Interview candidates often worry about how to answer the difficult questions. As a prospective hire, use the interview as an opportunity for you to ask questions that will not only show how your character aligns with the company mission, but shows the interview team that you care about their long-term strategy and are already thinking of how you will align with it to ease the pain that keeps them up at night. For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

In many ways our culture does not value the wisdom of decades of experience and replaces it with less experienced but considered “more progressive” candidates for promotion, hire and executive leadership roles. This not only fraught with bias but is unwise. These tips show you how to maximize your experience for top roles and to position yourself for what you want and deserve - to help others see you as a ‘must have.’ For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

It is so easy to get caught up in the routines of life so much so that we forget why we work, why we have families or like spending time with people we care about and what we used to love to do. In this episode we explore how to get back to those things that bring us joy so that we reconnect with what matters. For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

In this episode we talk about witnessing a situation, admiring how someone handled it, wondering why you didn’t have the same presence, and the six steps to get there. For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

There is a difference between an experience and a story. An experience is the unedited account of what happens as you witness it and the feelings associated with how that experience made you feel. The stories are the interpretation of those memories and feelings and become the lens through which we recall the experience. The thoughts we think about our experiences and the stories we tell ourselves can be fiction. In this episode we explore how to be aware of not limiting the story because of a difficult emotion we didn’t deal well with and how to see the full experience that includes our strength, shortcomings, and resilience as we give the same grace to others. For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

There are signs that we sometimes miss or ignore when we know it is time to make a break from something that doesn’t serve us. That could be a job, romantic relationship, living situation, friendship, group you’ve been associating with. In this episode we talk about the three signs that you don’t want to miss that indicate a necessary ending might be the right thing for you as well as four self-care steps to help you through the transition. For more career and self-regulation resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Transitions can be stressful – a move, divorce, marriage, relocation, promotion, loss of a loved one, selling a house, a layoff, termination, company reorganization and much more. In this episode we talk about what to look out for and how to remedy the stress of transitions to uncover the opportunities behind the change. For more career resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Money is something that many people crave. They kid themselves into thinking it buys them time. To a certain extent that is true. But something that can give an even greater high for some people than money is power. When you have power, you can control things that money will not influence – people’s opinions, their loyalty, their dedication, and their actions. When you use that power for the good of humanity it will fulfill you. If you use that power for your own personal gain you will always be seeking ways to keep it because you’ve tied your identity to the power, not your intention to do good. We don’t have to look too far to see examples of how power has seduced politicians to want more of it for their own agenda. The most important power, however is your own ability to control your thoughts and feelings such that you show up as your best self and not a needy self who needs power over others. True power is internal, not external. We’ll talk about how to grow this virtue. For more career resources go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com