By Burnett, B., & Evans,D. (2020) I found this book to align well with my own career coaching philosophy of creating a value-added statement, (the 5 or 6 essential things you want everyone to know about you), being curious and reaching out to your network to create opportunities. This is the first book our career […]
Post Pandemic Impact on Jobs
My guest today isDavid DeLong , President of Smart Workforce Strategies Today we explore: What trends are you seeing in the workplace now due to the year-long pandemic? and What can career coaches do to help their clients navigate their job search? I appreciate David’s knowledge and perspective on what this pandemic has done to our […]
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
I’d seen the movie but books are typically better than the movie as they can go into more detail, and this book was indeed a great read. My friends suggested some Catherine Ryan Hyde books as they have read a number of her books recently and enjoyed them all. Turns out this was the only […]
Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner
This book gave me new insights to the man we know as George Washington. The guy states, streets, and people were named after. The author takes us from the beginning of his life growing up to the end and gives a real sense of “who” he was and “how” he thought. It was dense at […]
StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect
This book by Hadiya Nurriddin, is a great tool for people who do training and want to incorporate story telling into their training. She makes a compelling argument that stories are needed to make training memorable. People may forget a list of 10 things you need to do…but won’t forget the story that makes the […]
Interview – Guiding Words in 2021
Each year I choose three guiding words that I focus on each day. Sending this “out to the universe” and thinking about these words seems to create opportunities that build on each word. Listen to this interview with four other people who also do this practice of choosing guiding words. Learn what their words are […]