for a manager to have a few […]

Imagine you are having a dinner party. You want to invite 6 to 8 people and you want everyone to have a good time. Who do you invite? By now you are thinking about your closest friends and having a good time. But what about if two of those friends you really like, but you know they are not going to jive well with […]

How to Get a Promotion – Part 3 My Mentor: The next step in getting a promotion is seeing the big picture and I’ll explain how to do that. In the last few weeks, we have talked about the chasm, which is the gap that everyone needs to jump over to move on to the step stage in their […]

My Mentor: Last week we talked about climbing the corporate ladder and how most people think there is a linear relationship between time and advancing your career – this is false. (You can read about this here.) I have decided to tell you in segments how to get a promotion. It is an investment of time, effort, and […]

When I started my career, I had two assumptions. 1. People who were good at their jobs got promoted. 2. The person best qualified got the job.   They are both false. If, after reading this article, you conclude that you found it helpful, please feel free to share it with your network and subscribe […]

“Start Strong, Strong Finish, and Be Consistent in The Middle.”   If I heard this once, I heard it a thousand times.   My Mentor had mantras, like this one.   Mantras help our self talk. A mantra is a repetitive saying that channels your subconscious and conscious mind into a focused area. Mantras have theability to drown out the self talk […]

Do you ever feel that people don’t listen to you even though you are right? This statement described me to a tee early in my career. I was a master at what I did, technically sound was an understatement. But I couldn’t get buy-in. I would talk in a meeting and it was like I wasn’t […]

  I was about to meet up with my mentor and I was feeling down. I just wasn’t getting the results I wanted at a high level. I revved myself up as I so was grateful to be meeting with her, but she noticed.   Me: I feel that people are not responding to me in the way I want. I am working at […]

Do you know a career is made up of seconds? Yes, seconds, maybe minutes if you are lucky.   Think about the last time you had the opportunity to speak with a senior leader. Who was the most senior leader you have spoken too? What was your conversation about? As you are remembering this, remember […]

  Have you ever felt stuck in your position? I had been working for several years, and I felt my boss knew I did a good job and that I could handle a lot of work, but I felt he didn’t want me to try other things. I had good ideas, which he would say, […]

It was a Tuesday evening. I was 28 years old. I was at a fundraiser for a choral choir, I was on their board of directors. A woman I wanted to meet was the guest speaker. She had recently been featured in a magazine, she was successful in her career and in her volunteer life. […]

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Advancing the vision of international students 150 Mentorship program has introduced multiple interesting topics of career development such as networking, job application, and so on, which give great benefits for job application. To us, as an international student, it really contributes to improving our definitions about building our own career. Obviously, English, which is not […]

4 Accelerators to Ensure Success Whether you are a new graduate or not, looking for a job can be a daunting experience. It is easy to give into the fears of not knowing anyone, not knowing the language, not knowing your offering, and not knowing what your future employers’ needs are. I know this firsthand, and […]