
How to Maximize the Value of Coaching or Counseling There is a wide variation in the results that clients get from working with me. Speaking of short to medium-term results, the majority get what I will would term very significant…
I have recently been engaged to work with a top executive of a local company who, despite his many outstanding abilities, is encountering substantial difficulty in working effectively with his teams and subordinates. He is viewed as insensitive, “bossy,” and…
The Value of Internships – Even Unpaid Ones Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article on unpaid internships. In promoting the value of these internships the article concluded that “Employers look for a set of real-world experiences that…
A not inconsequential fraction of the clients I work with come to me after having wrestled with, for many, one of life’s primary issues: staying in a career or job that they can tolerate and that provides stability vs. traveling…
(Pickup up from my last post’s #6): 7) BEWARE PERFECTIONISM! – Remember the old 80/20 rule: 80% of the results you want can be achieved in 20% of the total time allotted. While this is not literally true in every instance,…
Are you overworked? Are you falling behind? Is your work/life balance out of whack? Are you missing deadlines? These problems, and related ones, can be addressed in one of two basic ways: 1) Decrease your workload; 2) Increase your productivity.…
The majority of clients that I work with are unclear as to their career goals. They almost all uniformly admire those people “lucky enough” to have a clear career goal, or a passion, that guides them in their professional lives.…
The Supreme Court’s approval of gay marriage yesterday caps off a week in which Commitment has been a constant theme for me. Four of my clients this week have been struggling with that issue, and so I’m writing about it…
Aging. A word with few positive connotations, and particularly when it comes to careers. A concern that is shared by, if not a majority, certainly a plurality of my clients – almost irrespective of their actual chronological status. Believe it…
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