What’s the best path to power in your company? Here’s some great advice from Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

“You want to get in on the ground floor of a unit that is going to be powerful, one that touches a lot of different things and has influence over important decisions. You should be dealing with the organization’s major challenge at that moment,” says Pfeffer.  Read his entire interview on BNET – The one thing you need to get ahead.

It’s time to get really serious about 2010.  I’ve talked with many people who have at least some concerns about the future.

“I’m worried there will be fewer options that excite me. I’m afraid my skills will be less valuable… I know that my company will continue to go through radical change… Companies are still not in a hiring mode, and I’ve been out for a long time.” 

What should you be doing? If you want 2010 to be the year of the new job, here’s a list of pointers. If you want to refocus your career or role, use the ideas as thought joggers.  Continue reading…