Platform for Success

The making of great leaders

by Laurence Stybel, Ed.D., CMF

Seizing New Opportunities When You Are Shy

Shy? There is nothing wrong with you. But beware of your pattern of logic. It is the source of your past success and future limitations. Read More

Using Technology to Control Non-Linear Events: The Case of Networking

Speak with any career advisor or read any book about professional development: networking with older, more experienced, more successful people is the most useful way to spend time. There is a problem with this advice. Networking is SO non-linear. Read More

Are You Successful? Ask Yourself These Three Questions.

Murray Graziano works at The Golden Orchard in Toronto's famed St. Lawrence Market. One morning, I paid Murray and got three apples plus wisdom placed in my paper bag. Read More

Thinking of Linking Your Reputation to a New Leader or New Company? Consider these Nine factors.

During the course of PSYCHOLOGY TODAY readers' careers, there will be many opportunities to link your career and/or your company with shenanigan prone companies: vendor, employment, alliance, or acquisition relationships immediately come to mind.

Do you want to link your reputation with a Shenanigan prone company or person? Read More

Working at Home?

A home based office sounds exciting as a concept.

It is not uncommon for our clients to report feeling a sense of "unreality" as they work with the usual office tools in this unusual setting.

Where is Your Desk? Read More

Got a Great Resume? What Distribution Channels Are You Using?

A distribution channel is the tactical route you take to get your resume in the hands of a decision maker capable of authorizing your employment. Once upon a time, there were two primary distribution channels: networking and responding to classified ads. But times have changed. Read More

The Secret to Success at Work: Stop Working

The secret of being successful at work: Stop working.

Most of the readers of Psychology Today provide service work in a knowledge based economy. That means you are probably performing some type of professional service, even if your title is manager, project leader, editor, or psychologist. You are processing, analyzing, and configuring information. Read More

Looking for Work? Keep a Diary

A high technology company downsized, and sixty three of its fired long service professionals volunteered for an experiment. Job seekers were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Subjects in the experimental group were required to write for five consecutive days, twenty minutes each day. Read More

Suggestions for Purchasing Professional Services

Next time you purchase professional services, ask "Who sez?" you provide quality services? "I say" or "check out the references I provide you" are not sufficient reasons for you to write a check. Read More

Good Bosses Are Hard to Find: Here's How

So You Want to Work for a 'Good Boss?' Read More

Are You Still Using a One Dimensional Approach?

Hockey great Wayne Gretzsky was once asked what differentiated him from other professional players. "Others look at where the puck is. I look at where the puck is going." Gretzsky's perspective is worth remembering when looking at opportunities. Let's examine one sphere of professional life: job search. Read More