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 Future of Work is Now and Why it Matters to Career Practitioners
Work has changed...and continues to change. Career practitioners need to pay attention. There is much talk out there how millennials are forcing the change of work and I think they have been given too much credit. Many boomers like and want the changes too. (As do all the other generations). I believe our economy is changing and all generations are changing with it. This also means that companies need to be nimble in order to succeed and deal with these changes in our workforce. It appears to … [Read more...]
4 Areas to Explore to Help Your Clients Rebalance Their Life
When I first heard Geoff Pearman (workforce development consultant in New Zealand) use the term ‘rebalancing’ to describe how Boomers could look at the next phase of their lives, I knew I liked it. I have struggled with how to describe this time after leaving full-time employment to clients I work with, and now have embraced ‘rebalancing’ rather than retirement, “3rd age”, or whatever else is out there. This is a great way to look at ALL career changers as well. People don’t just stop living … [Read more...]
What You’re Really Meant To Do. By Robert Steven Kaplan
What You're Really Meant To Do. A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential. By Robert Steven Kaplan Just finished this book and really liked how the author laid out his thinking. Much of his book, the second half, is about how to keep a job and advance in a job which I really liked because most books are only about how to FIND a job. … [Read more...]
Less is Best
Less is best in most cases. We live with a tsunami of information and all we often need is a beach and an umbrella. Malcolm Gladwell in Blink says, "We live in a world saturated with information....The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding." So how do we take this enormous amount of information and turn this into understanding? One way to do this is to embrace the "less is best" motto and it will leave you with the clues to understanding. Malcolm Gladwell speaks to … [Read more...]