Google Tech Talks January, 31 2008 ABSTRACT Advancing toward your dreams and goals is an essential part of personal satisfaction, leadership and career development, transitioning to a new role/location, performance improvement, and dealing with crises. This fast-paced, hands-on session will cover a variety of unique and fun exercises and practices. You will learn the importance of life balance and ways of defining and personalizing it for you; the importance of balancing short, medium, and long-term dre

Google Tech Talks January, 31 2008 ABSTRACT Being creative and successful in business and your personal lives requires that you be responsive and flexible as you move beyond your comfort zones. Though it may seem paradoxical, all real change and creativity begins by facing and understanding the reality of your current situation. Learning to see and respond with greater clarity is where the path toward change and growth begins. What is that you are really doing? What are you doing that is extraneous?

Google Tech Talks January, 29 2008 ABSTRACT By identifying and further developing our unique talents and character strengths, we contribute more effectively and enjoy the process. This talk will draw on findings from positive psychology, brain science, and resilience research to describe practical strategies for articulating passions and reaching goals. Participants will hear about two reputable online strengths surveys and learn how to call on the five key strengths that have been correlated with fulfi

Google Tech Talks January, 31 2008 ABSTRACT Professional satisfaction is a question of creating what you want, not just waiting for it to appear. This tech talk, by one of the country's leading career coaches, shows how the process works. From my recent book: "The process of creating a life that works for you does not unfold logically. It proceeds in fits and starts, involves unlearning as much as learning, and requires you to push forward amidst ambiguity. You have to act before you're ready to act, co

Google Tech Talks January, 30 2008 ABSTRACT Many technical women face surprising and similar challenges, which are often unspoken and self-imposed. I will present observations and suggestions around the impostor syndrome, feelings of isolation, tendencies to over-analyze, excessive humility, and reluctance to negotiate. I will also present "best advice" offered by women engineers for women engineers, which is taken from an article that I submitted to IEEE's new Women in Engineering magazine. Speaker: Sue

Google Tech Talks January, 30 2008 ABSTRACT Greg Gillis and Lesly Higgins, experienced corporate c

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