What Does “Career Fulfillment” Mean?
“Are you fulfilled in your career?” To some people, feeling fulfilled in one’s career is the epitome of privilege. One’s work may serve to put food on the table and make ends meet - anything more than that would be a bonus. To others, feeling fulfilled in one’s career...
Career Change From Accounting: What to Consider Before You Make The Leap
So, you’re considering making a career change from accounting, but you’re nervous. Is there such a thing as a job for an accountant who doesn’t want to be an accountant? And, is leaving such a reliable and necessary role even a good idea? As you contemplate...
What Does a Life Coach Do?
Life coaching is something that people are often skeptical about. They wonder about the differences between life coaching vs. therapy, the cost of life coaching, and what is involved in the coaching process. If you have ever wondered, “What does a life coach do?”,...
What Is a Career Change Coach? Your Questions Answered
What Is a Career Change Coach? A career change coach helps clients explore their values, interests, skills, and professional personality through coaching, homework, and assessments. This work provides the framework necessary for the client to decide the next...
Coach vs. Mentor: Their Definitions, Differences, & How to Determine Which You Need
As a career coach, I’m often asked a simple, yet common question: What is the difference between a coach and a mentor? Add the fact that the terms are often used interchangeably in most business contexts, and it makes sense where the confusion comes from. The...
How To Communicate Value Beyond Price
So many of my clients have told me that they have an idea for a product or service but stop short of bringing it to market because they are not comfortable selling or promoting it. When it comes time to communicate the value of their idea to the client or customer,...
Body Language in The Workplace: What Are You Communicating When You Are Silent?
When you understand the power of body language in the workplace, you create the opportunity to be more persuasive, interesting, and effective as a leader. Our bodies communicate messages even when we are silent, subtly but convincingly revealing how we are thinking...
Autonomy at Work: Why Working on Your Own Terms Can Make All the Difference
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the majority of the American workforce to shelter in place and as a result, work from home, there were a lot of predictions as to how the workplace would change forever. And as more and more people get vaccinated and businesses make...
5 Authentic Leadership Characteristics & How You Can Develop Them In Yourself
What Is Authentic Leadership? Bill George’s book, titled “Authentic Leadership”, popularized the term “authentic leadership” when it was published in 2003. Since then, the characteristics of authentic leaders have become more well-defined - and more coveted. ...
What Is “Me Time” and How Can You Get More Of It?
What Is "Me Time"? Me time is time that you set aside to be present with yourself, mind, body and spirit. Taking time to care for yourself is vital to maintain your health, happiness, and productivity. "Me time" can be spent in a variety of ways; what may feel...
Post-COVID, What Does Support For Working Parents Look Like?
Workplaces that thought they offered support for working parents pre-COVID have learned a thing or two since March 2020. The question now is, what will workplaces do with what they have learned? Organizations worldwide have come face-to-face with their...
No More Limits: What Are Limiting Beliefs & How Can You Overcome Them?
Benjamin Franklin once said, “You can do anything you set your mind to.” And as a celebrated polymath who boasted various accomplishments from founding father to inventor to printer to postmaster, he certainly lived according to that maxim. But despite the fact that...
New Year, Fresh Start
When we think about getting a fresh start in the New Year, we are accustomed to resolutions that involve eating healthier food, exercising more, and prioritizing stillness over busy-ness. We say that, THIS year, we're "taking time to rest", and how THIS year, we'll...
How to Navigate a Career Plateau
Navigating a career plateau can be tricky. You may want to maintain your employment but feel hopeless due to the lack of opportunities at your place of business. Or, you may feel that your skills have been inaccurately assessed and that you have more to give. You may...
Self-Promoting Without Feeling Tacky
Self-promoting without feeling tacky can feel like walking a tightrope. Before you start speaking, you feel like a confident business woman. But once the words start tumbling out, you find yourself struggling to overcome impostor syndrome. You want to get your...
Characteristics of a Courageous Woman
The characteristics of a courageous woman are easy to spot when they’re in use but are difficult to characterize in words. Nevertheless, this post breaks down the behaviors that courageous women possess which give them an aura of confidence and invincibility. ...
Asking For Help At Work Without Feeling Incompetent
Asking for help at work can engender a lot of self-judgment. We feel incompetent when we are unable to accomplish everything on our plate, but the truth is, asking for help can actually pay dividends for us down the line. Why is asking for help at work hard? We...
