The Make it Happen Tipsheet

Elevator Pitch - Going Up

The term comes from the metaphor of the elevator: your "pitch" must be made before the elevator stops and the doors open. Are you ready?

Don't Focus on Results

To accomplish our objectives, we must engage in process. Assuming that some processes are better than others, should we not also consider how we achieve results?

Profitable Non-Profits

Consider helping others as an original way to obtain the skills you are going to need for your next job...

The End of Multi-tasking

Consider the words that describe a person who singletasks: intense, driven, and focused. Compare the words that describe a multi-tasker: distracted and scattered.

Self-Promotion

What is the secret of getting the bigger chair, private office, and higher salary?

Who Is More Important?

When you are speaking to a large group, who is more important - the audience or you?

Becoming Sherlock Holmes: Interview Research

You're about to meet with a new company, and you know very little beyond their name and industry. How can you find out more before you find yourself in front of them? There are four basic techniques you can use.

Impactful Presentations

Even though you may be on stage when you are making a presentation, it is your audience that deserves the focus. Changing focus to the audience doesn't happen by accident - it requires preparation, both before and after the presentation itself.

Be a Career Professional

When it comes to your career, are you a professional - or an amateur?

Giving Credit on the Job

There are so many ways of giving others recognition - here are just a few

Breaking Convention

The next time you attend a conference or trade show, break the conventional wisdom by thinking about your goals beforehand, and doing something about it afterwards.

Proofreading Makes Perfect

Typographical and grammatical errors are careless. don't make an unfortunate first impression. Proofreading makes perfect - or skip it at your peril.

Flexible Style at Work

When you meet people for the first time, either while networking or in a meeting, adapting your style to suit the situation can also improve the outcome.

Trusting Opportunity

The Not So Secret

Networking Choices

Avoid Causing Others to Lose Face

Small Things Matter

Starting a Job Before You Start

Think Different