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How Having the Wrong Boss Is Hurting Your Career
You can’t just join the right company: you need to find the right boss.
You can’t just join the right company: you need to find the right boss.
You’ve worked so hard to set yourself up for success. You studied well and are proud of your academic achievements. You completed the right internships and worked with a career counselor to define your path. You prepared a professional resume, attended job fairs, and applied carefully to the right companies. Finally, you land a job offer in a company on your ‘list’. You are beyond excited. You prepare carefully for the big day — your first day at work. The day comes and a week goes by, then a month, then 6 months. The company is good and your work is ok but there is something wrong. You ignore your intuition. After all, this was a company on your list. Everyone tells you that you are lucky. Why don’t you ever feel excited on Monday?
This is the scenario I know all too well as a life coach. A person sets up a consultation with me because they feel awful. They want to do a good job but somehow, their heart is not into the work and they are regularly tempted to call in sick. What is wrong? Of course, we need to explore further all the details to understand the problem but if you love the work, you are using your talents, and…
