Change happens, as the Zürich Insurance commercial states. Yes, it is ongoing, with each moment that passes. But growth, the ability to flex, reflect, learn, stretch out of your comfort zone, that is the potential that change offers.
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growth amidst change
Posted in awareness, business, career, career transition, change, coaching, communication, Emotional Intelligence, goals, how to, job search, leadership, mindfulness, outplacement on 02/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
relevance
Posted in business, career, career transition, change, coaching, communication, creativity, goals, how to, leadership, motivation, outplacement, work on 08/24/2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a recruiting manager years ago, resumes were essentially similar to a job description. Responsible for they would say. There would be lists of job duties that only implied the work involved. In the interview, the recruiter would have to ask questions to ferret out what the interviewee actually did with those job duties, [...]
beginner’s mind
Posted in awareness, business, career, career transition, change, coaching, communication, Emotional Intelligence, goals, how to, leadership, life, mindfulness, motivation, outplacement, psychology, work, work life balance on 07/29/2009 | Leave a Comment »
That is all it takes to get started, when you have Beginner’s Mind. Getting over a little fear. There is a freshness, -a golly gee whiz, look what I’m doing- feeling that emerges. Call it naïve, call it simplicity, but when I started writing that book, I didn’t have a clue what the pitfalls might be.
seeing the forest and the tree
Posted in business, career, career transition, change, coaching, communication, Emotional Intelligence, goals, how to, mindfulness, outplacement, work life balance, tagged business, career, coaching, goal setting, how to, mindfulness, resume, self awareness on 04/26/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The client who told me he worked for the Proactive department was looking just at the tree, not the forest. My professional opinion was, he needed a serious resume rewrite
acceptance
Posted in business, career, change, coaching, culture, Emotional Intelligence, life, mindfulness, work life balance, tagged business, change, coaching, Emotional Intelligence, life, mindfulness, self awareness on 10/03/2008 | 1 Comment »
I gave a presentation yesterday to a group at Ohio State University. While it wasn’t about this topic, I touched on the concept of Acceptance. Its not a word we use often; it might bring up for you competing ideas, such as: action is better than non-action, never give up, be pro-active, its not the American way. This may be [...]
footprints
Posted in attention, business, coaching, life, mindfulness, work life balance, tagged awareness, change, Emotional Intelligence on 08/27/2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Traveler Traveler, your footprints are the only road, nothing else. Traveler, there is no road; You make your own path as you walk. As you walk, you make your own road, And when you look back, You see the path You will never travel again. Traveler, there is no [...]
7 values for being; engaged in life and work
Posted in business, career, change, coaching, Emotional Intelligence, life, mindfulness, work, work life balance, tagged awareness, change, coaching, how to, life, values on 08/24/2008 | 2 Comments »
My work is informed by a personal philosophy developed through years of teaching Mindfulness and Wellness practices. Here is the lens through which I see the world and consult with others. These ideas are successfully applied in coaching/training individuals as well as organizations. 1. Change is the only constant. This ancient principle is more evident today than ever. (As [...]
