Changing Careers?  You Are Not Alone!

Changing Careers? You Are Not Alone!

These days it’s very rare to find anyone who stays in a job for life the way our parents did. If you find yourself in the situation looking for a change, here are some tips to help you get through: “Fear of failure, of looking silly, of being rejected, of losing...

Career Transition and Depression

Mental illness, suicide and depression have been everywhere on broadcast and online media in the last week due to the tragic deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. The reality of changing careers by choice or by force can put many of us on a shaky limb with our...

How Powerless Are You?

Richie had a high-powered job in the financial industry. He’d been “between things” for three years when he came to coach with me. He was stuck in circular thinking that left him with only one choice that tortured him. He kept looking for another job in...

MAKE IT STOP! What To Do If You Have That Nagging Feeling

That nagging feeling? What nagging feeling? Oh! You mean that one?! The one where I really know I need to make a move or change something, and I just don’t?! Yeah, that one. The only way to make it stop is to do something about it. It’s funny. If you don’t take action...

3 Signs that Your Career Search Will Tank

Experience helps us to easily recognize patterns. Recently, I’ve seen a scenario enough times to know exactly how things were going to go. I’m here to warn you that if you’re going down a career transition path or completely looking for a career reboot, there are some...

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....