High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 5 Traits of a Championship Mindset

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• The 5 Traits of a Championship Mindset: "Commitment should not be just about setting a goal, but living by a standard. A goal is a something you reach. A standard is something you live by."

• Why More Women Need to Say Yes to Top Leadership Positions: "There are other biases that women face in the workplace, but the number one bias that all women face is about family and career."

• How to "Sell" Yourself in a Job Interview: "You’ll be perceived as someone who is keenly interested in what the interviewer has to say and what the company can offer."

• How to Improve Mental Health at the Office: "Many individuals with psychiatric disability can and do work effectively. How the condition impacts work life varies considerably."
• 3 Tips for Making Collaboration Fun and Productive:"Keeping teammates in the dark can stall a project. By sharing the same information with every member of the team, it shows each person that they are essential to decision making and gives team members the ability to execute on their own."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 9 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life in 9 Days

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• 9 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life in 9 Days: "Collecting accolades, reaching the top of the corporate ladder, or acquiring riches isn't as important as having a calling, pursuing a dream, and changing lives."

• Need a Business Idea? Here are 55: "Starting a home-based business is within the reach of almost anyone who wants to take a risk and work hard, as are a plethora of other low-cost ideas."

• 50 Motivational Quotes from Inspiring Women Leaders: "Whether we're forging our own paths or following in the footsteps of those who've gone ahead, these trailblazers, innovators, explorers and disrupters can encourage, motivate and push us to reach new heights -- in business and in life."

• How to (and how not to) Approach an Office Romance: "So what if you and a colleague have been flirting and might want to explore a relationship? Should you steer clear? Should what’s right from a professional perspective override what’s best for your personal life?"
• 6 Surprising Office Romance Stats that Companies Should Know About:"Instead of trying to eliminate romance at work, the following should serve as a wake-up call  to organizations that they need to step up and help employees deal with their attraction at work."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 4 Tips for Young Professionals Stepping Into Leadership Roles

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• 4 Tips for Young Professionals Stepping Into Leadership Roles: "When I mentor young leaders, here are four simple priorities we discuss from the start."

• How to Create a Culture for More Productive Work Meetings: "Training your team to treat meetings as time- and money-intensive endeavors will result in better outcomes for everyone."

• The Best Way to Get a Mentor? Stop Asking for One: "Focus on the things you can do and building relationships that help others succeed, and mentors will come knocking on your door before you know it."

• 10 Steps to Master Anything: "It’s about the right kind of practice and monitoring your progress along the way. It turns out any skill can be gained quickly through what I call progressive mastery."
• 5 Traits Every Woman Leader Needs to Embrace: "the very behaviors and traits – ambition, assertiveness, an uncompromising vision – that women get picked apart over are the very behaviors we look for in our leaders."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How to Get An Amazing Job Without Much Experience

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• How to Get An Amazing Job Without Much Experience: "If there’s something you want to learn, there’s a course, article, or video on it. All you need is the time to go through it."

• 4 Keys to Creating a Strong Desirable Workplace: "Ensuring that your employees are happy means taking a more holistic approach to their wellness and wellbeing. Offering wellness benefits to employees including health spending programs is one way to do this."

• What Happened When I Didn't Complain for 30 Days: "Once I started complaining, I couldn’t stop: forgotten passwords, misplaced homework assignments, those widowed socks that never find a mate, to name a few."

• The Smartest People Love to Fail, and Here's Why: "Resilience will keep you strong as you endure the less happy parts of following your dreams. A positive mental attitude will keep you following your dreams in the first place."
• 57 Female CEOs on How More Women Can Get to the Top: "Ambitious women may be hesitant to self-promote, driven more by a sense of purpose and a desire to contribute value and shape culture."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: "It’s futile to wallow in your problems, exaggerate your misfortune and keep score of how many hardships you’ve endured....Self-pity keeps you focused on the problem and prevents you from developing a solution."
• Succeed in New Situations: "According to several studies ... the more questions new employees ask and the more help they seek, the better they perform."
• 5 Tips for Running an Awesome Meeting: "Decide how you can change your meeting planning to only cover subjects that require everyone's input or that affect an entire department."
• 6 Habits to Improve Memory and Boost Brain Health: "Multitasking diminishes mental productivity, elevates brain fatigue and increases stress."
• Is the Workplace Responsible for Lack of Confidence?: "The conclusions of the study were that the current work environment does not provide women with female role models or managerial support and encouragement. It endorses an ideal worker stereotype that doesn’t resonate with most women."

The Future of Work

The world of work is changing. Our ability to transform the world in which we work has endless potential. Here, we’ll explore several ways in which Time.com defines the future of work.

Getting off the Ladder

The workplace is changing so that the corporate ladder looks more like ”climbing vines.” This is evident at audit and risk management company, Deloitte, whose Mass Career Customization Program ties an employee’s career lattice, or path, to career goals and also life goals.  The Program enables employees to achieve better work-life balance by “dialing up” or “dialing down.”  For example, an employee may need to dial down by decreasing travel time in exchange for family time. Years later when kids are off to college, increased travel may become possible again. 

Women in Management

Women’s management style is proving to be good for business. According to a study of 353 Fortune 500 companies, conducted by Catalyst, companies employing more women in senior management roles had a higher return on equity. Other studies suggest this may be because women focus on the long-term, on results, and on more collaboration, while invoking a management style that is more engaging to employees. 

When Gen Y Runs the Show

Predictions suggest that, by 2019, Generation Y will be in charge in the workplace.Gen Y will work very differently than their parents did. Things like seniority and allegiance to one company won’t be as important to Gen Y. Instead, getting the job done and emphasizing collaborative decision making with global dexterity will take their place.

Boomers, who will still be in need of income, will be perfect for contract positions in their areas of expertise. In fact, job sharing at a senior level may be a trend in the future.

To read on, visit: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898024_1898023_1898169,00.html