Job searching is all about the power of a dream or vision. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream created a peaceful revolution that brought freedom to millions. What is your dream? Are you pursuing it? What stops you? It can feel scary to be job searching and reach for something that feels unattainable, to challenge traditional [...]
Coaching often finds us with clients that come to us heavily identified with their current or former job title. A job, by its very nature, has limitations and can never be permanent. It is formed and exists outside of you. It is given to you by someone else. It has a beginning, middle and an end. [...]
Coaching often starts with "How can I support myself and have more "Work-Life Balance?". I noticed over the holidays that the most important thing to me is that people, including me, feel at home in their lives, their relationships and their careers. How do I know? Because when I am around people who are struggling to [...]
Help me find a career that means something to me, please! Have you sacrificed meaning in your career so that you can live in a good neighborhood, send your kids to the right college, stay at home to raise your children, and have health care? What if you could have it all, meaningful work and a [...]
Job opportunities abound, even though many will tell you there are no jobs and this is not the time to search for meaningful work when openings are scarce and the economy is struggling. But these words of warning do not take into consideration the capacity of the human mind and heart. Meaning is everywhere all the [...]
Coaching is one of the many options to choose in your search for fulfilling work. We go to great lengths to find the answer through tests, education, advice from others, media, parents, trends etc, often with an emphasis on uniformity, conforming, comparing and wealth as the definition of career success. This approach to finding meaningful [...]
We hope you are resting and getting ready for the next phase of your career or work. Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made [...]
Julie Gleeson spoke on Thursday morning to a wonderful group of executives about how loving your work heals them and the world. These people already identify themselves as loving their work, but of course, when asked if they ALWAYS love their work, not so much! What became clear during the morning was that it is [...]
Jobs-Careers elusive or is the search for them depressing? In our Love Your Work, Heal the World campaign, I notice how much push-back there is after the initial moment of delight. Sherry and I had a conversation in Moraga last week that so honestly reflected the thinking that we harbor about work. The question was, [...]
Coaching tip: It Takes Persistence and Reflection to Move Forward on Anything! It's Thursday, and I am spending the day learning a new software program. I'm not a techie by design, but want to be sure I can edit our newsletter and have our blog entries go out over email. Here's what I notice. It [...]