Do you think like a career activist?

Do you take control over your health, your personal finances and your kids’ education, but not your career?

Do you routinely ask yourself if your work is meeting your underlying needs?

Get ready to become a career activist -- Today’s most important career management skill.

How career activists take charge of their own careers -- and how you can, too.

We’re all temporary workers, even if we have a job for life. It’s all a question of attitude. Where do you stand? Do you have what it takes to thrive in the new work order?

The workplace has changed, and the rules for career success have changed along with it. It’s time to develop a new set of career management skills to thrive in the new economy.

Test your Career Intelligence on 12 key dimensions.
Make an action plan to improve your Career Intelligence

Do you have what it takes to be successful in the new workplace?
Test yourself on 25 key skills

Do you have a broad network outside your immediate professional circle?
Do you feel comfortable approaching people?
Discover what kind of networker you are, and learn new strategies.

"If I’m good, my work should speak for itself. I shouldn’t have to continually trumpet my accomplishments."
Do you feel comfortable selling yourself? Advice for reluctant self-marketers.

Adopting new behavior will help you better adapt to tomorrow's working world as an individual, parent or employer.

Managing your career is much like cultivating a garden. Think of your work as an evolving landscape, being attuned to your own natural rhythms.

Most successful people have had one or more people who have helped them along the way. Mentors provide critical advice, guidance and support to help people navigate in a challenging workplace.
Strategies to find a mentor.
Make an action plan to find a mentor.
Do you have what it takes to be a mentor?

Communication breakdown is epidemic these days. Here’s how to get your message through -- and how to hear what others are trying to tell you.
Test yourself: Are You an Effective Communicator?

Why and how coaching can give you a leg up in dealing with today’s complicated work order. What to look for and what to avoid.

"I am owned by me." "Does it feel good?" Sure, they’re annoying. But study what teenagers do naturally and spontaneously, and you can learn valuable life lessons -- and useful career strategies.