Thought Talk

Today on Thought Talk, I welcome Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. Mark has spent his career identifying and studying the skill gap that exists for what he calls firm skills, including networking, negotiating, communicating, leading, and career planning. We tend to think of many of these as situational skills, but Herschberg says they are really life skills — none of which are formally taught in school.     Join me for an interesting discussion on how leveling up your firm skills can lead to higher ROI than you ever expected and how a little bit of training goes a long way to creating a killer career.     Getting Your Skills Up to Par   Networking is about building relationships and not just exchanging business cards.    Negotiation is all around us everyday — not just with vendors and employees.    Leadership isn’t just a title — it’s about influencing others, having a vision, and convincing others to go along. You can lead from whatever