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Set Professional Goals That Matter
As a life coach and a career coach, I’ve worked with many clients who’ve achieved their professional goals or won the coveted job, only to find themselves feeling restless and unfulfilled. Lacking purpose or meaning. Feeling a bit stuck. It’s all too easy to trudge up the ladder, chase the promotion or hastily take a […]
Continue reading6 Steps to the Right Career Goal Setting
Do you know where you want to be in a year? Where do you see yourself in five years? If you have been in an interview at least once, this question should be familiar to you. This question is typically asked to give the interviewer an understanding of your career ambitions. Being a determined person […]
Continue readingThe Secret Sauce in Job Search Success
Every day people looking for work send out resumes and every day many of these people wait and wait and don’t hear back from employers. Then there are others who are job searching that are getting interviews, but don’t get the job. And finally, there are those that get their dream jobs! So what’s the […]
Continue reading5 Simple Communication Tips to Get Ahead at Work
Poor communication is the number one factor that causes havoc in relationships whether at work, home or with love. Let’s look at some tips to better communication at work. 1. Avoid being passive aggressive – it gets you nowhere! When you have a conflict at work with a team member, no matter what the reason, […]
Continue readingFollow These Steps to Get Your Dream Job
Keeping your eye on the prize while you are still in your college years can sometimes prove extremely beneficial. The prize in this case would be your dream job, of course. If you have some companies in mind that you would love to work for, tighten your handcuffs and get to work while you are […]
Continue readingUh Oh, I Think I Hired a Bad Coach
Kudos for taking the initiative to work with a coach on your career aspirations, relationship, encore career, leadership or whatever issue you may have. That’s a huge step in the right direction and not an easy nor cheap endeavour. I’m sure you did some research on career coaches as well as read a bit on […]
Continue readingWork-Life Balance – A Lifelong Story
For years, we have been talking about work-life balance. How to prioritize between “work” aka your career and ambition and “lifestyle” aka your health, pleasure, leisure, family and friends. It seems like there was no other choice but having to pick one versus the other. It seemed the two options together were not possible. Wrong! […]
Continue readingWhy Are You Afraid to Make a Career Change?
You’ve finally decided to make a career change and you’re looking forward to better times, an admirable example of the career goals of a successful individual. But before you make the actual change, I’d like you to consider what might be motivating your decision. In my 35 years of experience, I’ve identified five factors that […]
Continue readingWhy You Need to Stop Compromising Your Values for Work
Have you ever worked in an organization where you were asked to do something you just felt was wrong? Or you were a little uncomfortable with a task because it came dangerously close to crossing a line towards being illegal or immoral. Or realized there were some hokey things going on that weren’t quite above […]
Continue reading8 Must-Know LinkedIn Best Practices
Most of us know by now that having a professional online presence is an essential component in today’s job market. Having a social media CV on websites like LinkedIn creates more networking opportunities, helps you get noticed by recruiters and other professionals in your field and can lead you to land your dream career. But, […]
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