At some point in your career, if you have achieved a certain of success as an executive, you may be considering a corporate board role as a possible and logical next step. Yet the process of creating a “board pitch” can take you out of your comfort zone, as it requires you to view […]
Optimizing LinkedIn® is surprising complex. It’s hard enough to consider, understand and address: YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION If you would like help with that effort, you can always take a look at the worksheets I have posted on this site. After you have a full grasp of these key points, the next challenge […]
Late last month, I was honored to present to two classes at Lehman College as a guest speaker on career development. There was considerable diversity among the student body in all senses of the word, including their professional goals. Some wanted to go the entrepreneurship route, while others were focused on tax, audit, financial advising […]
If you are a typical executive, it’s a challenge to find time on your calendar to prepare for interviews. When you do carve out that space, here’s a checklist of what you should cover. Due diligence – know as much as you can about the target organization and management beforehand, including what they do, why and […]
If you are an executive who has been slogging along at a job search without a strategy, you can feel like you have hit quicksand with no way to get out. Stop wasting time on what doesn’t matter. There are three things you need to get right: Know Yourself – have the self-awareness to realize […]
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Welcome to networking sessions at Segal Coaching! I am excited to add to my offerings a series of networking sessions in April and May 2017, to be held at my office in Stamford, CT. These sessions are open to senior and mid-level professionals in any field, and each includes a warm-up networking exercise followed by an hour of group […]