by Sheila Nielsen | Aug 23, 2016 | Workplace Behavior
I was at O’Hare Airport hurrying along a crowded corridor on my way to gate B 5 when I heard a mom say to her little boy, who was having a sit-down-on-his-butt screaming tantrum, “This is not the way we behave.” That moment, that teachable moment, made me think about...
by Sheila Nielsen | Aug 8, 2016 | Career Direction
Recently I did a talk for the Posse Scholars in Chicago about how to develop relationships that can open doors for internships and jobs. The audience consisted of about thirty very engaged and interesting young men and women who were either in college or about to go...
by Sheila Nielsen | Jul 27, 2016 | Career Direction
“I‘m supposed to talk with you about why I‘m not performing well.“ I could tell by her voice over the phone that she was not happy about this. Kelly‘s law firm asked her to contact me, an executive coach, to learn how to improve her game. She was a fifth year doing...
by Sheila Nielsen | Jul 13, 2016 | Career Transition
Are you stuck in a low paying job? Are you stuck in a job that does not match your need for challenge and development? If so, what can you do to move on? When the recession hit in 2009 and in the years that followed, new graduates, full of hope but burdened by debt,...
by Sheila Nielsen | Jun 22, 2016 | Success
As an executive coach, I work with many people who are trying to figure out how to have better, less irritable, and less argumentative communications at work. Many of my clients come for coaching help on this issue because they must navigate a workplace with stressed...