If you’re looking for a new job, you’re setting your sights on the future, and a more fulfilling one at that. Even if you’re thinking about leaving your job, you […]
Great goals make for great dinner conversation
You’ve likely read advice about “SMART” goal setting. There are two crucial ingredients missing from goal setting tips: a friendly audience, and dinner. If you’re working on a big goal, […]
Stand up! Getting a new perspective
Perspective has everything to do with success in a job search. Your perspective influences your attitude and energy, which influences your communication skills and your motivation. All of us get […]
Yes You Can!
It’s campaign season. I’ll bet you remember: Yes, we Can! What a great campaign slogan. It conveys power. It asserts success. It communicates capability, competency and action. It sets the […]
Interview wisdom: Start with your BIG IMPACT
You’ve got to show employers that you deliver results. Results, benefits, impact. In interviews, in cover letters and resumes. And you have to get people’s attention in an interview. That’s […]
Are you back-tracking?
Some naturalists consider wild animal tracks to be a doorway into the spirit. Let’s open that doorway and take a look. And let’s look specifically at how you move toward […]
Have you missed the mark?
Thoughts about rigorous honesty and reaching your goals Every fall, I get honest with myself about patterns and behaviors that are in my way. I put pen to paper (the old […]
Separating the wheat from the chaff
The eve of the autumnal equinox is the time to look at what’s ready to harvest, what needs cultivating and what’s compost. Take an honest look at your behaviors, actions […]
Get ready to get into action- ten tips for you!
Laura’s Top Ten Coaching Prompts: Refer to this list when you’re feeling ready for a change, when you want to feel your value, when you don’t know what you want […]
Reaching your goals: a summer-y approach
It’s the summer solstice and the official turning of the season. In the turn from spring to summer are the sights, smells and feel of change: shorter days, dwindling light, […]