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How to Find a Career Coach: Can a coach help me reach my goals?

March 1, 2010

As a follow up to the last article on the topic of finding a career coach I got a number of questions on why people should find a career coach, rather than how. This article sets out to share some thoughts on the subject.
If you’re clipping along in your career, confidently making choices that move [...]

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How to Find a Career Coach: 3 Key Questions to Ask

February 24, 2010

If you’re at a career impasse and it’s time to make progress, one solution might be to find a career coach.
Career coaches offer help with everything from job search to pursuing a promotion, to reevaluating your career path entirely. Any question that you have about how to be more effective in your career, there’s a [...]

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Get the Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring: Interview with author Ford Myers

August 18, 2009

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Ford Myers, a fellow career coach and author of the new book Get the Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring. If you read this site regularly, you know that I don’t really make recommendations for books, products or services in the career space.  Share options?  Sure.  [...]

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Are you the phoenix? Coping with career challenges

July 27, 2009

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix
–Christina Baldwin
Every hundred years or so, the mythical phoenix torches itself and its nest, to be reborn anew from a single red egg.

The phoenix appears in the mythology of many cultures, and although there are variations on the story, the dramatic fiery rebirth [...]

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Job search over 50: Unique challenges, unique opportunities

July 9, 2009

As much as my work as a career coach allows me to teach others, I’m grateful for how much I learn.
Yesterday I had the privilege of having three great conversations with three different people going through job transition.  The common link: all were over 50.
As we talked about their experiences, I was struck by the [...]

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Seth Godin: Incremental Choice and mediocrity

June 30, 2009

We’ve been talking here for a bit about the power of incremental choice — how each choice you make brings you closer to your goals or farther away.
Today I saw this short thought by Seth Godin on how incremental choice can lead to mediocrity.
Which will you choose, today and every day?
(Other incremental choice thoughts – [...]

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Personal power: Power is not a four letter word

June 25, 2009

A manager I know is a rainmaker.  He’s a personality, a force to be reckoned with.  His success and reputation precede him in the industry and his talents are sought after.  He’s everything you’d want for your team, except for his tendency to ignore the needs of those around him.
In this situation, there’s a native [...]

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Get support: Your personal Board of Directors

June 19, 2009

We’d all like to think that we’re the smartest person in the room.  But as the Japanese proverb says, “None of us is as smart as all of us.”
Regardless of your intellect and talents, you are always trapped inside your own life.  Your viewpoint is unique because of your background and experiences.  So is everyone [...]

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The Power of Incremental Choice

June 9, 2009

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
We tend to make things harder on ourselves than they have to be.  When working towards something that takes time and effort to achieve, we tend to undercut our own success.
The classic example is weight loss.  We place ourselves on a diet.  Every day [...]

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Finding your perfect job: Exploring your ambitions

June 4, 2009

People go to networking events with what I think of as their “game face.” They smile enthusiastically, spout their 30-second elevator speeches, trade business cards and move on to the next interaction.
I’ve noticed something different since I’ve become a career coach.  When people realize what I do, their agenda falls away.  And sometimes, people [...]

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