July 31, 2020
How to Achieve Personal Growth and Survive a Career Transition
I just posted an interesting article on my Experience Matters Facebook page from the New York Times called “Feeling…
July 17, 2020
Finding New Opportunities in This Perfect Storm for Change
As I listen and read more, I have to acknowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly looks like one of our time's…
June 26, 2020
Finding Career Change in COVID-19 World of Lockdown and Social Distance
As we find our way through the COVID required limitations on social interactions, many professional workers are dealing…
May 29, 2020
How to Survive Unwelcome Career Changes
Career changes can either be at our behest or thrust upon us. In either case, they can be upsetting. Unwelcome career…
April 17, 2020
Being Smart About Your Career During the Shutdown
We are learning how the COVID-19 shutdown affects everyone, but not in the same way. Situations change quickly,…
March 13, 2020
Your Career Coach Can Help You Function at Your Best
In my work as a career coach, I have learned that any change can be challenging. In many cases, changes cause us to…
February 24, 2020
How Career Coaching Facilitates Mid-Career Job Change
Are you a professional who is yearning to make a mid-career job change? Have you been advised to seek the services of a…
February 6, 2020
Experience Matters When We Live to 100
In my work with professionals in planning midcareer transitions, I often wonder why this type of career reassessment…
January 16, 2020
What Are You Seeking in a Career Change?
In my role as a career coach, the topic of career change usually comes up for active discussion. I meet with all of my…
December 23, 2019
Want to Have a Job You Love in 2020?
What's on your mind as you head off for work each day? How does the thought of how you will be spending the next eight…
December 5, 2019
Why Do People Stay in Jobs That Are Unsatisfying?
There are a whole host of reasons people stay in jobs that are unsatisfying. These positions don’t suit them or produce…
October 24, 2019
Why Most Women Think They Should Change Their Careers
According to a recent study by InHerSight, seventy-three percent of working women are interested in changing careers. I…
October 10, 2019
Hanging On or Being Bold: Your Midlife Reappraisal
There is something about approaching 50 that naturally brings up a fundamental midlife reappraisal of all the essential…
September 26, 2019
The Mechanics of a Successful Informational Interview
As I said in my previous blog - How to Prepare for Successful Informational Interviews - a significant challenge for…
September 9, 2019
How to Prepare for Successful Informational Interviews
Many of my clients have in common a deep dissatisfaction with their current positions and know that they need to make a…
August 22, 2019
What Kind of Career Change Do You Need to Make?
In my role as a career coach, the topic of career change usually comes up for active discussion. I meet with all of my…
August 8, 2019
When Management Changes, Is It Time for You to Go?
Clients often come to see me because recent management changes have left them much less interested in their current…
July 25, 2019
What Happens When You’ve Outgrown Your Job?
Why would a midlevel executive at the height of a successful career consider a career change? One of the frequent…
July 11, 2019
Is the Ideal Job a Solution for Mid-career Transitions?
When you find yourself in a job that no longer fits your skills and interests it's time to rethink what you really want…
June 27, 2019
Is This All There Is? Overcoming Career Discontent
What happens when a successful professional feels like they are in the wrong place at the wrong time? Their work begins…
June 14, 2019
Feeling Stuck in Your Career? It’s Time for Plan B
Mid-career change can be difficult. Plan A, on the other hand, is familiar. You have a career and are moving forward…
May 21, 2019
Is Launching Your Own Business the Best Option for You?
When most people leave jobs, either voluntarily or not, one question can be: Do I stay in the business I am in now, or…
May 7, 2019
A Sense of Purpose Is the Key to the Good Life
Everyone wants to create the Good Life. Even though we don’t usually talk about its ingredients, we generally agree on…
April 4, 2019
Your Retirement: How to Start Thinking About It
Thinking about your retirement? After your first full-time career ends, plans for the future usually start out as a…
March 14, 2019
How to Find Clarity After a Successful Career
In my practice as a career coach I recently saw a client who was considering leaving her 30-year career. She said, "I…
January 15, 2019
How Should Boomers Reinvent Their Retirement Years?
The baby boomer generation is reinventing “retirement,” but there is no roadmap. Boomers are designing their plans for…