On Knowing When You Need A Coach
The last 10 months have gifted us all greater awareness. Whether we like it or not, changes in our environment have stirred up a cascade of thoughts, emotions, and new …
What to Do When Fear of the Journey Keeps You “Stuck”
I’m going to start by asking you three seemingly innocuous questions: How are you feeling about your job? How are you feeling about your career? Why are you feeling that …
What Is A Professional Brand? (And Why You Really Need One!)
Over the years, I’ve developed brand guidelines for quite a number of organizations, including more than a few Fortune 500 companies. And every time I’d present a new or refined …
Reading the Job Description, Fast and Slow
Before easy-to-use digital tools were created for content creation and distribution, job applicants used pen and paper and eventually a typewriter to craft their cover letters and resumes. They …
The Limits of Self-help Books for Job Seekers
In the early 1970s, Richard Bolles published what became the seminal self-help manual for job seekers: “What color is my parachute?” I can remember visiting the Harvard Coop in Cambridge …