Take the Frustration Out of Project Execution
Have you ever started a project that did not have clear expectations? The sort of assignment where it seemed like the key shareholders...
Theo Glave
- May 16, 2021
- 4 min
Can I Be a High Performer and Still Get Fired?
The first time I heard about 'invisible scripts' was from Ramit Sethi when I first started working. He wrote a lot about the psychology...
Theo Glave
- May 9, 2021
- 4 min
How I Found Success on the Job Market
There are typically two responses post-job loss, inertia and action imperative. I know that I lean more towards the action end of the...
Theo Glave
- May 2, 2021
- 4 min
Unfortunately, You Were Impacted by this Round of Layoffs
That's a sentence that none of us ever want to hear. I know that I didn't. But that's exactly the news that I was given at the end of...
Theo Glave
- Apr 25, 2021
- 5 min
How to Start Working Towards Your Goals, Slowly
Last spring was pretty WILD. Between the lockdown kicking off, protests, an election year, and a constant sense of foreboding about my...
Theo Glave
- Apr 18, 2021
- 3 min
Are You Tired of Being Held Back by Perfectionism? Start Here.
Here is one of the most persistent misconceptions that you'll encounter in almost every organization, high-performing, capable...
Theo Glave
- Apr 11, 2021
- 3 min
Are We Losing Work-Life Balance in 2021?
Early in my career, I remember hearing about work-life balance but my urge to demonstrate that I was competent largely meant that I...
Theo Glave
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
How to Pursue the Work You Love, Starting Now.
I recently started a new job and fell into the same trap as so many others fall into early on. Everything is amazing. This will be the...
Theo Glave
- Jan 15, 2021
- 3 min
There’s More Than One Way to Set a Goal, Here Are 5!
I’m an advocate that there is no one right way of doing anything. While generalizations can be made of people in general, on an...
Theo Glave
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
Procrastination: Why It’s 100% OK, But Also, NOT!
Procrastination often gets a bad rap, and there’s a good reason for that. People seen as procrastinators are often labeled as unreliable,...
Theo Glave
- Nov 21, 2020
- 3 min
How Happiness at Home Translates to Work
Happiness will always mean different things to different people. For some of us, it may be a number in a bank account. For others, it may...
Theo Glave
- Nov 15, 2020
- 5 min
How to Answer with Confidence When Challenges Come Knocking
Have you ever notice that once you get into a groove at work, that’s when you get hit with some boring, difficult, and uninspiring...
Theo Glave
- Nov 8, 2020
- 3 min
How Do You Protect Your Mental Health at Work?
This has been a particularly stressful, anxiety-inducing, marathon of a week and I’d just like to take a moment to sit with that. If...
Theo Glave
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
The Best Leadership Lessons Come from Unexpected Places
Have you ever seen that movie Steve Jobs with Michael Fassbender? Ok, I’ve never seen it either but, I’m a bit of a weirdo for movies and...
Theo Glave
- Oct 25, 2020
- 6 min
Feeling Stuck in Your Career? You Need This 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
You may be brand new to your career or you may have been working for a decade, but at some point, we all start to question whether or not...
Theo Glave
- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
Stressed Out Lately? Here Are Simple Ways to Remain Resilient
Over the past week, as I’ve connected with my co-workers and other colleagues. I’ve noticed a pattern that shouldn’t really be...
Theo Glave
- Sep 27, 2020
- 5 min
The Secret to Being as Productive As a “Top Performer”
One of the most frustrating things that I encountered when I first started my career was the discovery that there were mythical, unicorn...
Theo Glave
- Jul 26, 2020
- 4 min
#5DaysToPeakProductivity, Be More Confident at Work Starting This Week
It’s natural for our productivity to ebb and flow. We go back and forth heavy workloads and lighter days. However, despite the workload,...
Theo Glave
- Jul 18, 2020
- 3 min
How to Lose 10 LBs (Hint: You Already Know How) & Accomplishing Other Goals This Summer
I won’t bury the lead, the answer is diet and exercise. You know, I know, even the dog knows. The WHAT is easy. It’s the HOW that’s...
Theo Glave
- Jul 14, 2020
- 3 min
Best Career Advice Hidden in Jamaican Proverbs
I’m an immigrant. I grew up in Jamaica and lived there until I finished high school, before heading off to college. ‘From your eyes were...
Theo Glave
- Jul 6, 2020
- 4 min
There Will Never Be a “Good” Time to Prioritize Your Development
So…who had plans for 2020? How’s that working out? When I look at the 2020 Tentative Goals that I had in my Notes app, well, I still feel...
Theo Glave
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Congratulations!
Last week, we launched the Priority Process Coaching. I'm happy to announce that the winner of the copy of Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is...
Theo Glave
- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
Even Jordan Needed a Coach
Does this sound like your typical day? Never-ending email Constant requests from your customers or manager Objectives that you can't ever...
Theo Glave
- Jun 15, 2020
- 3 min
Take Time for Yourself with 3 Small Habits
COVID-19 has changed the world. Work has changed, running errands have changed and it’s all been punctuated by a lot of FEAR and...
Theo Glave
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
Money Tips for Young Professionals
Recently, I had the pleasure of having a chat with Christine Teh. Christine is a financial coach and tax strategist that I met here an...
Theo Glave
- Apr 7, 2020
- 3 min
My Quarantine Schedule
During this new world of quarantine living, our schedules (or lack thereof) have become a major talking point. Admittedly, I struggled...
