Another Peak-Careers Interview Creating the Conversation Using Card Sorts My guest today is: Lesah Beckhusen, President of SkillScan What we will explore - How do you use SkillScan card sorts when working with a client? - What are the things you do to really get the client to THINK about making their next career move? - What type of clients are best served using card sorts? - Share some stories about clients who used card sorts and how the activity helped them. Look for my blog on this … [Read more...]
Find Your Way by Simon Sinek
A Practical Guide For Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team. With David Mead and Peter Docker This book had been recommended to me by a number of people and is all about how you figure out your WHY. In other words, WHY do you do what you do? Not WHAT you do or HOW you do it, but the real WHY you do it. The authors show how to do this work for individuals and also for teams or companies. There is an extensive facilitator section if your company or team were to work with an outside … [Read more...]
It’s All About The Conversation
As career coaches, we must always remember that it is all about the conversation. It is not about the assessments we give, or the advice we hand out, or even the resources we share. Without a quality conversation, we are unlikely to be that helpful to our clients. By discussing assessment results and consistently checking in with our clients, they can then learn how to interpret whether they are on the right track. It's all about the conversation. When I was the Director of Advising, Career, … [Read more...]
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
I stumbled on this book at Marden's store (surplus & salvage store) and noticed the author also wrote The World According To Garp and The Cider House Rules, so I was intrigued to read this one. What a great book for a variety of reasons. One is that I can't stop thinking about it even though I finished reading it a few days ago. There were times I would laugh out loud while reading passages. Irving has a sense of humor that surprises me - when I least expect humor he drops it in - and it … [Read more...]
INTERVIEW: TED Talks for Career Practitioners
TED Talks for Career Practitioners My guests today to discuss TED talks for career practitioners are: Marie Eddy, MS, GCDF, CCSP and Karla Wynn, MA, GCDF, CWDP, CPRW, CCSP What we will explore - What is it that you like about TED Talks? - How are you using them for your professional growth or with clients / students? *See my blogs on this topic: https://peak-careers.com/tag/ted-talks/ Watch the interview now. BIO's Marie Eddy, MS, GCDF, CCSP. Prior to starting her own career … [Read more...]
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