by Louis Gerzofsky | Mar 27, 2017 | Leadership
A coaching client of mine and I were discussing this question the other day. He’s about to begin a new role with a rapidly expanding company. He’s very well suited for the job and the company but there will be taking on responsibilities that are clearly...
by Louis Gerzofsky | Mar 23, 2017 | Leadership
You hate your boss. Now what? All of us will probably work for at least one extremely difficult person during our careers. Some coping strategies for an unpleasant working environment may help you chart a new direction. Everybody experiences pressure at the office...
by Louis Gerzofsky | Mar 22, 2017 | Leadership
“Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as what you have already.” “How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the cause of it.” “The object of life is not to find ourselves in the majority, but to escape finding...
by Louis Gerzofsky | Mar 21, 2017 | Leadership
As much as we’d like to believe that the great resume, amazing interviews and stellar references of our newest executive will equal a stressless and steady career with our company the real world will disabuse of that notion. We’re not hiring statues or...
by Louis Gerzofsky | Mar 3, 2017 | Leadership
By the time Friday arrives so many of us feel cross eyed, somewhat brittle and near overwhelm. An entire week reacting to myriad requests, emails, interruptions, texts, and a general feeling of overwhelm, all in the service of our j-o-b-s. It’s like the citizens...
by Louis Gerzofsky | Mar 1, 2017 | Leadership
In one of my all time favorite Seinfeld episodes, George Costanza ingeniously figures out that by acting annoyed all the time at work, his boss at the Yankees would leave him alone, thereby eliminating all external pressures so that he could continue his life,...
