by Ken Giffin | Aug 12, 2025 | career advice, corporate behavior, self-improvement, skills development
I’m going to start this blog post with my own cautionary tale of poor storytelling while interviewing for my first job many years ago. I was fortunate that the business school from my undergraduate days (Indiana University) had a strong recruiting organization that...
by Ken Giffin | Jan 14, 2025 | personal growth, self-improvement, skills development
I had a mindset at the beginning of my career that development was something provided for you as a reward for hard work. You focused on your current position and putting in the work, and then (and only then) would development come to you in the form of promotion...
by Ken Giffin | Oct 15, 2024 | presentations / presenting, self-improvement, skills development
We recently interacted with a client who was nervous about an upcoming in-person presentation. What was unique about the scenario was that this person was not a novice when it comes to presentations — but they felt like a novice because of the lack of in-person...
by Ken Giffin | Mar 27, 2024 | personal growth, self-improvement, skills development
Those who know Ken well, know that he has a passion for on-going learning. He distinctly remembers a scenario more than 20 years ago that solidified this stance. He was at a company that offered all employees a $1,500 training and learning investment each year which...
by Ken Giffin | Sep 26, 2023 | employee retention, leadership, mentoring, skills development
There is no doubt that mentoring programs are a successful tool in business. Consider some of the following 2023 statistics that support this stance from...
by Ken Giffin | Jun 27, 2022 | leadership, self-improvement, skills development
As a leader, making decisions is an important part of the job, and it is expected on a daily/weekly basis. Your decisions not only impact you and your career path specifically. The ripple effects impact all of your team members, and many times other departments, and...
