The Wright Career Solution

๐ŸชœHow to Influence Up, Become Visible at Work and Earn that Coveted Promotion!

๐ŸชœHow to Influence Up, Become Visible at Work and Earn that Coveted Promotion! Over the past several weeks, I have been scheduled time to engage in some learning and growing: Attending the annual virtual Summit hosted by Coaching.com ; the 2024 Ontario Labour Market Conference, and popping in on webinars and podcasts. Two weeks ago I dropped in on an impactful conversation between Ileana Musa (she/her/ella), Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and Mariela Dabbah (she/her/ella), CEO & Founder of the…

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How Emeline King Made History

How Emeline King Made History Have you ever heard of Emeline King? Me neither! Emeline King was Ford Motor Company’s first Black female car designer. Why am I writing about her? It’s Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating theย endingย ofย slavery in the United States. It’s a bit ironic that my friend sent me the link to Emeline’s story today, and am sharing it here too. After all, her story contains some career advice that resonated with me: โ˜‘๏ธ”I ย didnโ€™t let their comments…

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๐ŸชœPromotions are Hard to Come By ๐Ÿš€

๐ŸชœPromotions are Hard to Come By ๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ—ž Bloomberg News reported this week that “Promotions are Hard to Come By” (https://bit.ly/45mop98 ). Although the focus is on entry-level roles, the fact is that people are not quitting their jobs as before. This leaves little room for others to move up. The article states, “Among 68 million white-collar professionals, just 1.3% were promoted in the first three months of the year, the lowest rate for any first quarter in data going…

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๐Ÿ“ข Ready for that Promotion? ๐Ÿš€

๐Ÿ“ข Ready for that Promotion? ๐Ÿš€ Here are some answers I get when I ask this question: โ€œMy work should speak for itself.โ€ โ€œI am afraid to start the conversation with my manager.โ€ โ€œI am tired of hearing that I am not ready.โ€ โ€œThey have asked me to re-apply in a few months.โ€ โ€œI have been rejected so many times that I have given up.โ€ Does any of those questions resonate with you? Have you been waiting around believing that…

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๐Ÿ“Œ”I Didn’t Get the Job!”๐Ÿ˜ญ

๐Ÿ“Œ”I Didn’t Get the Job!”๐Ÿ˜ญ Ouch! โ€œ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜บ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ โ€˜๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜™ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ. ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜โ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ…

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๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธIs a Good Worker Really Hard to Findโ“

๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ท๐Ÿฝโ€โ™‚๏ธIs a Good Worker Really Hard to Findโ“ “When I get to work, the first thing I do is hide… …because they say a good worker is hard to find!” Is that true? Is a good worker really hard to find? Don’t know who came up with this quote, but my family and I had a good laugh when we read it over the weekend. As humorous as this sound, the serious part is that buy into what polls, statistics…

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โ‰๏ธAre you an Introvert, Extrovert or Ambivertโ“

โ‰๏ธAre you an Introvert, Extrovert or Ambivertโ“ Earlier this week, I posted a video of me dancing after receiving some good news. Someone sent me a DM after seeing the post: “Daisy, I am such an introvert, I could never do that!” I responded, “So am I, and am still not comfortable putting myself out there on video!” She wrote back, “I can’t believe you are an introvert!” I told her that most people are introverts parading as extrovert, and…

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๐Ÿš€ What is Career Coaching? ๐Ÿ“ˆ

๐Ÿš€ What is Career Coaching? ๐Ÿ“ˆ (Updated article that now includes ICF’s revised Core Competencies.) The term โ€œcoachingโ€ traditionally refers to sports, where athletes who want to reach excellence in their chosen sport engage the services of a coach to help them take action and move forward. The International Coaching Federation defines coaching as โ€œpartnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potentialโ€. What exactly is career coaching? Itโ€™s a…

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๐Ÿ’ฐ “How Much Do You Charge?”๐Ÿ‘œ

๐Ÿ’ฐ “How Much Do You Charge?”๐Ÿ‘œ A few months ago, I was gifted a name brand handbag for my birthday. Unpacking it a few days ago, I noticed the original price tag hidden inside, and nearly fell off my chairโ€ฆ$798.00. I know my family wouldnโ€™t be out of their mind, but I did ask โ€œHow much did it cost?โ€ I was relieved to learn they got it for a little less than the posted sale price of $149.98. But this…

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๐Ÿ˜ญI Lost My Top Leadership Voice Badge๐Ÿ“›

๐Ÿ˜ญI Lost My Top Leadership Voice Badge๐Ÿ“› So, I received a notification from LinkedIn last week that my “Top Leadership Voice” badge had expired. I was not surprised since the badges only last for 60 days if you donโ€™t contribute consistently. For one split second, I felt a sense of loss, but then I quickly put the thought into perspective: On the grand scale of priorities, how impactful was that loss? How much time do I have to put into…

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