Ramon Greenwood

About Ramon Greenwood

Ramon Greenwood is former senior vice president of American Express; a professional director for various businesses; a consultant; a published author of career related books and a syndicated column. Senior career counselor for www.CommonSenseAtWork.com.

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You've Been Named Boss; Now What?

Betty made a giant leap forward in her career when she landed a new position as Director of Marketing for a major division of a multi-billion dollar corporation. She would go from supervising one employee to managing 27 men and women.
Date Posted: March 13, 2006

Who's To Blame If You Are Not Getting Promoted?

Who or what is to blame if you are not getting the promotion you want and think you deserve?Many factors, in various combinations can be the cause, but one thing is almost certain.
Date Posted: January 03, 2006

Career Advice: Real Winners Know How To Lose

The idea of winning is at the very heart of the American work ethic. The gospel of our culture tells us winning is not just the best thing, it is the only thing.But real winners in the world of work know they can't win them all, nor should...
Date Posted: December 01, 2005

Career Advice: Success Requires Management Of Change

The reporter asked a routine question to begin his interview with an internationally acclaimed marketing executive. He got a surprising answer in return."To what do you attribute your highly successful career?" he asked."Sunday...
Date Posted: November 30, 2005

Success Requires Management Of Change

Change is certain and constant. Benjamin Franklin would have been wise to add "change" to his adage that "death and taxes are the only certainties of life."We are inundated every day with new relationships, new ways to do...
Date Posted: November 28, 2005

Grab All The Responsibilities You Can Handle

Each of us has three options for handling responsibilities. The choice we make is one of the most powerful determinants of the degree of career success we experience.One option is to avoid responsibility whenever possible. That is the G. I.
Date Posted: November 17, 2005

Think Twice Before You Jump To A New Job

You've got the itch to change jobs. This might be a good time to make the move.The Wall Street Journal has just reported, "Job-seekers from rank-and-file workers to senior executives are preparing their resumes for what may be the...
Date Posted: September 16, 2005

How To Make Your Job Easier

The techies could do a lot more to make our life at work easier and more pleasant. Take the telephone, for example. I don't know about you, but there are several things that bug me about talking on one of these confounded instruments.First of...
Date Posted: August 05, 2005