Career Coach
2013
Career Corner: The Gift of Growth
For both mentors and mentees, mentorship is an invaluable experience....
Career Corner: Put Yourself in the Hot Seat
Auditing is a big part of many quality professionals’ careers. We audit our suppliers and we perform internal audits. Some of us even participate in third-party audits. How many of us, though, have audited our career paths?...
Career Corner: An Age-old Problem
When coaching younger generations in the workforce, one size does not fit all. Career Corner columnist Joseph Conklin provides tips for navigating a multigenerational workforce....
Career Corner: Stake Your Ground
Stakeholder analysis has become standard practice among quality practitioners....
Career Corner: Boost Your Brand
Your personal brand is your style. It is composed of your values, abilities, strengths and limitations. The most successful workers, knowingly or not, align their personal brands with their organizations’ cultures....
Career Corner: Build Your Economic Case
Do you realize that one of the greatest means for professional development is attending a quality industry conference? But first, you need to get there....
Career Corner: Out of Hiding
While I was the senior statistician for a manufacturing division of a major aerospace firm, I shared the concept of the hidden factory with a statistical quality control (SQC) training class composed entirely of senior and middle management....
Career Corner: Who's Responsible?
One factor not often discussed in career development is career level of the individual. A 20-something-year-old manager often has different goals and career satisfaction levels than a 40-something-year-old manager....
Career Corner: In Shape for Quality
I first met A.H. when my personal growth shifted to a more horizontal direction. He has since gone solo, working as a self-employed personal trainer. When I learned he had gone solo, I wondered if his perspective on managing for quality had changed....
