Paul Millerd
Blame it on a Millennial!
Millennials are lazy, selfish, entitled, outspoken and impatient Millennials are the greatest scapegoat available to the business world right now. Have problems at work? Blame it on a millennial. Have too many people leaving your company? Blame it on millennials. Have people not listening to bosses? Blame it on a millennial Focusing on the traits ... Read more
The Future of Work: What Winning Organizations Will Look Like in 2025
I have studied organizations, people and motivation and am fascinated by the changes that have unfolded in my relatively short career. I’ll defer to Neils Bohr to qualify this entire piece: Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future — Neils Bohr Since I can’t predict the future, I promise this will contain ideas that are ... Read more
Even Michael Jordan Had a Coach
The words made me stop cold in my tracks. I always had an answer. A comeback. But this time I knew she was right: her words meant I had to take action. It was July 2014 — I was at a networking event in Boston and ended up having a conversation with someone who just ... Read more
The Career Transition Playbook
The Career Transition Playbook is a collection of exercises, lessons and personal stories I’ve collected from over 10 years of helping people make transitions in their careers and lives. I’ve always been fascinated with the impossible and am a fan of the underdogs. Whenever people told me I couldn’t do something, that made me want ... Read more
Four great reads on CEO performance, team effectiveness at Google and the failure of the MBTI
I’ve been fascinated with leadership and organizational performance and have been impressed with the quality of research that has emerged in the past few years. Even more impressive are the companies that are taking action on the research and/or being transparent about their own findings (see Google’s impressive initiative here). Over the past few weeks, ... Read more
Should you go to business school?
Six reasons to go and one big caveat common question I hear is, “Should I go to Business School?” My answer is always the same, half cynical and half serious: “You should go to business school if you want to go to business school” Simple, but I really do believe this. Advice from other people can be ... Read more
Finding my passion — my journey to unlock my purpose
“Pursue your passion and you will never work a day in your life” — Many people For me, this was always a very vague notion, albeit one worth pursuing. I’ve always had a restless spirit. I remember being in school when I was younger and throwing myself into doing well. Doing well and getting good grades was ... Read more
The e-mail that launched my coaching side hustle and helped me quit my job
In 2014, I had a conversation with a career coach that shook me to the core. I was sharing my passion for helping people navigate their careers and telling her that one day I would become a career coach. Saying “one day” was a mistake. She hit me with “you are already a career coach, ... Read more
How to know when it’s time to quit your job
“When should you quit your job?” I was recently asked this by a mentee and I did not know how to respond. Everyone has had that period at work when things are incredibly frustrating. The feeling overpowers you on Sunday night as you dread returning to work or paralyzes you in bed as you avoid ... Read more
How to overcome rejection: harnessing your superpowers
A few weeks ago I was sitting in a coffee shop when I was taken over by a feeling. It was a feeling that the person I was talking to could accomplish anything. I was lucky to be talking to this person. Only nine months ago, he sought me out for advice. But now I ... Read more