Career

November 13, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #10: 2012 – A Welcome Fresh Start

2012 began with life in a new, beautiful apartment, two teaching gigs, two online writing gigs and two book pursuits. Two seemed like the magical number. […]
November 12, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #9: 2011 – Time to Pivot

2011 kicked off on a gain and finished on a loss. That’s the nature of life. And that was the cycle of that year.   The […]
November 11, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #8: 2010 – A New Professional Chapter

By the time 2010 rolled around, I’d just begun writing for two publications, one for pay and one for free movie passes. Tri-C started giving me […]
November 10, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #7: Renavigating During the Chaos of 2009

2009 proved to be an interesting year. Interesting is such a broad adjective. Something people use when they don’t exactly know what else to say. Or […]
November 9, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #6: The Big 2008 Crash

“I’m the Bad Guy?…How’d that happen? I did everything they told me to.” – Bill Foster, Falling Down, 1993 2008 began as a terrific year. Just […]


January 24, 2014
Unemployed

CareerTOOLBOX #26: It’s a New Year & You’re Unemployed

5 Steps to a Fresh Start Lots of people lost their jobs this December. It’s a cruel month to be let go and to be unemployed. […]
October 26, 2013
diversity

Career TOOLBOX #25: Corporate Diversity

What It Is and What It Isn’t   Lots of talk these days regarding diversity – and it’s not limited to corporations. Lots of organizations, including […]
October 20, 2013
Trading Places

Career TOOLBOX #24: 12 Business Lessons Trading Places Taught Us

  And Why 30 Years Later It’s Still The Best Business Film of All Time   I’ve seen Trading Places more than any other movie, and […]
October 12, 2013
MBA

Career TOOLBOX#23: How the MBA Shaped My Creative Career

At a time when big business is getting such a bad rep and when there’s a completely unnecessary national divide — bankers vs. artists, religious vs. […]
July 22, 2013
LinkedIn

Career TOOLBOX #22: 5 Quick Ways to Strengthen Your LinkedIn Profile

  …Boost Your Professional Presence   As a Career Coach, my job is to make sure that I’m aware of the changing trends within the global […]
June 29, 2013

“The World Stands Aside…”

“The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.” – David Starr Gordon #CreativeCadence Career Coaching Photo: A. Sukhoy. Idyllwild, CA. […]