Dawn Lennon is strategist, mentor, advisor, and coach as each new situation arises. Dawn has an M.A. degree from Lehigh University and is author of Business Fitness: The Power to Succeed—Your Way. She’s written numerous articles on achieving success in business and will be sharing lots of insights with those of you who follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Don’t forget to sign up for her Free Stuff.

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	Afraid to Innovate or Don’t Know How? Problem-solving Skills Pay by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 "Innovativeness” is one of those performance appraisal categories that often befuddle supervisors and employees. We often don’t know how the term actually applies to us. After all, we’re just doing our jobs. Innovation seems to have more to do with creative work (maybe in marketing) or i...
	Bankrupt or Flush with Transferable Skills? A Telling Story by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 Transferable skills get us hired or promoted. They’re our career currency. Without them, there’s no deal. The more transferable skills we have the more valuable we are. Resumes market them. Interviews showcase them. Can you list your top ten, most marketable transferable skills, rig...
	Can You Handle the Heat? A Mental Toughness Test by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 Pressure tests our self-confidence and mental discipline. Life is good on the job when predictable conditions give us a clear path for showcasing our talents. That’s when we’re convinced we have what it takes for our next step. Unfortunately, the unpredictable is also predicable. Are y...
	Out of Work? Hire Yourself. by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 You think you can’t. I say you can. Don’t over-think it, make it too big, or get in your own way. Just try it. Plug the gap. Being out of work, creates a glaring gap on your resume. Your work history has come to a (hopefully temporary) dead end. This makes job seekers lose slee...
	The Internship Game—Step Up or Get Left Out by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 Internships are almost a right of passage to getting hired. The thirst for them has stirred businesses of every stripe to offer internship opportunities, particularly unpaid ones. There’s an upside and a downside to unpaid internships. So you need to know how to get the most “up” out o...
	Turning Employees Around—What It Takes | Feedback Power by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 Under-performers are part of the landscape in any workplace. You know who they are and so does your boss. None of us is perfect. Without guidance, it’s easy to adopt behaviors and habits acceptable to us that, ultimately, don’t wear well with others. As employees we need feedback fro...
	An Employee Funk Rescue Tactic–Watch ‘Em Work. | Tailored Motivation by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 Motivating employees should be high on a supervisor’s to-do list. Too often, though, what’s tried falls flat. Not every employee needs or wants: A go-team pep talk Artery-clogging donuts at staff meetings Certificates for weekly productivity achievements Public praise for a job we...
	Career Disappointments Gnawing at You? Reset Expectations. by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 High hopes fall hard. We don’t always get what we want even when we: - Work hard - Plan ahead - Get good grades or evaluations - Know the right people - Play by the rules That’s because careers are about competition. Our success comes from meeting our employer’s expectations b...
	How Becoming the Boss Can Change You by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 Faults are often easier to see in others than ourselves. As employees we’re daily observers and targets of our supervisor’s style. What we see reflects what our supervisors have become. If we’re lucky, we’ve got a good boss. If not, we’d like to run for the hills. It’s hard to beli...
	Self-Confidence Lost? 5 Steps to Getting It Back by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 Here one day and gone the next. It’s a fickle state—our self-confidence. The littlest thing can fuel it or snuff it out. Self-confidence is part of our brand identity. Our bosses and coworkers look for it, even evaluate it. It’s part of our behaviora...
	Unleashing the Career Superstar in You—Ready? by Dawn Lennon - Sep, 2011 Superstars aren’t just sports and entertainment icons. They’re also us. Every workplace and every career has its superstars. There’s no reason why you aren’t among them. By definition superstars are individuals in prominence who attract attention. Look around: That’s lots of people you ...
	Don’t Stop Believin’. Embrace the Journey. | A Career Long-View by Dawn Lennon - Aug, 2011 Bosses have employee issues. Employees have boss issues. Coworkers have peer issues. Isn’t working together supposed to be easy? We often set ourselves up for the people problems we face. When we fail to set boundaries that keep out unwanted coworker behaviors, we pay a price. Omin...
	Who’s Controlling Your Career? | The Downside of Kissing Up by Dawn Lennon - Aug, 2011 Your best answer is, “I am.” Unfortunately, the common answer is often, “I’m not really sure.” That’s because we often don’t know how career growth happens. We’re told that the silver bullets are: Doing a great job with high performance appraisal ratings that validate it Attending...
	Disappointment Got You Down? Dig In. Bounce Back. by Dawn Lennon - Jul, 2011 Things don’t always go our way at work. Sometimes it’s because we haven’t: - Mastered all the skills we need - Performed well at the right time - Solidified our support system - Been realistic about our readiness That leaves us open to disappointment when we don’t: ...
	The Sweet Sound of Striking the Right Chord: An Interview with Ricky Bell by Dawn Lennon - Jul, 2011 I met Ricky Bell because my home office computer was deadly slow. As an independent computer technician, Ricky came highly recommended by my accountant, so I knew I’d be in good hands. To my surprise, I soon learned that those hands were equally talented on the neck of a guitar and that Ri...
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