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3 days ago

It Is Time To Ghost 👻 Your Career Self

We all grow. That is part of the human experience. We grow older. We grow taller. We grow in our understanding of the world and our place in it. And we grow in our career…yet sometimes people do not see and recognize our growth. …

Career Advice

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It Is Time To Ghost 👻 Your Career Self
It Is Time To Ghost 👻 Your Career Self

5 days ago

How to Find Clarity on Your REAL Career Values

We often hear about how we should work for a company that is aligned with our values. A company whose mission is something we can get fully behind. Excellent advice for sure. Yet, what we value can feel obvious and nebulous at the same time. I have created a fun…

Career Advice

2 min read

How to Find Clarity on Your REAL Career Values
How to Find Clarity on Your REAL Career Values

6 days ago

If Your Career Dream Were an Animal 🦉🦁🐶🐸, What Would it Be?

I was at a recent webinar and the host had us do a writing exercise that, at first, I thought was just something to get through until we got to the real meat of the webinar. Boy was I wrong. This was the real meat. …

Career Advice

3 min read

If Your Career Dream Were an Animal 🦉🦁🐶🐸, What Would it Be?
If Your Career Dream Were an Animal 🦉🦁🐶🐸, What Would it Be?

Jun 6

How to Change Your Career Circumstances

I have gone down a rabbit hole. I admit it. I have become obsessed with figuring out how to uncover limiting thoughts that get in the way of living a life and having a career that is in complete alignment with our True Nature-that which we are uniquely qualified for…

Career Advice

3 min read

How to Change Your Career Circumstances
How to Change Your Career Circumstances

Jun 6

Is Your Career Dream TOO big?

I currently have a coaching client who has some big dreams. She also has lots of doubts. She is too old. She does not have the right experience. Her tech background is dated. Her belief is that because of these factors her dream to do a career pivot into a…

Career Coaching

2 min read

Is Your Career Dream TOO big?
Is Your Career Dream TOO big?

Jun 4

1 Simple Daily Career Choice That Changes Everything

Listen up! Time for a 🎤 mic drop moment. While shoveling for the second time today I had a clearly Inspired thought. You know how that happens. Every day, actually in every moment, we have an opportunity to be either a burden or a gift. Ask yourself, at each pause…

Career Advice

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1 Simple Daily Career Choice That Changes Everything
1 Simple Daily Career Choice That Changes Everything

Jun 2

4 Tips to Determining a Company Culture

On a recent call with a coaching client, we got to talking about her job search and preparing for her interviews. There are many things to understand when interviewing. What is the total compensation? What are the benefits? What are your job responsibilities? What is the size of the team…

Career Advice

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4 Tips to Determining a Company Culture
4 Tips to Determining a Company Culture

May 25

Career Values versus Career Beliefs

I was reading a book by a woman who has dedicated her life and career to helping people eat better, lose weight and improve their overall health. She valued living a healthy lifestyle. The basis of her program was that eliminating processed foods, including flour and sugar, and eating a…

Career Change

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Career Values versus Career Beliefs
Career Values versus Career Beliefs

May 23

She wanted more money 💲💲…and asked for it!

I just finished up a Negotiation Strategy Session with a coaching client who was in the midst of changing jobs. She was making $150,000 per year plus a bonus. Her total compensation was $184,000 and did not include any stock options. She received their offer of $185,000 base and 40,000…

Careers

3 min read

She wanted more money 💲💲…and asked for it!
She wanted more money 💲💲…and asked for it!

May 19

How To Gain Career Clarity

I’m in a quandary. I have a simple yet difficult question I’ve been asking myself. Do I recruit AND coach OR do I let go of recruiting and just coach? Recruiting has been a part of who I am, my identity, for a long time. And I don’t hate it…

Career Change

4 min read

How To Gain Career Clarity
How To Gain Career Clarity
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