Archive for February 2010

Everybody Needs Coaching Somewhere

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everybody was a complete package possessing all that was necessary to be totally successful in anything we pursued.

When you read success stories it usually points to one of two things…

  1. The success was in a very narrow field and all that person’s energies were focussed on that one area, or
  2. The person was surrounded by a team of people that made the broader accomplishment possible.

Even so, a person can be at the top of ... [read more] -->

A Story: A Career Gone Wrong

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

It was during my practicum while still being trained as a Career and Work Counsellor. A huge company was phasing out an entire division and hundreds of people were about to become jobless. There was enough lead time that the company set up an career resource department to help these employees find new jobs. Three employees, inexperienced in terms of anything to do with job search and placement where manning this center. I was sent in for a week to walk them through some processes.

Being a strong believer in the objectivity of the assessm... [read more] -->