Elizabeth Freedman is the author of Work 101: Learning the Ropes of the Workplace without Hanging Yourself and The MBA Student's Job-Seeking Bible. She is also a 2005 finalist for College Speaker of the Year, awarded by the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities. She runs a Boston-based communications and career development firm that helps New Professionals look sharp, sound smart, and succeed on the job. Clients include The Gillette Company, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Thomson Financial.
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| Enough Already: Why Now is the Perfect Time to Pursue Your Career Dream by Elizabeth Freedman - Jun, 2011 At some point you just have to make the call, stop hemming and hawing and decide that it’s time. At some point you have to stop getting ready to get ready to make the career change that you fully intend to do once you’re ready. You have to stop telling yourself that you will do it…once yo... | |||
| Uncomplicated Leadership: Make it Easier to Get the Job Done by Elizabeth Freedman - Jun, 2011 Unfortunately, making things complicated is easy to do. Take something pretty straightforward, like weight loss. I don’t know about you, but if you gave me a donut for every time someone said, “All you have to do to lose weight is eat less and exercise more,” I’d be up to my eyeballs in p... | |||
| Want Better Results? Have Better Conversations by Elizabeth Freedman - Jun, 2011 What would it mean to your business if¡. Sales professionals had better conversations with prospects? Leaders had better conversations with clients? Managers had better conversations with their teams? Employees had better conversations with each other? It isn¡¯t any secret th... | |||
| Career Advice and Assertiveness Tips: Know What to Ask For by Elizabeth Freedman - Jan, 2011 We’ve been told to be assertive, and ask for what we want – but do we cross the line when it comes to our careers? As a former fundraiser, I was taught to ask for the money – we can’t expect people to read our minds or to hand over their checkbooks. And, I’ve seen enough ‘Oprah’ by now to... | |||
| Motivate Your Team by Creating Brand Champions by Elizabeth Freedman - Jan, 2011 The next time you’re looking for a little fun at the office, try this one on for size: Prowl around a few cubicles and sneak up behind an unsuspecting employee or two. Then, quickly, before they have time to think, bombard them with a series of questions: “How would you define our brand? ... | |||
| Job Advice: How to Handle the Exit Interview by Elizabeth Freedman - Jan, 2011 Planning to leave the office? Jump ship? Head on to greener pastures? Happens all the time. Here’s what doesn’t happen all the time: The Graceful Exit. When you consider the various ways you’ll say goodbye to your current employer, don’t overlook your exit interview. Consider: Be... | |||
| Employee Motivation and Engagement at T.G.I. Friday’s by Elizabeth Freedman - Jan, 2011 Let’s imagine you work for a company called, “Counting the Minutes Until Quittin’ Time,” or “I Really Wish It Was the Weekend So I Wouldn’t Have to Be Here” This is what I found myself wondering at an airport T.G.I. Friday’s the other week, eating a Tropical Splash Salad (so good) and b... | |||
| Time to Gear Up: Make 2011 Your Year by Elizabeth Freedman - Nov, 2010 Hard to believe we’re almost at year’s end, because it may only just feel like yesterday when you sat down and pledged to land a new job, launch a new business, or achieve some other goal you set for yourself. The question is, how did you do? As we review the year we’ve had, let’s reso... | |||
| I’m Not Here to Make Friends by Elizabeth Freedman - Oct, 2010 “I’m not here to make friends.” More than any other phrase, the no-friends one is what you’ll hear again and again on reality TV. Check out VH1 blogger Rich Juzwiak’s amazing montage of the phrase uttered (or screamed) here – or hear his discussion of it on Act 2 of the “Frenemies” episode... | |||
| Don’t wimp out on salary negotiation by Elizabeth Freedman - Sep, 2010 Can you negotiate salary (or even ask for a raise) in this economy? You can and you should. Here’s the real question: Will you? Because salary negotiation is tough, many of us are using the economy as a reason to avoid it altogether. The bottom line: Don’t be one of these people. No mat... | |||
| Is perfectionism hurting your career? by Elizabeth Freedman - Sep, 2010 How do you know if perfectionism is hurting your career, job search, overall professional success? Ask yourself the following: Do you find yourself getting ready to get ready to make a move…that you never make? For instance, you know you need to start networking, which you fully intend ... | |||
| Pulling a Steven Slater – or how not to burn a bridge by Elizabeth Freedman - Aug, 2010 After landing a (hopefully) great job and having a (hopefully) great experience, you’ve determined that it’s time to move on. Happens all the time. However, what doesn’t happen all the time is the graceful exit. You’ve heard about Steven Slater, but did you hear the one about the guy who s... | |||
| Stop telling us, start showing us your talents by Elizabeth Freedman - Jul, 2010 Have you ever thought any of the following: I’m so bored with my job! I could be doing so much more for my clients…but they aren’t using me to my fullest potential! I know that I am capable of doing more than what I am doing and getting paid for. Why can’t anybody else see it? You’... | |||
| Your fork is not a shovel: Business etiquette for the 21st century by Elizabeth Freedman - Jul, 2010 After attending many a business lunch, corporate event, dinner outing, and more under the guise of “work fun,” (raise your hand if you think that’s an oxymoron ) I feel compelled to write the following, rather obvious statement: Your Fork is not a Shovel. And while we’re on the subject, I... | |||
| How to network when you hate to network by Elizabeth Freedman - Jul, 2010 We all hear about how important networking is for our careers, but many of us simply don’t do it. In fact, some of us hate the practice, and would rather eat an entire copy of my book, Work 101: Learning the Ropes of the Workplace without Hanging Yourself, (sorry, shameless plug) than netw... | |||
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