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INTERVIEW: Would You Benefit from Hiring a Business Coach?

May 27, 2019 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

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What are the benefits of hiring a business coach for career practitioners?

In our interview today, I talk with two successful career service providers who talk about the benefits of hiring a business coach. Whether you are in private practice or a career practitioner that wants to advance your own career, would you benefit from hiring a business coach?

Listen to this interview to learn about the benefits of hiring a business coach and why you might consider it.  This is a follow up to my blog on the same topic, Do You Need a Business Coach?

My guests today are: Karen Chopra, Founder of Chopra Consulting for Consultants and Mark Danaher, Founder of Mark Danaher Training and Coaching

What we explore:

– How has working with a business coach helped you in your private practice and your own career development?

– What recommendations do you have for identifying a coach for career practitioners?

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If you are thinking about starting a coaching business or are struggling with yours, you may want to check out our 5-week, online seminar, Building Your Coaching Business.

BIO’s

Karen James Chopra, LPC, CCC, NCC, is the founder of Chopra Consulting for Consultants  (www.KarenChopraConsulting.com), which helps therapists, counselors, coaches and other consultants create thriving businesses.  She also has a well-established career counseling private practice in Washington, D.C. (www.ChopraCareers.com), and has helped hundreds of clients with career exploration, job search, and career management.

A former U.S. Government trade negotiator, she is the author of Coaching Career Clients on Salary and Other Workplace Negotiations and numerous other articles on the business and practice of career counseling. MCDA has honored her with both their Outstanding Career Practitioner and Lifetime Achievement awards. She received her M.A. in Community Counseling from the George Washington University, and her B.A. from the University of Virginia.   She also has a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Mark Danaher, LPC, BCC, CCSP is the founder of Mark Danaher Training and Coaching (www.markdanaher.com), which helps people create awesome new careers that pay them well and provide them freedom. Mark has been a career counselor and coach for over 25 years working with students and clients ranging from high school through retirement.

Through his private practice, Mark has the delight of running workshops and trainings for career services professionals, universities, and organizations around the United States. He has earned two Master’s degrees in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology from the University of Connecticut and Eastern Connecticut State University.  Mark has served as President of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the Connecticut Career Counseling and Development Association and as the North Atlantic Region Trustee for NCDA.  Currently, he serves on the Training and Education Committee for NCDA.

BIO:
Jim Peacock is the Principal of Peak-Careers Consulting offering:

  • The Facilitating Career Development (FCD) class since 2001
  • Online discussion based-seminars for career practitioners since 2010
  • F2F workshops for career professionals
  • Individual career coaching
  • Webinars on a variety of career topics
  • Author of A Field Guide for Career Practitioners: Helping Clients Make Their Next Move

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INTERVIEW: TED Talks for Career Practitioners

April 1, 2019 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

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/


TED Talks for Career Practitioners

Watch the interview now.

BIO’s

Marie Eddy, MS, GCDF, CCSP. Prior to starting her own career counseling business in 2018, she spent much of her career as a school counselor and guidance coordinator in Vermont.         www.eddycareerservices.com

Karla Wynn,  Student Development Specialist with Harford Community College. Career Coach, Recruiter, Workforce Development Professional, and Workshop Trainer with five industry certifications: GCDF; CWDP; CPRW; CCSP; and Certified Practitioner of MBTI Step I and Step II Instruments

Jim Peacock is the Principal of Peak-Careers Consulting offers:

– The Facilitating Career Development (FCD) class since 2001

– Online discussion based-seminars for career practitioners since 2010

– F2F workshops for career professionals

– Individual career coaching

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INTERVIEW: Reading Books for Professional Development

December 17, 2018 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Watch or listen to this interview with a number of different career service providers who are also book-lovers. Below the interview, you will find the books they recommended in the interview.
 
(1) Why do you think reading books is important for your own professional development?
(2) What is your favorite book in 2018 that helped you professionally?

I hope you are inspired to read one of these books, I know I am. This interview is a follow up to my blog Are You Faster Than 300?

 

Brian Hutchison, Department Chair and Associate Professor at New Jersey City University and the Global Career Guy – follow me at Global Career Guy Channel on youtube.

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by  Nadine Burke Harris M.D. 

For fun, Brian reads a lot of books by Deon Meyer

Carol Pelletier, School to Career Coordinator at Camden Hills Regional High School

The End of College, Creating the Future of Learning in the University of Everywhere, by Kevin Carey
Teach, Breathe, Learn by Meena Srinivisasan

The Quiet American, Graham Greene

Intention, Critical  Creativity in the Classroom, by Amy Burvall and Dan Ryder
 
Belinda J. Wilkerson, Founder of Steps To The Future, LLC  www.steps2thefuture.com
Her STEM Career: Adventures of 51 Remarkable Women by Diane Propsner
 
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
 
Becoming by Michelle Obama
 
Edward Lawrence, Training Coordinator for MassHire Metro Southwest, which comprises MassHire Framingham and MassHire Norwood, two Massachusetts-based American Job Centers. By night, I offer coaching and career services through my business Getstarted LLC  (www.getstart-ed.com).
 
