Annual Planning in Uncertain Times: 6 Tactics for Rethinking Your Company’s End-of-Year Exercise
In this article from First Round Review, learn new ways to approach the often dreaded task of strategic annual planning with your work team. From setting NCT’s (Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks) to determining how you’ll measure success and what you want to stop doing, […]
Managing Expectations (For Yourself and Your Team)
In this podcast episode author and speaker Todd Henry talks about the impacts of missed and conflicting expectations on personal and professional life. Everyone is living out their own assumptions, which means that “ghost rules,” or invisible and possibly unfounded narratives, emerge. This […]
How to Set Goals at Work That Lead to Higher Performance
One of the best ways to achieve any goal that you might set is to utilize your strengths. The same is true in the workplace. In this article from Gallup, get tactical strategies for writing and implementing strength-based performance goals. Whether you are a […]
Great Managers Matter More Than Ever
Research has demonstrated that effective management is critical to people’s job satisfaction and overall health and well-being. And, overwhelmingly people report that that most stressful aspect of their job is their manager. Is it any wonder that people are looking to leave their jobs (if […]
Getting Started at Work
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University For anyone getting started at a new job, whether you are twenty years into your career, or fresh out of college, those first few weeks and months are […]
Managers: Do Onboarding the Right Way
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University If you are in the people management business, chances are you might be onboarding some new graduates right now. With the best of intentions, we all have had […]
Get a Grip: Decision-Making for Decision-Making Procrastinators
Do you often find yourself stuck when it comes to making decisions? If you identify as a decision-making procrastinator, then this latest webinar from our LEARN with @LifeAfterWake platform is for you! Wake Forest alumna and OPCD Fellow, Katherine Laws (’20), shares tips and […]
The World is Not Your Oyster
Our AVP for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Allison McWilliams, drops some truth bombs in her recent article in Psychology Today. Have you ever been told that your options in your life and career are unlimited? If so, how did that make […]
Think About 2021 Goal-Setting Differently
If we learned anything in 2020, it’s to expect life to veer off in a different direction at any moment. As you contemplate career and life goals for 2021, this article by Joan Michelson in Forbes offers up practical tips and prompts for crafting […]
The Core Four Skills to Build a Life of Intention
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University In January 2021 we celebrate National Mentoring Month, as we do each year, to recognize and honor those fabulous mentors and mentees across our community who […]
