Stop Making Work Your Identity
In her most recent Psychology Today post, Wake Forest alumna and VP for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development Allison McWilliams (’95) considers how think about the work that we do. Rather than letting our work become our identity, McWilliams suggests that we […]
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, […]
The Value of Short-term Mentorship
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University At this point you likely have heard that you need to find mentors, sponsors, and other support systems to build a successful career. In this age of
Get the Feedback that You Need
Difficult conversations are hard. It’s hard to tell someone they’re not meeting your expectations, and, it can be hard to ask for and to listen to someone telling you how you aren’t quite measuring up. Of course, not all feedback conversations are critical. But frequently […]
Figuring Out Feedback: How to Give It and How to Ask For It
In this LEARN with @LifeAfterWake webinar, Allison McWilliams (’95) shares tactical strategies for giving immediate, impactful, and effective feedback as both a manager and a colleague. She also provides tips for how to ask for feedback from others. Watch the webinar recording below!
6 Ways to Ask for the Feedback You Need to Advance Your Career
Whether you’re offering feedback or receiving it, the entire process can be rife with challenges. At its worst, poor feedback can be personally attacking, laced with opinion, or hard to make actionable; but at its best, feedback serves as the guidance we need to become […]
Feedback is a Hack
We all know we need feedback. And, whether we want it or not, we’re surrounded by feedback all the time. But are you taking advantage of the feedback you’re being given, to make sound decisions? Do you know how and why feedback helps to build […]
How Fast Feedback Fuels Performance
Gallup provides helpful data insights on trends in the workplace, including this piece on feedback at work. In a recent survey, Gallup found that employees who receive more regular feedback are more engaged. Additionally, this article reveals that the most effective feedback is timely […]
Navigating Year One
Navigating your first year in your first job after college can be difficult and overwhelming. The good news is: you’re not the only one who feels that way! In this LEARN with @LifeAfterWake webinar, Allison McWilliams (’95) and Katherine Laws (’20) discuss the challenges […]
Frameworks for Intelligent Decision-Making
Decisions, decisions, if there is anything that sums up adulthood it might be that it’s an endless litany of decisions for which we often feel ill-prepared. Sometimes these decisions are of the routine, mundane nature, like what to have for dinner, or how long can […]
