How to Keep Your Job A Primer For Difficult Times

A popular song, “Only the Strong Survive”, may serve as a mantra for surviving these difficult economic times. Financial institutions melt down, venerable corporations tank, and countless jobs at every level disappear, even the strong have to take pause and wonder if they will make the next cut. What makes one executive or administrator stronger than another? Strength comes from understanding and embracing the skills needed to preserve and protect your most important asset–your job–during an economic downturn?

What are the "dos" and "don’ts" of job retention? Is it all about performance, or does politics play a role in who stays and who goes during downsizing? Executives and administrators, asking themselves this question, may find a professional level executive coach and career management consultant the best investment for this tumultuous career marketplace.

A specifically designed and unique executive coaching workshop will answer questions you have regarding retaining and succeeding in your executive level career. Beware of many programs that take your money and leave you no more valuable skills than when you walked in the door. Look for a professional, highly respected career coach with years of experience in the field. Look for an executive career coach whose influence has been reported in Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Times, on CNN, and The Today Show as a testament to expertise.

One man with these credentials is Paul Bernard. His workshop, “How to Keep Your Job: A Primer for Difficult Times”, has helped many New York executives, alumni associations, and professional associations in the past 10 years. Workshop topics include: The importance of taking a customer service approach to keeping your job, Making sure that your company and your boss understand your value added in difficult times, Understanding your job description–explicit and implicit, Understanding new job performance standards during an economic downturn, The importance of operating at 110% of capacity at your job, Dos and don’ts for managing your boss; understanding his/her management style, Expectation management 101, Optimizing your relationship with your peers and with those reporting to you, The importance of internal networking (“schmoozing 101”), Building alliances–finding and keeping sponsors and protectors, Making corporate politics work for you; winning at the game of political poker.

You can discover and hone your strengths with the help of a career and executive counselor like Paul Bernard; innovative help in difficult times.