High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

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 Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: "Choosing courage, in all its forms, challenges our preconceived notions and expands our comfort circle. As your comfort circle increases, so does your willingness to tackle bigger risks."

• 10 Ways to Cultivate Fearlessness: "When you’ve cut calamities off at the pass, you can let go of your fears about them, and you’ll redirect your focus and power to the task at hand."

• Why You Should Start a Weekly Planning Session: "I recommend doing this on Friday afternoons around 2 p.m. when your brain is done bringing its intellectual/creative A game for the week."

• Why Likable Leaders Seem More Effective: "teams who like their leaders will be happier at work, go above and beyond what is required of them, experience greater well-being, and perform at a higher level."
• How to Impress the New CEO in Your First Meeting:"Reading the CEO’s book, essays or published papers will give you an edge in your career—whether you’re interviewing for a job or meeting the new chief executive for the first time."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 9 Ways to Improve Your Perseverance Skills

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 Ways to Improve Your Perseverance Skills: "By learning to take risks, you raise the probability of facing more difficult situations. When in those difficult situations, if you can learn to adapt and understand what steps are necessary to keep the company moving in the right direction."

• 5 Ways to Manage Your Fear of Uncertainty: "If a feared outcome materializes, chances are you will deal with it better than you could now imagine. Remember that the next time uncertainty rears its head."

• How to Cultivate Determination: "If you spend all of your time weakness-fixing, you’ll lose determination pretty quickly. When you’re moving toward a goal, take on the things you’re really strong at, and collaborate in areas where you’re weak."

• How to Make Your Organization Matter More to People: "We also believe that the business case for inclusion is strong, that we have a credible case to make to organizations that if you're committed to doing this, it will pay off in terms of your relevance, your resilience and your sustainability."
• 15 Leadership Lessons:"If you don't feel like you know what you're doing, leap into leadership anyway. You're more ready than you think."

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."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: 5 Things Great Leaders Do Every Day

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career and life development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

The video below from Entrepreneur discusses five things great leaders do every day, including facing challenges rather than avoiding them. Check out the video to learn more.

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: Be a Great Leader

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career and life development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

The video below from Harvard Business Review discusses the qualities of a great leader, including humility and intense professional will. Check out the video to learn more.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Techniques to Boost Your Confidence

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!

• Confidence Boosters to Help You Overcome Your Nerves: "Write down affirmations that remind you of your capabilities and strengths and keep them somewhere you can find them if nerves strike."

• 5 Bad Managerial Habits: "Regardless of how the employee presented that feedback -- calmly, angrily or with frustration -- the worst thing you can do is be defensive and argue against what they're feeling."

• 5 Must-Read Books for the Independent Solopreneur: "If you've ever thought you wanted to do something more, but were afraid to because you were comfortable, or just didn't know where to even begin, you should be reading this book."

• 9 Ways to Know What Passion You Should Pursue: "Ask others in your circle to see what they think you are best at and what enthralls you most. What do they consider your biggest strengths?"
• 5 Ways to Lead a Group to Greatness:"As difficult as failure is, it is inevitable for teams that are stretching and growing and trying to make a difference."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Lessons from a World War II General

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!

• Leadership Lessons from a World War II General: "Next time your team is in dire straits, demonstrate fierce optimism in the face of overwhelming odds and gauge its effect. I bet that you will be surprised by how contagious optimistic leadership can be and by the incredible influence it can have on a team."

• We Need to Change the Conversation Around Motherhood & Work: "To make significant progress, we have to work together and change the conversation. That means seeing mothers as more than just mothers, and acknowledging that their identity outside of being a parent is just as important."

• A Simple Technique to Improve Your Communication: "Subheads are words or short phrases that help to group paragraphs together and introduce new pieces of information. They also visually break up large pieces of text, helping your reader digest information."

• 14 Morning Routine Hacks to Boost Productivity: "The good news is that some morning "best practices" have been shown to help successful business moguls and entrepreneurs make the most of their time and energy."
• The Need to Become More Collaborative in Business:"A truly connected value chain means businesses can innovate more quickly and provide better – and more ethical – products and services to increasingly demanding customers."

High Five Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 8 Steps to Reaching Your Full Potential

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!

• 8 Steps to Reaching Your Full Potential: "Commit to regular time for personal development and strategic thinking — space to think and feel. Begin with a couple of hours each week and expand from there."

• The Ultimate Guide to Bulletproof Habits: "The most direct, fulfilling route to greatness is not through grand strategy, clever maneuvers, inborn talent or the right connections; it’s the path of small, consistent and patient steps repeated again and again."

