One in Hand, One in the Other Hand, One Pie in the Sky
Having your choice of jobs at the start of the new year is a lucky place to be, but when none of them screams YES at you, how do you choose? This was the situation a coaching client found himself in recently – an employed manager presented with a new job opportunity. He’d been looking…
Three Things You MUST Do Before the Year is Out
I have no tax advice for you. Nothing you should do to your lawn before the next season hits. Nor do I have anything to say about your frequent flier miles or doctor visits and insurance deductibles. I DO however, have three must-do’s that will help you walk into a new year with more energy,…
When Doing What You Love Won’t Pay the Bills
“I know what I want to do, but it won’t pay the bills!” My answer to that is “It may not pay them all right away, but don’t let that be a reason to stay stuck.” One of the biggest obstacles to people making a change (when they DO know what they want to do)…
When Doing What’s Right Makes Everything Go Wrong
A whistleblower losing their job and being black balled in their field. A politically active executive seeing no choice other than to resign after being harassed for their beliefs. A kid in school getting in trouble for trying to help the victim of a bully. One of the most confounding dynamics of being human is…
My client Kat Candler: a Sundance filmmaker
The New York Times highlighted a client of mine - Kat Candler - who is a filmmaker that got her start at Sundance Film Festival. This feature follows the career paths of three filmmakers and the reality of making it in Hollywood. 2014 A self-taught filmmaker with...
Reboot your job: Assess, Adjust, Advance
FORTUNE tackles the question: "What can you do if you’re bored with your job, but you’re kind of stuck with it (at least for now)?" People often have practical reasons for staying put, notes Laura Berman Fortgang, a longtime executive coach best known for her terrific...
What Do Eyelashes Have to Do With Your Career Goals?
This story originally published by The Huffington Post, February 16, 2016 Cilia: Plural noun, singular cilium [sil-ee-uh m] 1. Biology. minute hair-like organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves,...
How to fix high school career counseling
Laura has a formula for high school students and adults, alike: Who + Why = What. When it comes to quizzing high schoolers, the questions "don’t go nearly far enough,” Fortgang says. “Counselors — and parents—need to dig deeper. We should be asking, ‘Why?’” Knowing...
Dark Days Lead to Unexpected Success
This mom didn’t set out to create a business. Rather, she just used her natural talents to get through some really tough times. In doing so, people reached out for help, and she discovered a business waiting to take form. What might emerge for you if you shared your...
Do You Still Care??
One big clue that it’s time for a career switch comes in the form of repetitive thoughts of “I just don’t care…” Odds are at one point in your current job you cared … you may have even cared a lot – about the work, about the goals, about the mission you were on. When...
Time for a Change?
Here are some signs to help give you a little more clarity – take a minute to check it out and see where you land. As a new year is on the horizon, this might be the perfect time to start putting some things in place and finding the support you need for whatever...
Logic Alone is NOT Enough
Without the ability to both think things through intellectually AND to feel into our choices, decision-making is impaired and may not lead to actions that are ultimately right for us. This is something we see over and over in our Now What?® work – people who have...
What people are saying about Laura Berman Fortgang: Fortune Magazine
Fortgang has come up with a formula for getting kids thinking about what kind of future they envision for themselves: Who + Why = What. FORTUNE