by Joanie Connell | Mar 14, 2016 | Assessment, Blog, Careers, Hiring, Life Change, REAL Life Skills
I’ve been interviewed on several “how to find your dream career” podcasts lately and thought I’d share the advice I keep giving on these shows. Yes, of course, it’s good to find a career that aligns with your interests, but that won’t ensure satisfaction. A statistics...
by Joanie Connell | Mar 19, 2015 | Blog, Leadership, Life Change, REAL Life Skills, Values
How do you measure up? “What’s your number?” One executive asks another, engaging in the not-so-subtle competition of whose is bigger. I am a woman so I don’t get asked this question very often. Rather, it’s about my children. “How [successful] are your kids?” That’s...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog
How meaningful is your work? How meaningful do you want it to be? In a recent Gallup poll, 70% of people said their work was not meaningful. On the one hand, that number is alarming. Seventy percent of workers spend half of their waking hours doing something that...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Careers, Hiring, Leadership, Life Change, Parenting for the Workplace
One day, I was called in to give feedback to a company’s leaders on one of their directors who had been through our assessment center. The meeting was curious to begin with, since exceptionally high-level people were there. The meeting was called unexpectedly after...
