It’s a Wonderful Life is one of the most popular holiday movies and my #1 favorite movie. I’ve not missed watching it over the holiday season in the last 25 years. For me, it’s cathartic, as I’ve always seen it as indicative of the ebbs and flows, highs and lows of life, and probably you, like…
By Dr. Carl Fowles, SPHR, PCC
In our current VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world many organizations struggle to find the right combination of capabilities to manage change and continue to thrive. The intentional and unintentional disruptions in organizations become, as Peter Vaill introduced, the metaphorical “permanent whitewater.”
Jeanne Schulze, MA, Senior Executive Coach As the summer heats up, so do the challenges facing organizations on local, country, and global levels. The uncertainty of a possible recession, staffing up or down, and employee decisions to stay or go make navigating career growth challenging. While we cannot control the future, we can control our…
Jeanne Schulze, MA, Senior Executive Coach For the past 18 months, job seekers have experienced a world filled with multiple opportunities to leave their employers and sign on to something bigger and better. The ratio of offers to job seeker is 3:1. We know this as the Great Resignation. However, this phenomenon is beginning to…
In these sometimes crazy — and far too often, disturbing — times the meaning and purpose of our work (and life) has become more important than ever before. Businesses are reinventing themselves. For many, individual and family priorities, goals and aspirations have shifted. It all begs us to look within and question our purpose, mission…
Are you baffled by executive coaching? Is it like therapy? How is it different from mentoring? How do I know if I need a coach? How long does coaching take? And of course… Does it work? These are some of the questions prospective clients often ask us. To help answer these questions, we invite you to…
It’s in times like these, as we search to navigate through unprecedented work/life changes, uncertainty and fear, that I’m prompted to look back and reflect on those past challenges I’ve overcome. There’s power in our own story, knowing that we’ve done it before and can do it again. Digging deep, persevering, overcoming and beating the…
Last time, we discussed TRUST, the first part of the TRUST, BELIEVE, DO mantra. To review… Even in the most difficult of times, like now when you may be scared and feel like retreating and hiding, these words can take your career and job search campaign to the next level and to success. Now, let’s…
In our last two posts, we reviewed TRUST and BELIEVE, two elements of the TRUST, BELIEVE, DO mantra that is so critical to position yourself for success in your job search. Now it’s time to act. To DO. DO As with anything in our work and life, we have to act, DO. All of the…
How would you explain quantum physics? And what does it have to do with our career success, health, wealth and happiness? On one level, it’s the study of what makes up our world. The body is made up of cells, they’re made up of molecules, molecules are made up of atoms, which are made up…