Why You Must Have a Positive Relationship with Your Boss
When you have a positive relationship with your boss, many wonderful and career-enhancing things are possible. Opportunities, praise, promotions, pay increases are just a few. Your life as an employee is easier, you have more impact, and you’re in a stronger...
Why Is Responsiveness Important?
You may feel that you should not respond to colleagues until you have the answer to their questions or requests. Or you might assume that others know you are working on their problem and you don’t feel a need to keep them updated. You may rationalize that you are...
The Five Reasons You Should Avoid Coaching
As my tenure as a coach grows, and as I meet an increasing number of client prospects, I have noticed recurring themes among individuals who don't think about working with a coach, or who don't want a coach. Five reasons you should avoid coaching Arrogance -...
Drive Your Career: 9 High Impact Ways to Take Responsibility for Your Own Success
Take the wheel and steer toward success! You’re ambitious, talented, and ready to take your career to the next level. It’s time to step into the driver’s seat and set a path for success, with this illuminating guide from leadership coach Ed Evarts. You’ll learn the...
Raise Your Visibility & Value is Now in Paperback!
Raise Your Visibility & Value is already available in hardcover, Kindle and audio. Now it's available in paperback! Be sure to grab a copy here. “In this era of mergers and acquisitions, technological advances, globalization, and virtual employment, Raise Your...
Be Responsive: Visibility Accelerator #3
The ability of others to connect to you frequently and instantly highlights an interesting human behavior. The speed in which a colleague reaches you creates an identical expectation as to how long it will take you to respond. Similar to a fast-paced ping pong...
Overcoming Hurdles to Accessibility
Below are some typical hurdles to accessibility and suggestions for improving them in your organization and industry. I am generally at my desk more than I am away from my desk. Find colleagues who seem to have figured it out. Talk with them about how they spend...
A Warning on Being Accessible
Being Accessible does not mean you are available 24/7/52. We all have limits on the degree to which we can be reached by co-workers, and you should feel comfortable enforcing and expecting others to honor these limits. Can you be too successful at modeling...
Accessibility and the Benefits to Your Colleagues
It is not enough that you are highly accessible to your colleagues; your colleagues must also benefit from the interaction. After all, if accessibility doesn't benefit your colleagues, what's the point? Low Access + Low Benefit. Due to your behavior, you are at...
Being Welcoming to Your Colleagues
Visibility is also comprised of “reputation” which is the intangible ways that individuals connect with you. Are you being welcoming to your colleagues and creating an atmosphere that reflects your desire to be accessible? When your colleagues come to see you, is...