Grant by Ron Chernow. A study Presidential leadership styles.
 
The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman
Recommended by my boss; has enabled us to transform the message for job-seekers.
 
The Work of Leaders by Straw, Scullard, Kukkonen, and David
Excellent summation of how Vision and Alignment and Execution are used by leaders.
 
Fifty-five Unemployed and Faking Normal by Elizabeth White.
I met the author Elizabeth White. She told me, “Ed, the cavalry isn’t coming through that door!”
Her experience echoes the philosophy of Hoffman. We are responsible for our careers.

Barry L. Davis, MS, CTC, CMCS, Career Coach at Gift of Self Career Services and Adjunct Professor for Concordia and Huntington Universities

Steal Like an Artist – 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon

Barbara Janssens, 
Living Nonviolent Communication: Practical Tools to Connect and Communicate Skillfully in Every Situation.  By Marshall Rosenberg
 
Marie Eddy, CCSP, GCDF, Eddy Career Services eddycareerservices.com
Career Kred. 4 Simples Steps to Build Your Digital Brand & Boost Credibility in Your Career. By Ryan Rhoten
 
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. By Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
 
Alease Copelin, CT/Academic Counselor, Center High School Career Center
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The Corner Office. By Adam Bryant

December 10, 2018 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

This book review is from Alease Copelin, a prolific reader I serve with on the NCDA Training & Education Council (TEC). She inspires me to read more. Last time we talked about books, she mentioned she was in two book clubs!

The Corner Office

The Corner Office, by Adam Bryant, invites the reader to look at leadership from a fresh perspective – one apart from the standard stock fluctuations and quarterly dividends so often linked to success at the top.  The material is a result of the author’s interviews with more than 70 CEOs and other top executives at large companies, small companies, nonprofit organizations as well as educational and artistic institutions.

The focus on personal lessons learned from ups and downs, mistakes made as well as how leadership styles were developed over time provide insight not often found in books on business leadership.   From the corner office and the top of their profession, these leaders have learned how to identify what sets potential future leaders apart – they have a feedback loop that has allowed them to hone the skillsets that have resulted in achievement.

Bryant asks the questions that illicit responses that share the important answers.  “How did you learn to do what you do?”  “What lessons have you learned that you can share with others?” The Corner Office provides answers that challenge the reader to look at leadership from a new perspective.

Alease Copelin

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INTERVIEW: Technology Tips for Career Service Providers

October 29, 2018 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Technology tips for career practitioners. It is important that we stay as much “up to date” in technology as possible.

Learn how to stay current and the top technology tips for career service providers from our guests today, the Technology Twins.

See my other blogs on professional development.

Our Guests today

Melissa Venable, PhD works at HigherEducation.com where she creates web content on a wide range of topics related to college and career decision-making. In this role she also conducts an annual research project reporting online education trends, and moderates a weekly Twitter chat covering issues in technology and higher education. Melissa is a certified career coach and currently teaches online courses as an adjunct instructor for Saint Leo University and the University of South Florida. Melissa is on the Governing Board for National Career Development Association, currently holding the secretary position.

Debra Osborn Associate Professor and Career Counseling Program Coordinator at Florida State University.  She has been a counselor educator for over 20 years and enjoys teaching career development theories and techniques. Deb also enjoys finding ways to use technologies in creative ways to make learning (and teaching fun) and has consulted on how to do this using wikis, podcasts, chats, blogs, among other tools. Debra is a Past-President for National Career Development Association.

Check out their Technology Twins blog at https://technologytwins.com/

Watch this 21-minute interview now

technology twins

Jim Peacock is the Principal at Peak-Careers Consulting and writes a monthly newsletter for career practitioners. Peak-Careers offers discussion-based online seminars for career practitioners focused on meeting continuing education needs for CCSP, GCDF and BCC certified professionals as well as workshops for career practitioners and individual career coaching.

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Why Should You Consider Online Professional Development

October 8, 2018 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Online professional development has become one of my “go to” ways to learn.

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I can’t believe I have been teaching online for 17 years! I began with the Facilitating Career Development (FCD) class when Cathy Van Dyke and I combined the face-to-face class with a “home built” discussion board. This kind of hybrid course was very new then. I have since added online seminars using a learning management system called Haiku LMS. Providing online professional development has become a cornerstone of my business.

When I first started teaching online very few people had experience learning online. Now nearly everyone has some experience learning online is some format. A recent survey by the Babson Survey Research Group found that one-third of college students take at least one online class. The 2017 Training Industry Report found that nearly 30% of all training in business and government is done online.  As a result, people are comfortable with the reading and writing involved in this learning format as nearly everyone is on some form of social media, uses email, and text messages.

Online professional development, elearning (all forms of electronic learning), and mlearning (learning on a mobile device) are all great ways to learn.

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