Create a Vivid Picture of the Life an...
If you don’t know what you want out of your life and career, you will find yourself back at the starting gate. If you are reading this post, I know you want to make changes to create more fulfillment in your life and more satisfaction and success in your career. The question is how.
What is Life-Work Discovery?
As a life and career coach I wanted to design a coaching process model that would enable my clients to reach their goals. The result is Life-Work Discovery. LWD is comprised of three components: Discover a vision for your life and/or your career Identify and work through the blocks and barriers keeping you from success […]
Life-Work Discovery Redux
In my last post, I provided a brief overview of my Life-Work Discovery process model. Today I want to focus on the first component: Creating a vision for your life and career. In my life before dirt, I was a successful fundraiser for nonprofit organizations in Milwaukee, WI, Portland, OR, and Pittsburgh, PA. My specialty […]
Hey, Job Seekers!
Are you using Linkedin to full advantage? I met Jenny Foss a few years ago as I was visiting a friend in Portland Oregon. I’d come across her website and was mightily impressed. I’d offered to buy lunch and she readily agreed to a meet-up. Besides being very easy on the eyes, she exuded warmth, […]
Big Problem: Ageism in the Marketplac...
The latest AARP Bulletin unveiled a blatant yet seriously underreported issue plaguing older workers in America: discrimination, also referred to as ageism. The lead article in cover story was written by Joe Kita, a distinguished investigative reporter, book author and magazine editor. In 2018, an AARP survey discovered 3 in 5 older workers experienced age […]
Let’s put some teeth back into the Eq...
The federal agency responsible for regulating the U.S. workforce is the Equal Opportunity Commission. The agency’s mission is to protect employees and job applicants from all kinds of discrimination, including ageism. Unfortunately, budget and staff cuts have weakened it ability to fulfill its mission. Please contact your federal representatives and ask then to sponsor legislation […]