Theo Glave
- Mar 31, 2020
- 4 min
What Should I Do Next?
Fear and anxiety have become a part of the fabric of life in the last few weeks. How long will we continue to have jobs, access to food...
Theo Glave
- Feb 24, 2020
- 4 min
Defy Convention, Be Yourself
The motto of my alma mater is Defy Convention. I always thought it was a daring statement. There is a challenge there. Be different....
Theo Glave
- Feb 17, 2020
- 3 min
This is How You Can Best Serve Your Team
“There’s no ‘I’ in team.” We have all heard it before and know what it means. The collective good takes precedence above the individual...
Theo Glave
- Feb 11, 2020
- 3 min
Should Your Career Provide Fulfillment?
Should your career provide fulfillment? Sure, why not? Thank you for attending my Ted Talk. Personal fulfillment is a topic frequented by...
Theo Glave
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
What Will You Give Up This Year?
How do you go about planning for a new goal? If you’re like most of us, you’ll probably start with all the amazing and important reasons...
Theo Glave
- Jan 28, 2020
- 3 min
The Mindset that Will Allow You to Embrace Criticism
You are going to receive criticism. It’s going to happen at work, school…church. It’s a normal part of how people interact with each...
Theo Glave
- Jan 20, 2020
- 3 min
Leadership: A Jumping Off Point for Young Professionals
When young professionals are equipped with tools for professional and career development early, it creates a seismic shift in business...
Theo Glave
- Jan 14, 2020
- 3 min
Take a Step Back to Put Your Best Foot Forward
Here are the two opinions you often see at the beginning of the year - 1. New Year’s provides an opportunity to reset. You can tap into...
Theo Glave
- Dec 3, 2019
- 3 min
Growth Isn’t Sexy, Fall in Love With the Process
Pursuing any worthwhile goal requires time, energy and effort. Sprinkle in healthy doses of consistency and accountability and you are...
Theo Glave
- Nov 25, 2019
- 4 min
The Top Five Secrets Young Professionals Should Know About Their Managers
Managers are PEOPLE too. It seems obvious enough but here is why we often don’t view our managers as just people when we are young in our...
Theo Glave
- Nov 18, 2019
- 4 min
Here’s Is Why A Development Plan is One of the BEST Tools for Your Career
Careers often have a life of their own, often despite our best efforts. My career has had a lot of twists and terms. I lived in 3...
Theo Glave
- Nov 11, 2019
- 4 min
Your Company Doesn’t Care About You...and Other Half-Truths to Be Aware Of
Most of what I’ve learned about the working world has come from my own experience or the experience of my colleagues and friends. None of...
Theo Glave
- Nov 4, 2019
- 2 min
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Book Review
I recently finished reading The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell and here are my big three takeaways - the Law of...
Theo Glave
- Oct 28, 2019
- 4 min
The Mindset and Process that Helped Me Accomplish My First 5 Year Plan
Back in 2012, I was entering the working world for the first time, for real. Before that, I’d had internships, jobs and even lived on my...
Theo Glave
- Oct 21, 2019
- 4 min
I Have Anxiety, I’ve Been Meditating, Here is How It’s Helping Me (and Maybe How It Could Help You)
I struggle with anxiety. I haven't been diagnosed. I don't get panic attacks. But, I experience anxiety deep in the pit of my stomach...
Theo Glave
- Oct 14, 2019
- 5 min
Last Week I Decided to Have the Most Productive Day I’ve Ever Had, Here is How I Did It
There is no perfect job. What I mean is that there is always some aspect of what we do in our day to day work lives that’s not our...
Theo Glave
- Oct 8, 2019
- 5 min
My Personal Story of Failure and What It Taught Me
Back in 2011, I was hitting a stride. I had recently graduated as a chemical engineer. I completed an internship with General Electric...
Theo Glave
- Sep 30, 2019
- 3 min
Definitive Development Books for Your Most Fulfilling Year, Yet
When I was in college, the only books I read were textbooks. At the time, it bothered me because I was in the explorative, thinking phase...
Theo Glave
- Sep 24, 2019
- 4 min
Why Am I Always So Busy? 3 Ways to Address it Now!
Outside of being number 1 reason in the introverts handbook for avoiding people, busyness has become the default mode for most of us. In...
Theo Glave
- Sep 17, 2019
- 4 min
How to Survive in a Toxic Work Environment
Tip # 1. Just leave. Alright everyone, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. Goodnight! But seriously, I say that to remind anyone reading...
Theo Glave
- Sep 9, 2019
- 3 min
You Know, That They Know, That You Don’t Know and Why That’s Not a Bad Thing
I once had an interview where I was very casually asked if I knew how to use a piece of software. The short answer is that I didn’t know....
Theo Glave
- Aug 20, 2019
- 4 min
The One List to Rule Them All, that Will Improve Your Efficiency and Focus Too
Hands down the most important tool I use to prioritize my workflow is a list. More specifically it’s a list that I store electronically...
Theo Glave
- Aug 12, 2019
- 4 min
Play to Win, 5 Perspectives I Learned to Capitalize on Opportunities
Do you know that feeling when you finally know what you’re doing? It could be learning a new skill, playing a new sport or making a new...
Theo Glave
- Aug 2, 2019
- 4 min
The Cycle of Growth
I have a confession to make; I’m a little bit obsessed with the idea of growth. It may even be more accurate to say that I’m a little...