I previously wrote about psychological barriers that prevent people from taking the steps they need to in order to move forward on finding a new job or career: “Psychological Blocks to Pursuing a Better Career.” In brief, they were perfectionism,…

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…
You’ve come to the conclusion that you’re in the wrong career. Perhaps you made a mistaken choice early on (“I went to law school because I wanted to go after bad guys. I didn’t realize my advancement would be primarily…
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…
If you’re unhappy with your current career or job, or you’re out of work and looking, I can’t stress enough how important it is to network. But networking isn’t just about contacting people. You want your contacts to be impressed…
I often recommend that clients (prospective, current, and past) go to my blog index, search through the titles, and read the posts that catch their interest. But having now written over 200 entries to my blog, averaging about 650 words…
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…
The link below will take you to the interview with me in this month’s Washingtonian magazine in which I and another coach / therapist answer a number of questions relating to how we work and the philosophy behind our approaches. http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/businesscareers/21337.html…
It always surprises me when certain clients (in total, quite a number of them) begin their work with me by somewhat ashamedly confessing that they’ve never really known what they’ve wanted to do with their lives. It’s slightly reassuring for…
Jim helps you build a concise narrative capturing everything relevant: who you are, what drives you, and where you want to go.
Jim identifies paths with clarity including responsibilities, entry points, challenges, and genuine trade-offs.
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