Jumping on the Executive Fast Track

Featured Article & Career Coach: Meg Montford, MCCC
Meg's Article: "Jumping on the Executive Fast Track"

"How can I get on track for an executive position?" Several of my clients have asked this the past few weeks, so maybe it's on the minds of others contemplating their career paths? Here are my top five tips for executive career advancement. Even if you aren't interested in reaching the corner office, take a look at this list to see what you can use to help move your career forward.

1) Identify 3-5 executives you would like to model and start learning everything you can about them, their work, their business philosophies, and the charities they support.

2) Read, read, read. What? Periodicals: Forbes or Fortune, Business Week, Harvard Review, Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Books: New York Times non-fiction bestseller list plus some of my favorites such as The World Is Flat; Now, Discover Your Strengths; A Whole New Mind; and Primal Leadership.

3) Make sure your name is findable in Google. How? Start a blog, write and publish online professional articles, get quoted by the media, give presentations - what else? Caution: Beware of your digital dirt. [read more]

Food for Thought: Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. —Seneca

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