Career

April 11, 2016

Take 5 With Award Winning Filmmaker Doug Blush

World Premier: Accomplished Documentarian Brought Beyond Laughter and Tears: A Journey of Hope to CIFF Doug Blush and I first met back in 2012 when CIFF […]
April 7, 2016

Beethoven Rolls Over to Cleveland

CIFF Welcomes What Would Beethoven Do? One of the great joys of the Cleveland International Film Festival is exposure to great culture. Mostly, this culture is […]
November 23, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #13: Writing Seminars – Part 1 – Hay House, Wayne Dyer and Cheryl Richardson

“Writing isn’t something I do. It’s something I am.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer . Along the corporate life trajectory writing has kept me consistent company, decade […]
November 19, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #12: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 2

From January till ~ June of 2013, I lived 6 months in a monastic lifestyle: work, work out, write, sleep, repeat. Once in a while I’d […]
November 17, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #11: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 1

2013 built on the loss of 2012. And more was to follow. Pruning the dead leaves of one’s life is a critical component to letting the […]


June 10, 2014
Brilliance

Career TOOLBOX #35: 5 Ways to Spring Clean Your Resume. Let Your Gold Sparkle.

This month I took on the daunting task of overhauling my resume and LinkedIn profile. Granted, this is what others pay me to do for them. […]
May 28, 2014
sabbatical

Career TOOLBOX #32: Why Work Sabbaticals Matter

10 Ways to Get Away From It All   America is obsessed with work. But Americans should bring back the Sabbatical.   On January 2, 2014, […]
April 12, 2014
Mad Men

CareerTOOLBOX #33: 10 Business Lessons Mad Men Taught Us

What Women and Men Can Learn from Don Draper and Team   April 13 commences the seventh and final season of Mad Men, the iconic 1960s […]
April 8, 2014
Resume

CareerTOOLBOX #31: 5 Ways to Get Your Resume Out of the Clinton Era

Keeping Up with the Hiring Times   I see a lot of resumes. Not just client resumes, but also, those of friends, family members, students and […]
February 6, 2014
social media

Career TOOLBOX #28: Social Media and Your Career

Time to Branch Out   A few years ago, the following conversation took place between a close friend of mine and me:   Friend: Why are […]
January 29, 2014
job

Career TOOLBOX #27: Five Ways to Set Your 2014 Job Goals

5 Ways to Set Them Now. (You’ll Thank Yourself Later.)   During the first few months of the year, corporate executives push down company goals to […]