Author Archive | Agent S1

Employment “Deal-Breakers”

Just as Liz Lemon has her Dating Dealbreakers (remember those from 30 Rock?), we think there are some employment deal-breakers… Things to watch out for in your workplace that might be clues it’s time to move on. We’re only half kidding. Here’s the start of our list: If your boss’s idea of employee retention is […]

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Conceiving Project X

At some point or another in your career, you may feel that your current job has no future, but that the prospects for finding anything better are also slim. This can be frustrating and depressing. It happened to me. There were a lot of factors that led to my unease and discomfort with my position […]

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OMG This is Scary!

Some colleagues and I were meeting about a joint project the other day when one of them confessed she was nervous about committing because it was something she hadn’t done before… she didn’t know she could do it well. I responded: “Everyone’s going to be uncomfortable at some point during this process. We all are […]

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When is it OK to be an Impostor?

Agent M1’s post about using someone else’s voice (or wanting to) got me wondering… are there times when it IS productive to try to emulate someone else?  There are times when I do… In the course of my career/working life/whatever, I’ve been lucky enough to have worked for 2 managers that I really respect, NS […]

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Introducing Agent S1

Hi there… I’m Agent S1. My colleagues and fellow agents have been working hard to convince me I have something to say. And they’ve finally succeeded. So, time permitting, I’ll find my voice and you’ll be seeing more posts and responses from me soon. A little background: I’ve worked in highly functional teams and in […]

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