Q&A on Career Change and Unsupportive Attitudes from Loved Ones
Q1. When your clients are planning a career change, I assume that one of your main objectives is to lend them your support and guidance. The career change could be major or minor, either through promotion, creating a new business venture, or just starting out in the...
The Impact of Exponential Technologies on Careers and HR
Last month, I attended the Association of Professional Executives (APEX) of the Public Service of Canada’s annual conference and heard Salim Ismail speak about Exponential Technologies and Exponential Organizations. It wasn’t a talk that I was expecting to hear but it...
Summer, what are you thinking about job wise?
Summer – Are you considering a change? View this email in your browser “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time” – John Lubbock Summer is here. When...
What’s Riskier for your Career? Getting Hired for a Job or Becoming Self-Employed? (Part Two)
In part one of this blog post, I discussed some of the hidden risks of being a highly paid, experienced employee in the private sector. I noted that over time, there may be pressure to replace excellent but expensive employees with ‘good enough’ but significantly...
What’s Riskier for Your Career? Getting Hired for a Job … or Becoming Self-Employed? (Part One)
Over the past five years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with clients in their 40s and 50s while they were at a crossroads in their career. I consider this to be an exciting but challenging task because often these people are well-qualified in their professions and...
Workplace Boundaries … 5 steps to help you stay in your lane
“We can trust ourselves to know when our boundaries are being violated” – Melody Beattie When the professional turns personal The other day I turned on my kitchen radio and caught the tail end of an interview with a modern-day butler. It was an intriguing...
Seasonal Summer Burnout?
Summer … remember when that season inspired you as a kid to throw your school papers carelessly in the air while trading in your backpack for a beach towel? Those were the days … right? For most adults, summer doesn’t necessarily mean a break. And, although it remains...
Do Experts Still Matter?
These are dangerous times. Never have so many people had so much access to so much knowledge and yet have been so resistant to learning anything. – Tom Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, and five-time undefeated Jeopardy!...
Combating identities … transitioning to civilian work
“We know what we are, but not what we may be.” – William Shakespeare We throw the word ‘identity’ around when expressing our choices around fashion, haircuts, pop culture, body art, and piercing, but what about our jobs? For some people, their profession is...
Automation … is it your new competition?
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” – Bill Gates ...
Impostor Syndrome … there’s nothing fake about how it makes you feel
My biggest fear is that eventually, you will see me the way I see myself. At work, do you ever have the feeling that you don’t belong there? I don’t mean in the context of fitting-in-with-the-cool-people-by-the water-cooler, but professionally speaking … do you...
Coded Language and Dog Whistle Expressions
A while back, a business associate reached out to me with an urgent and problematic situation. She is a foreign-trained professional, a woman of colour, and she speaks perfect English with an accent. She was stumped by a situation and she knew I’d have some ideas. The...
May – a month to take charge – find out how!
May – a month to take charge – find out how. View this email in your browser The world’s favourite season is spring. All things seem possible in May. – Edwin Way Teale Opportunities for career growth are blooming as quickly as the flowers in...
Not your Mother’s Workplace, Not Her Idea of Balance
Recently, I came across a simple quote “All mothers are working moms.” With Mother’s Day approaching, I found myself reflecting on the mothers of my mom’s generation and the mothers of my generation. We can all visualize a working mom struggling to put on her...
How Psychology Can Help Your Career — Q&A on I/O vs. Clinical Psychology (Part 2)
This blog post picks up where the first half of this Q&A on How I/O and Clinical Psychology can Help Your Career left off. Dr. James Brazeau, C.Psych., a clinical psychologist, has graciously agreed to answer some questions. Q. Can you describe what you do as a...
How Psychology Can Help Your Career — Q&A on I/O vs. Clinical Psychology
Q1. On your website, business cards, and other places it says “More than career coaching, it’s career psychology®’ What do you mean by that? A1. The marketplace is full of people who use the title ‘Coach.’ Since there are no universal standards or...
How to Get Back to Work While Working Through a Death or Other Hard Events
Death … it’s everywhere … sensationalized with news headlines about unspeakable tragedies that make us hug our children a little tighter before they head off to school. They remind us to text our partner a sweet sentiment, or call our parents vacationing in Florida to...
The Franchise Option Part 2: What to Expect from Franchising in Mid-Life
In my last post, I confessed that I don’t relate to the TGIF mentality. I love Fridays for the same reason I love Mondays because I love to work on my business. My company Concierge Home Services has six locations in three cities. I speak with people in every stage of...