Navigating Silence: When Ambition Meets Radio Silence from Your Employer

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips / By Martin Buckland

Are you ambitious and frustrated at being ignored while seeking to climb the career ladder! Picture this: You’ve invested your time, energy, and dedication into your role, and your ambition for a promotion burns bright. Yet, despite your efforts, there’s an unsettling silence from your employer. If you’re feeling ignored after expressing your desire for […]

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Do you love yourself?

Career Coaching, Career Tips, Motivational / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is, do you love yourself? If not, you should. Do you love yourself? If not, you should. People that love themselves and know their career and personal goals achieve more and are happier in life. So, question for you: Do you love yourself? Do you want to be happier in life? Do you

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Let’s demystify an interview

Career Coaching, Career Tips, Job Interview / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is ‘Let’s demystify an interview.’ A lot of mystique about an interview. So, what is an interview? I’m going to break it down to the basics, break it down to the bits and pieces. It’s basically a conversation between two people or a panel of people. It’s to see if there is a

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I have lost all the drive and ambition due to heavy workload

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips, Executive Career Management / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic focuses on the challenge of losing drive and ambition due to a heavy workload. The Shared Struggle: I have lost all the drive and ambition due to a heavy workload. Unfortunately, you’re not alone in this struggle. Many individuals face intense pressure at work, juggling various projects and assignments within demanding time frames.

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LinkedIn Tip

Career Coaching, Career Tips, Networking / By Martin Buckland

Today we’re going to talk about one very vital LinkedIn tip: connect only with professionals in your audience that will bring you career or business value. Network with industry leaders, executive recruiters, your peers, professionals in your industry, and ex-colleagues and alumni. Don’t wander from that particular audience; stay within that audience. It’s very—it’s the

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Your Personal Brand

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips, Personal Branding / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is very personal to me, personal to you probably is your personal brand. Creating a personal brand isn’t just about self-promotion; it’s defining who you are, what you stand for, what you can bring to the table, and your differentiator. Everyone has a differentiator. Have you defined yours?

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Education Heightens Your Career Value

Career Coaching, Career Management / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is education heightens your career value. Earning a degree, diploma, certificate, or any other designation heightens your value as a candidate when going for a job. If you don’t have recent education, that can be a red flag and inhibit you from maybe going to the interview stage. So make sure you keep

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Include many metrics in your resume/cv

Career Coaching, Career Tips, Resume Writing / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is: Include as many metrics as you can on your resume, your CV. You are going to be hired, recruited because you can perform those metrics. Can entail pounds, dollar values, Euro values, percentiles. Include as many of those as you can. Concentrate on those, and don’t put your responsibilities too much on

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Entering Salary Negotiations?

Career Coaching, Career Tips / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is entering salary negotiations. So many people don’t know their value or sell their value. Highlight your unique proposition, your unique skills and experience, and accomplishments that make you a valuable asset to your employer. Present a powerful and resonating example of the money or the accomplishments that you have achieved in your

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I am ambitious, I want to get to the C Suite fast

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips, EMBA, Executive Career Management, Executive Coaching / By Martin Buckland

So today’s topic is, and I hear this a lot, “I am ambitious, I want to get to the C-suite fast.” Yes, you can get to the C-suite fast today faster than I’ve ever seen it in my 31 years in helping people manage their careers. For many reasons, there is a huge talent shortage,

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My Age, I am 50 is Stopping me from Landing a New Position

Career Coaching, Career Tips / By Martin Buckland

So today’s topic “My age, I am over 50, is stopping me from landing a new position” is very interesting. So let’s talk about this issue. It’s a very pertinent issue, particularly as the career population across the world ages. Baby boomers are the latter part of their career, and they are actually going off

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All Leaders Have to Start Somewhere

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips, Executive Career Management, Executive Coaching / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is: ‘All Leaders Have to Start Somewhere.’ Of course, they do. Now, clients asked me, ‘Well, I have no leadership experience.’ Well, you need to gain that experience, but you need to start off from rock bottom. Neither did any of your leaders, your current bosses, your current leaders. And neither did any

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Don’t Hide in the Closet

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips, Executive Career Management / By Martin Buckland

The topic for today is “Don’t Hide in the Closet.” Good career management involves becoming visible, being visible 24/7, 365 days a year. Thus, you must allure career decision-makers towards you, for you are a product. Your objective is to elicit calls from them. To achieve this, you need to proactively engage on LinkedIn. LinkedIn

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What is the best way to attract an Executive Recruiter in me?

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips, Executive Career Management, Executive Coaching, Job Interview, Job Search, Personal Branding, Recruiters / By Martin Buckland

Today, we’ll delve into the crucial aspect of attracting executive recruiters to enhance your career prospects. Managing your career strategically is essential if you aspire to advance your position, achieve financial success, and even retire earlier. Let’s explore the best ways to attract executive recruiters to your profile. Embrace Executive Recruiters: The Key to Career

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Find Your Career Purpose

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is finding your career purpose. Strategic career planning is about finding your purpose. When you are looking forward to work the next day, what is it about the work that motivates you, that excites you? What are you most proud of in your career? Find your career purpose.

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Establish Yourself as an Industry Expert

Career Coaching, Career Tips, Personal Branding / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is establish yourself as an industry expert be an industry leader join industry associations ask to speak at industry conventions and conferences that’s the way you get noticed volunteer at industry events there are many that you can volunteer at become an executive in one of those associations the president the vice president

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You Won’t Win Every Interview

Career Coaching, Job Interview / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is you won’t win every interview don’t expect to win every interview don’t take rejection personally rejection doesn’t define your worth or your capabilities focus on the fact that you put yourself out there you at least got an interview and you gain valuable experience during the process.

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My Salary is Falling Behind my Peer at the Competitors

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips / By Martin Buckland

In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing a common concern many professionals face: falling behind in salary compared to their peers at competing companies. While this situation may not come as a surprise, there are several reasons behind it. In this article, we’ll explore those reasons and discuss effective strategies to address the issue. Long Tenure

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User Your Performance Appraisals

Career Coaching, Career Management, Career Tips / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is use your purse your performance appraisals Use your performance appraisals. If you are struggling, you have little information or you’re not being able to articulate it in your mind. Look at your performance appraisals when you are constructing your resume, your CV, they can be a memory jogger to you. They probably

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Sell Your Lean Methodology Knowledge.

Career Coaching, Career Management, Executive Career Management, Executive Coaching / By Martin Buckland

Today’s topic is Sell. Sell Your Lean Methodology Knowledge. So many people leave out their lean methodologies in their resumes and their LinkedIn profile. Lean is a great skillset. It’s a great selling point. Break all your lean methodologies and your knowledge down on your resume and your LinkedIn profile. List them all. They are

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