• Why Mindfulness is a Must-Have Mental Skill: "mindfulness provides for a non-confrontational intervention where you develop the skill to choose to pivot your thinking and stop the broken record of unhelpful thought looping on repeat."

• 4 Ways Working Dads Can Make More Time for Family: "The men surveyed rated work-life balance as the primary factor to consider when measuring success and as the third most important criteria for choosing a job."
• 5 Tips on How to Find a Mentor:"Ask what you can do to help your mentors. You may have assets they need. Don’t be a pest, but do send a relevant article or a post they might find interesting, or promote their work to your network."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: 3 Tips for Honing Your Leadership Habits

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career and life development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

In the video below from Entrepreneur, learn three ways to develop your leadership skills, starting with imagining your ideal self. Check out the video to learn more.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Why Leaders Should Be Mindful, Selfless, and Compassionate

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!

• Why Leaders Should Be Mindful, Selfless, and Compassionate: "Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying, or exploitation; instead, you can be honest, truthful, and transparent in your conduct."

• 7 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Manager and Leader: "Your success, rather, derives from how well your team performs. Your job, therefore, is to support, protect, and motivate your team--as individuals and as a unit."

• How to Be Happier at Work and in Life: "If you have 20 minutes free, you might be tempted to fritter it away on social media or the news. But these little chunks of time can boost our happiness more than we expect if we use them thoughtfully."

• 4 Ways to Successfully Turn Your Day Job Into a Successful Side-hustle: "Moving away from a steady, full-time position to being on your own is the scariest, yet most invigorating feeling in the world"
• 3 Keys to Developing Daily Disciplines:"To know what is important to you and to commit to those things as part of your “must do’s” is to create the ecosytem for a more effective use of your time."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How to Create and Reach Your Goals in 4 Steps

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 Create and Reach Your Goals in 4 Steps: "Reaching your goals is equally as hard, if not harder, than setting them, but if you can be patient and focused you will be far more likely to succeed."

• 12 Self-Care Tips for Busy People: "Afford yourself a personal reward from time to time, especially after you’ve done a great job on a tough project or gotten your business through a rough patch. It’s not going to kill your budget, and a fresher, happier you will reap significant rewards."

• Why You Should Work Less and Spend More Time on Hobbies: "To stand out and compete in today’s crowded and constantly changing business environment, organizations need new, innovative ideas that will rise above the noise."

• 7 Lessons in Leadership from Tom Brady: "There are no shortcuts when it comes to success -- you've got to put in the work. As Brady once said, 'I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal'."
• 10 Things You Can Do to Boost Self-Confidence:"People with low self-confidence see others as better or more deserving than themselves. Instead of carrying this perception, see yourself as being equal to everyone."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Life Skills You Need to Increase Likelihood of Success

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!

• Life Skills You Need to Increase Likelihood of Success: "While this is in no way an exhaustive list, these are the skills that are essential if you want to become successful."

• A 3-Step Checklist to Make a Big Career Decision: "If you’re at a career crossroads, according to Selina Tobaccowala, all you need to do is consider three things: who are the people you are going to work with, how do you feel about the product and do you care about the mission."

• 9 Habits That Will Make Your Life (and You) More Interesting: "Interesting people have learned that the very act of seeking new experiences brightens their spirits and puts them in a good mood."

• 5 Tips to Help You Stick with Your Resolutions This Year: "You don’t have to throw in the towel just yet. Here are some of the changes I’ve made to avoid failure with my New Year’s resolutions."
• A Lesson in Bad Leadership from Netflix's Fyre Festival Documentary:"If your boss dances around and evades serious questions asked by the team and won't give concrete answers, you should start getting a little nervous."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 3 Ways to Improve Your Self-Image

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!

• 3 Ways to Improve Your Self-Image:"People are never able to outperform their self-image. If you put a small value on yourself or your abilities, rest assured that the world will not raise the price."

• The Leadership Traits Where Women Excel Over Men: " women in business were better at creating a safe and respectful workplace ... [and] better at valuing people from different backgrounds."

• 10 Reasons You Aren't Growing As a Leader: "View your development into a leader as a long-term journey instead of a short-term accomplishment, and you'll earn your position over time."

• 3 Things Leaders Should Never Do When Someone Comes Forward with Sexual Assault Claims: "If someone comes to you with something as serious as a sexual assault accusation against another one of your employees be sure to take the time to listen to them and to get necessary department heads (like HR) involved too."
• Gaining Mental Clarity in Stressful Situations: "Chronic stress negatively impacts both our physical and mental well-being, and it severely hampers our decision-making abilities."