Great candidates for new career roles often aren’t sure how to position their unique value proposition and hinder their own progress with well-intentioned mistakes that cost their advancement from the slush pile of resumes or from the pool of interviewed candidates. In this episode we discuss what to avoid, what to include and how to shift your thinking to action that better serves you. For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

I receive a lot of inquiries from leaders who don’t understand why they haven’t advanced in their careers. Often, they don’t realize the magnitude of being in a stagnant position nor have they interpreted the important signals that have come their way. Once they agree that the these scenarios have occurred it becomes apparent that they may have been identified as “not executive material” and that a strategy is needed to ascend the plateau. In this episode we talk about the signs to look for that indicate that you have stalled out in your career and what to do about it. For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

The seven deadly sins is a group of vices within religious teachings that are known as excessive versions of one’s natural aptitudes. Though identified desert fathers in the third century as passions one needed to overcome, these indulgences and shortcomings have relevance in today’s work environment. In this episode, we visit each of the seven deadly sins and discuss how they show up in colleagues and leaders as well as how to manage yourself against them and how to manage others who have them. For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com