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Lea McLeod

Lea McLeod is an experienced manager, career consultant, and job search coach. Formerly a director-level manager at HP, Lea helps you learn skills to build confidence and competence at work and to deal with tough situations that can be super frustrating. In her articles for The Muse, Lea empowers readers to confidently identify and tackle just about every dilemma at work, from challenging colleagues and bad bosses to interviews to career changes and professional development. Her writing has also appeared in Forbes, Business Insider, and other outlets. Find her on Twitter and LinkedIn or visit her website. She authored The Resume Coloring Book, a simple and color-coded guide to writing a solid resume.

ARTICLES BY LEA MCLEOD

By Lea McLeod5 Career-Boosting New Year's Resolutions You'll Actually Want to Keep

By Lea McLeod3 Ways You're Letting Work Ruin Your Holidays (and How to Stop)

By Lea McLeod3 Times You Should Speak First at Work (and 3 Times You Shouldn't)

By Lea McLeod5 Strategies That'll Help Convince Your Team That a "New and Different" Way Isn't Scary

By Lea McLeodHow to Give an Interview Presentation That'll Convince the Entire Room You're the One

By Lea McLeodHow to Let Go of Your (Irrational) Workplace Paranoia Once and For All

By Lea McLeod5 Steps That'll Take You From Thinking About Changing Careers to Actually Doing It

By Lea McLeodIs This the Reason You Keep Getting Interviews That Don't Turn Into Offers?

By Lea McLeodThe Hard Conversation You Need to Prep for if Your Job’s on the Line

By Lea McLeod4 Reasons You're Not Getting Ahead at Work That Have Nothing to Do With Your Skills

By Lea McLeod5 Mistakes You Make When You Don't Know What You Want to Do Next

By Lea McLeod4 Times You're Allowed to Ask for a Raise Before Your Annual Review (Without Getting Laughed At)

By Lea McLeod4 Ways to Cut Down on the Back-and-Forth Emails in Your Inbox

By Lea McLeodHow to Get Your Colleagues to Communicate More Clearly With You

By Lea McLeod5 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Future Recommendations Now

By Lea McLeodWant to Blow Away a Hiring Manager? Come Armed With These 6 Company Facts

By Lea McLeod4 Better Ways to Handle a Condescending Co-Worker Than Stooping to His Level

By Lea McLeod6 Questions That'll Make You Second Guess Your Career Change Plans (in a Good Way!)

By Lea McLeod6 Time Management Strategies That'll Help You Break Out of Your 9-to-5 Rut

By Lea McLeod8 Steps to Bouncing Back After Getting Fired

By Lea McLeod4 More Helpful Things to Say to a Stressed-Out Person Than “Calm Down!”