I don’t trust mentors.
It’s an honest statement, but one most people don’t ever really want to consider. Mentors can come from 2 very different sources, depending where you work. In some larger organizations, there are formal mentoring programs where you are assigned or choose a mentor and they assist you in guiding your career [...]

I am currently on rotation in one of my firm’s consulting divisions. After a rocky start, I’ve found my groove and I’m fairly comfortable. I now come to the time I feared most: where I decide if I stay here or go back to my old job.
Now don’t get too excited, I already made my [...]

The Scene
Your team is working diligently to finalize the deck and send it off the client. There have been many late nights, but this Friday afternoon, it will all be over.
You are furiously trying to figure out a way to re-calculate a GM% so that your client doesn’t blow his lid. You look over, and [...]

The year end review process in almost any organization can be arduous, long and somewhat frightening; it can propel your career forward or ground it into dust. A lot of it is beyond your control and as objective as it can get, there will always be interpretation involved. You cannot control what other people think, [...]