Career Management

We don’t often hear tips on how specifically to start conversations. Host Johny K of the podcast “Communication Charm” offers some potent and practical advice.

It is said that we allow money to become such a dominant force in our lives because we fail to define exactly what it should do for us. At this point in your career, are you still wondering about the part it should play in your life?

It’s like eating your vegetables when you were a kid. You muscle through it in innumerable trainings; you trust (optimistically) that you’ll emerge from the exercise somehow better, more prepared for the real business world. But, just for a moment, let’s face what we all suspect but can’t give ourselves permission to admit: Role-playing may just be a bust. Let’s go over a few of the reasons why many of us just don’t want to try it anymore.

When you get time with a mentor—or even just an interesting interview subject, or someone you professionally admire—you’ll want to make the most of it. Here are some ideas for questions to ask.