Have you thought about what 2012 will look like for you?  Do you have a plan to take your worklife to the next level?  Or are you going to continue to sit back and see what comes your way?

It is so easy to keep doing what you have been doing and expect to get different results.  But it doesn’t work that way.  Gone are the days when you can simply keep your head down, do a good job and get the recognition you desire.  ...

Mentoring is one of the most valuable tools we have available to us and it is one of the most misunderstood and underutilized.  I attribute having a successful 30+ year career to the many mentors I had along the way. 

Some I didn’t realize were mentors at the time.  Like my Dad.  My first job in corporate America, I carpooled with my Dad every day.  Looking back, I realize many of those commutes were mentoring sess...