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Author Ray A. Smith and Michele Woodward provide a concise guide on rekindling dormant business relationships with former bosses or colleagues, emphasizing the importance of doing so for career advancement.
April Daniels Hussar and Michele Woodward discuss how internalized ageism leads individuals to undermine their own professional value by making self-deprecating remarks about their age, which can negatively impact their career prospects.
In this interview With Sara Connell, Michele Woodward outlines five key strategies for effective leadership during turbulent times: maintaining clear communication, fostering trust, demonstrating adaptability, making decisive decisions, and providing consistent support to team members.
In this article, Michele emphasizes the importance of sending five specific emails before the New Year to enhance your career. By Ray A. Smith and Rachel Feintzeig
Becoming the target of office gossip can be uncomfortable. WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger and career coach Michele Woodward discuss handling it gracefully with Tanya Rivero.
For those truly motivated to land a new role, ascend to the next level, boost their salary— conditions have rarely been better. Job listings are plentiful, wages are rising and unemployment is low. Executive coach Michele Woodward talks with Kathryn Dill about how you can seize the moment to get the career and compensation you want
Delegating isn’t lazy. In fact, it can be a learning opportunity for you and your team. Knowing how to delegate is essential to successful leadership, but it’s a skill that can be challenging. Executive coach Michele Woodward talks with Jessica Hicks about successful leadership and the art of delegation.
Workers debating a change sweat their security and how to make a good impression with new colleagues while many are still in lockdown. Executive coach Michele Woodward talks with Rachel Feintzeig about navigating career change in the midst of a global crisis.
Harvard Business Review presents: How to Deal with Bullies at Work
In this interactive Harvard Business Review webinar, executive coach Michele Woodward shares the playbook she has developed for identifying and diffusing difficult people in the workplace.
As we binge-watch the ongoing tragicomedy that is the 2016 presidential campaign, a question relevant to the workplace arises: What do you do if you have an Office Trump? Rex Huppke talks to Michele about ways to handle those uncomfortable situations at the office.
Whether you’ve decided to take the plunge into startup land after years in a big corporation, or chosen to move from a tiny startup to an enterprise position, there may be a few bumps along the way as you learn how to work with your new boss and team. Here are a few tips to help you find success in your new role.
Many people worry that forgetting names, facts or tasks is a sign of aging or mental decline. But a growing body of research offers a more welcome excuse. Executive coach Michele Woodward talks with WSJ writer Sue Shellenbarger about absent-minded moments and what they may really mean.
WNYC Public Radio
The Fiscal Times
The Washington Post
Slate Magazine
USA TODAY
Navigating Challenging Dialogue
How She Really Does It
Koren Motekaitis
The WALL Street Journal
You’ve Got Another Job Offer. Here’s What to Tell Your Boss.
Paul Ryan Demands for Work-Life Balance Wise for Job-Seekers?
Blog Talk Radio
American Express
Her Life, Her Legacy
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What do you want to accomplish next year? Want a plan? A plan that will work? This comprehensive and totally free Personal Planning Tool will help you get clear and make tangible goals for your upcoming year. And back it up with solid action steps to get where you want to go.
Stuck sucks. And some of us are stuck far longer, and far deeper, than we really need to be. So many people have benefited from Michele's Unstuck Process that she put it into a self-directed workbook to make it easier for anyone to get unstuck.
Everything you need to know about launching a job search today, and keeping your network current and sharp. With practical and easy to understand tips and tactics to get you into the job you want, and soar in the career you're in.
A supplement to the Personal Planning Tool, the new 10-Year Tool provides a way to look at where you were in 2010 versus where you are today. It captures your change and growth while and sets a doable course for the future.
There are 5 Questions you can ask that can really change your life. In this comprehensive, 12-page tool created by Michele Woodward, you'll get the questions and deep insight into how to use your answers to create the career, the life, the future that you want.
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Livelihood with Michele Woodward
An advice column for executives that want more success at work.
EBOOKS
The Simple Manifesto: How To Get What You Want When You Want It
You Have Spinach In Your Teeth: Finding Authenticity In An Inauthentic World
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In funny and perceptive essays, Master Certified Life Coach Michele Woodward offers a path toward increased happiness. Whether you are struggling to lose weight, find love, de-clutter or save money, Michele will help you identify the root of the problem and craft a strategy to get you where you want to go. And, she’ll give you tips on living happily when you get there.
In powerful, perceptive and wickedly funny essays, Master Certified Coach Michele Woodward takes on all the places where people get stuck and de-stuckifies them. Always practical, always tactical, always on-point, Michele offers real-world solutions and insights into those things that hold you back. From money to mothers-in-law, from un-employment to entrepreneurship, from unhappy to happy – Michele walks with you through each journey, urging you ever forward toward happier living.
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