If you’re feeling small in your corporate career, like you should be leading bigger initiatives with higher visibility and have more respect from company leaders—I’ve been there, too. And so have most of my clients. As a Fortune 100 leadership and career strategist for the past 15 years, one of the biggest mistakes I see...
With so much of the corporate world swirling right now in a churn of reorgs, layoffs, incoming leaders and inexperienced managers, it can be incredibly exhausting having to build and rebuild your credibility and reputation with company leaders. Working the last 15 years with Fortune 100 leaders (including eight years in HR at a Fortune...
Making a career change can be overwhelming at any stage, but especially when you’re a leader. There’s more at risk. More to lose. Status. Lifestyle. Your corporate reputation. But you can also lose a lot by staying in a career you’ve outgrown. Every day your world gets a little grumpier and greyer. Your energy lowers....
As a Fortune 100 leadership coach, most of my clients come to me when they’re feeling invisible to corporate leaders and executives. Getting overlooked and passed over for promotions, growth opportunities and plum assignments. Recently, I had a client who’s a leader in the technology industry. He had just missed out again on a promotion that went...
Want a new job? Perhaps something more fulfilling, with a higher paycheck and where you feel valued and appreciated? My article, Bouncing Back After a Layoff, has been helping many of you re-brand yourself and land a new job quickly. So for this article, I’m focusing on career apps and websites that can help you find, and...
Dreaming of a new job? Perhaps something more meaningful, fulfilling and with a beefier paycheck? If you said, Yes, then the timing couldn’t be better. The unemployment rate is currently hovering at a low 4.1% and the US Economy added a healthy 148,000 jobs last month (mostly in the construction, healthcare, leisure & hospitality and...
Want to land your dream job in 2017? Last week I was interviewed for an article in Jobs2Careers and asked, “What is the #1 New Year’s resolution you should make this year and actually keep?” For me, the answer is simple. I invest in myself every single week. Since I have a full-time corporate job,...
Serious about landing your dream job this year? Or at least, landing a more fulfilling and higher paying job than the one you’re in now? If you said, yes, then let’s do it! My last article in Huffington Post, 2016 Hottest Jobs, Highest Paying Companies and Fastest Growing Industries, helped many of you identify the...
Career Coach Sherri Thomas tells viewers how to re-brand their career on NBC-TV Phoenix. Sometimes, I get told “no” in my career. But it doesn’t stop me. It brings out the gritty side in me 🙂 A few years ago, I desperately wanted a higher position and a higher paycheck. I was working for...
This Saturday, I’ll be the “guest DJ” on RadioFreePhoenix.com My career has been full of U-turns. Some people have a very straight path in their career, but mine has been a series of ups, downs, U-turns, more ups, more downs and a few hairpin lefts. I certainly don’t...