Introducing…. After 30+ years in the corporate world, I have left to start my own consulting business. Leaving was something that I had considered for many years. And for the last ten years, I had worked 80% time in the corporate world so that I could devote 20% of my time to consulting. But I [...]
Career Transitions
Guest author, Michele Woodward once again provides some great insight about evaluating one’s career and life. Sometimes we forget where we are, lost in the day-to-day responsibility of life, we have to stop and think to realize we may have gotten off on the wrong path. Michele’s post is one we can all relate to [...]
Coach Michele Woodward has a way with words. Her recent post caught my eye and I asked for permission to reprint it. The links within the post will take you to Michele’s blog, which you may enjoy reading if you are a coach or someone considering hiring a coach. Michele has been writing about different [...]
Recently, Dana Arquilla, WFMY-TV web reporter and camerman Chris Keimig came by to ask me about a Kernersville, NC artist, Thomas Roam, who is using Google Maps to position himself online and to further enhance his attractiveness as a potential employee. The clip of the interview (at the bottom of the page) captures only a [...]
Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s contributions to the business of work discourse are usually good, but the March 1, 2010 post on the Harvard Business Review site (www.hbr.org) was exceptionally relevant and inspiring. Her focus was on “Getting Americans Back to Work.” Small and Do-able Ideas Great, lots of people are writing about that topic with big [...]
It is always a pleasure to find new resources, perspectives and insights. I was lucky enough to participate in a recent telephone session on how we feel about money with Master Certified Coach, Michele Woodward. Because the session was both informative and engaging, I took some time to read more from Michele and I thought [...]
It changed hands. It was handed off by corporate America to you and me! Had you noticed? And that’s both good news and bad news. Good news because it puts us in the driver’s seats of our own job security. It’s bad news, though, if you don’t know how to drive. Company of One – [...]
One of the results of our current recession and the high unemployment that has accompanied it is the increase in entrepreneurship. As more people lose their jobs and face a shrinking job market, increasing numbers of workers are evaluating their skills and going into business for themselves. Running your own business can be exciting and [...]
Several TCA Coaches volunteered for the October 20, 2009 run of Passport 2 Success, a WFMY-TV Community Service event. Joyce Richman, Barbara Demarest, Martha Tilyard, and Donna Riechmann provided coaching support and career guidance at this “speed consulting” event for job seekers in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. Passport 2 Success is a [...]
In career coaching, there seems to be one topic that clients can’t get enough of — help preparing for an interview. Interviewing, like public speaking, seems to raise fears of mythical proportions. So, I thought I’d point out some common interviewing mistakes that you’d probably prefer not to repeat. I’ll tell you what they are [...]
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