Test Your Assumptions Before You Start a New Job
As an entrepreneur, I’m constantly pushed to grasp new concepts and approaches in order to evolve my business. Here’s an example. My leadership team and I have been talking about offering new services as well as discussing industry partnerships we want to form. I have strong ideas of what we could do in these areas […]
First 3 Steps in the Career Planning Process
Sometimes to get where you are going, you must travel through the “in-between times”. Career planning and career management are about taking the next small step forward. Sometimes you don’t change jobs right away, sometimes the job leads don’t pan out, and sometimes the perfect job doesn’t actually fit with your work style. However, every position […]
What is the best career for me?
What’s the best career for you? The best careers are the ones that allow you to develop your natural strengths and talents. I know many organizations and people trying to ‘fix’ their team, rather than looking for what they are good at and allowing them an opportunity to get better in areas that come naturally. For example, […]
Treat Career Opportunities Like the Stock Market
Many people think the “opportunities” that come along in their career are the big hits: How does a great new job offer at a trendy company sound? What about a promotion at work? Wouldn’t a big raise or a high-profile assignment make your day? How about running point on a new project instead of just […]
Baby Steps to find the Courage to Change Careers
Changing careers can be overwhelming, exciting, scary, and very rewarding. Change isn’t easy because most people like what they are familiar with. People lean towards a certain sense of safety and predictability when the situation is new. When we are given the choice between bad, but familiar, and uncertainty, our natural human tendency is bad, […]
Carpet Cleaning and the Lost Phone Interview
I have a guest blog to share… interesting story with a very practical set of recommendations. Enjoy! – Coach Wolfgang My phone interview begins in 3 minutes. I’ve done all my prep. My resume is in front of me. Job application, company website, questions I intend to ask… check, check, check! At 8:30 the Vice […]
The Definition of Career Success
How do you define career success? Here are many of the definitions my career coaching staff and I regularly encounter: What a feeling Example: I am successful in my career if I feel happy to do that work a majority of the time. Show me the money Example: I am successful in my career if […]
Career Workshop or Individual Career Coaching?
Many potential clients ask whether they should participate in a workshop related to their career concerns or sign up for individual coaching sessions. Austin Career Workshops are 1 – 2 hour group meetings where the training material and individual activities are preset. One-on-one career coaching are 30 – 60 minutes sessions with you and one […]
A Career Coach’s Answer to, “What Career Should I Choose?”
“I wish you could tell me what career I should choose.” I routinely hear some version of this quote from clients. That line has a more personal meaning to me since I said that to a career coach when I was in the midst of a career transition! My Career Transition I was not fulfilled […]
Two Proven Ways to Approach your Job Search
I was speaking with a client of mine a few weeks ago about the number of ideas he is considering for his next career step. We talked about the difference between a laser focus approach to his career search verses an approach that more closely resembles the wide spray from a fire extinguisher. I loved […]