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Category Archives: career development

Wake up HR Professionals! Stack Ranking Employees Has Got to Go!!!

Today I coached a long-time client whom I had supported through a few transitions, including a bold move he took to take a year sabbatical in Latin America. Bob is a consummate Systems Engineer, with a keen analytical mind and a no-nonsense, “get-it-done” approach to any position he lands. Time to Revaluate Bob came to…
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Ready to Jump Ship?

Before You Do, Figure Out if the Problem Is: Your Playpen, Playmates or Play? Today, I coached a very burnt-out, frustrated client on how he could exit his current position as a software engineer for a large telecom company. After he vented about the bad and ugly of his current situation, we moved on to…
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Creating Your Encore – It’s About More Than Your Portfolio

Denver has more baby boomers per capita than any other major U.S. city.  Most are anxiously planning their financial future and the “who, what and where” of how they’ll spend their “Third Act” or “Encore.”  As we recovered from the financial crisis, many delayed their retirement, but reality looms around the corner. At some point,…
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Break the Bad-For-You Job Cycle

Question: When I was reading through your website and found this: “I just left a horrible corporate situation where I felt targeted and bullied. I am resisting jumping back into my job search because I’m afraid this will happen again.” You absolutely nailed the torment I feel right now! That is how I have felt…
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Looking for Love and Your Career in All the Wrong Places

My newly single friend, Mary, was determined to find a great guy to date and was even up for Mr. Right…so she made her top ten list of “must haves” in the perfect guy: Taller than her Creative Sense of humor Denver guy Spiritual Stable financially You get the idea... she was intent on imagining…
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Part One: Women Tell It Like It IS and Provide Real Leadership

So why are both corporations and our country still MISSING THE BOAT? As a “dyed-in-the-wool” Democrat, watching the Republican Convention last week took a great deal of perseverance and determination... until I heard the speeches of wife of the nominee, Ann Romney and another woman, who was never my favorite politico, former Secretary of State,…
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