Tips to harness your inner-leader

Leadership can sometimes sound so daunting or unattainable—a quality of kings and queens and Steve Jobs. But leadership is innately within you. Here are a few tips to help you harness your natural talent:

• Communicate Like a Leader
  Communication is the key to creating good working relationships; it's the crust to your workday pie. Make sure your message is coming across clearly and professionally. Millenials, this one's for you!
  
  
• Know Thyself
  Great leaders know their styles, strengths, and weaknesses. Unsure of yours? Learn how to use a journal as a tool to increase self-knowledge and effectiveness at work.
  
  
• Father TED
  Still need a boost? These 25 TED talks are guaranteed to spark new ideas on leadership! From the art of choosing to why work doesn't actually happen at work—these are the best kinds of reality checks that always inspire.

Enjoy!
Leslie

leslie.warner@tufts.edu | 617-627-3299 | Visit Alumni Career Services

You can do it

It’s time: You’ve been asked to step up to the plate and take a leadership role. You know you can do it, but what’s the best way to build on your natural leadership style and skills?

Join former corporate leadership trainer Al Duncan for a free webinar:

Discover the Leader in YOU!
Wednesday, April 2, 8 pm EST

Duncan will share expert strategies, as well as his own inspirational story: how, despite the odds, he discovered his own inner-leader and went on to help thousands find theirs.

See you there!
Leslie

leslie.warner@tufts.edu | 617-627-3299 | Visit Alumni Career Services

Solitude matters

Most of our careers are very different from that of Steve Wozniak. While inventing the hardware, circuitry, and operating system for the first Apple computer, he worked hour upon hour in his garage. Alone.

The trend these days is to push all of our chairs together and collaborate, to lean on group exercises and brainstorm as a collective. Many offices are trading cubicles with open desks that face one another to foster constant engagement. To be extroverted is to succeed.

But being introverted should also be celebrated, says former corporate lawyer and self-described introvert Susan Cain. Introverts make up one third to one half of the population.

Different from being shy, introverts thrive and are most creative in a quiet space. If your introverted tendencies are calling you back to the cube or an empty room for solo brainstorming, don’t deny that intuition.

Because you, your boss, and your team, may miss out on the best idea.

For the introverts, extroverts, and those who identify as both, I hope you find inspiration in this TED Talk by Cain!




Leslie

leslie.warner@tufts.edu | 617-627-3299 | Visit Alumni Career Services

What color is your parachute?

In this struggling economy, we not only question our everyday moves in the workplace, but also the choices we make to fill our personal lives with meaning.

During your daily commute, do you ever catch yourself wondering: is this how it's going to be for another 10, 20, even 30 years? If I want to change things, which direction do I take? Is there still time to turn left, right, or make a U-turn?

Let Dick Bolles, author of the best-selling job-search book What Color Is Your Parachute?, and his decades of experience help you find your most fulfilling path in this free webinar for Tufts alumni.

  Career Exploration with Richard Bolles
  Wednesday, February 5, 8 pm EST

Parachute has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and is updated and rewritten every year. It's "about job-hunting and career-changing," reviews Time magazine, "but it’s also about figuring out who you are as a person and what you want out of life."

There's always time to invest in yourself. I hope you make some to join us for this insightful and inspiring workshop!

Leslie

leslie.warner@tufts.edu | 617-627-3299 | Visit Alumni Career Services

The start-up of you

How did online shoe retailer Zappos break from the pack to become the largest online shoe store? 100% free shipping, free returns, and local, well-trained customer service.

In a word: differentiation. In your market, where you have to deliver results.

Ben Casnocha, coauthor of The Start-Up of You with LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, wants you to take an entrepreneurial approach; think of your career as a start-up: look at the local market and find ways to set yourself apart, whether it’s learning that new software, being the first to research that new trend, or sharpening your overall expertise to increase your value.

Join Ben as he discusses adapting to the future, investing in yourself, and transforming your career for the next free, monthly Alumni Series Webinar:

• The Start-Up of You
  Wednesday, January 8, 8 pm EST
  Listen live or from the archive! 

For a preview, check out this cool visual summary.

Happy Holidays, everyone!
See you in 2014,
Leslie

leslie.warner@tufts.edu | 617-627-3299 | Visit Alumni Career Services

What's your body language saying about you?

Did you know: judgements of political candidates' faces in just one second predict 70% of U.S. Senate and gubernatorial race outcomes?

Now think about how you're sitting or standing right now. What does your habitual pose say about you at work? Can body language increase confidence and success? Who's judging what about you because you're slouching or smiling or scratching your face?

Check out this fascinating TED Talk by social psychologist Amy Cuddy to find out.



Shout out for Tufts researchers mentioned by Amy!

Hope you all enjoy,

Leslie

leslie.warner@tufts.edu | 617-627-3299 | Visit Alumni Career Services

Could your friends explain what you do for a million dollars?

Going up? Don’t wing it. Everyone needs a perfect elevator pitch in their back pocket. Having a concise and engaging pitch on hand can help you land a job, a raise, new business, and new connections to people you’d like to meet personally and professionally.

The trick is to be prepared for a conversation—not a rehearsed speech. Spontaneity can capture enthusiasm, but could also do you a disservice if you aren’t properly prepared; in your haste and surprise, you may not have the most effective conversation possible.

Sharpen your pitch: 

• Susan Kim’s article, Could Your Friend Explain What You Do For A Million Dollars?, offers witty tips 
• Chris Westfall, National Elevator Pitch Champion and author of The New Elevator Pitch, shares his 12 Most Unforgiveable Pitch Mistakes 

Chris will also be offering our next free, monthly Career Speaker Webinar, packed with strategies you can put to immediate use:

• Your Career Strategy Starts with Your Elevator Pitch
  December 4, 8 pm EST. Listen live or from the archive!

I’ll also be offering a free tele-seminar on the quick pitch, including discussion of that oft-dreaded interview request, “tell me about yourself.”

• Your Elevator Pitch
  November 18, noon EST

In the meantime, I hope you're all having a lovely fall. With the beautiful foliage on campus, we at Career Services certainly are!

Leslie

leslie.warner@tufts.edu | 617-627-3299 | Visit Alumni Career Services