Are You Overloaded With Work? An Honest Assessment & How To Cope
It is not uncommon to feel overloaded with work; you’ve felt it, I’ve felt it, we’ve been on teams that are feeling it. Sometimes, though, we miss the signs until our coworker snaps or we realize we’ve been dragging ourselves out of bed only to be miserable at...
Assertiveness vs Aggressiveness
A coaching client recently explained to me the struggle she has in coming off as assertive vs aggressive. She was in the midst of advocating for herself as it pertained to her compensation package and was concerned that her efforts would be taken the wrong way....
Why Do Bosses Resist Telecommuting?
Increased productivity and satisfaction, enhanced employee engagement, higher retention rates… With study after study touting these benefits (and more) that result from workplaces offering employees flexibility, why do bosses resist telecommuting? There is no...
Manterrupting: How To Take Your Power Back
As early as the mid-1970’s, research was being conducted on women’s experience in being interrupted by men when talking. A 1998 study by Candace West, a sociology professor at University of California Santa Cruz, found that doctors who are women are more than twice as...
Video Conferencing Etiquette: What You Need To Know
As of April 1, 2020, usage of video conferencing tool Zoom was up more than 300% from before the pandemic forced workers into their homes. Similarly, usage of video conferencing tools such as Microsoft Teams, WebEx, Skype, and LogMeIn are also up. Video conferencing...
Claiming Your Identity as a Confident Business Woman
Plenty of successful business women struggle to consistently maintain their confidence. They feel self-assured in one situation, then doubt themselves in another. They are the best version of themselves on Monday, then on Tuesday, they find themselves overcoming...
What Is A Slash Career & Why Do You Need One?
What is a slash career? Also known as a portfolio career, a slash career is one in which a person makes multiple income streams simultaneously from different careers. Marci Alboher popularized the phrase in her book One Person/Multiple Careers: The Original Guide to...
Enneagram Six At Work
Who is the Enneagram Six at Work? The Loyalist, The Trouble Shooter The Enneagram Six is known for being loyal to the people to whom they have committed. A Six aims to figure out everything that is going on around them to create safety and structure in their...
Enneagram Five At Work
Who is the Enneagram Five at Work? The Wise Person, The Observer, The Sage You will find the Enneagram Five on the periphery of a room - watching - studying, rather - others. Interacting with lots of people in large groups is not their ideal environment. They are...
Enneagram Seven At Work
Who is the Enneagram Seven at Work? The Enthusiast, The Visionary, The Joyful Person Sevens are motivated by a need to be happy, to plan stimulating experiences, and to avoid difficult feelings. Sevens are energetic adventure-seekers who are always thinking about the...
Enneagram Four At Work
Who is the Enneagram Four at Work? The Romantic, The Original Person, The Individualist In the midst of being ambitious, visionary, driven, and charismatic, the Enneagram Four experiences a tsunami of emotions. Fours tend to focus on authenticity, meaning, and...
Enneagram Three At Work
Who is the Enneagram Three at Work? The Achiever, The Effective Person, The Performer Enneagram Threes are motivated by a need to succeed, to appear successful, and to avoid failure at all costs. Threes are energized by efficiency, goals, and tasks....
Enneagram Two At Work
Who is the Enneagram Two at Work? The Nurturer, The Helper, The Giver, The Loving Person The Enneagram Two is the most interpersonal type on the Enneagram. A Two wakes up thinking about relationships and goes to bed at night thinking about relationships;...
Enneagram Nine At Work
Who is the Enneagram Nine at Work? The Peacemaker, The Mediator Nines have remarkable inner tranquility and a need to keep the peace, both externally and internally. By avoiding conflict at all costs (even if it means keeping the status quo), they can maintain their...
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: Shattering The Glass Ceilings In Our Minds
Impostor Syndrome is a very specific form of intellectual self-doubt, according to the American Psychological Association. While the term “Impostor Syndrome” has been around since the 1970’s, it is a phenomenon that humans have struggled with for hundreds or even...
Enneagram Eight At Work
Who is the Enneagram Eight at Work? The Powerful Person, The Challenger Eights are excellent at taking charge of their environment. As leaders, they know how to mobilize to get things done; they have a gift for knowing what needs to happen, who is the best...
Enneagram One At Work
Who is the Enneagram One at Work? The Perfectionist, The Reformer, The Improver, The Good Person People who identify as Enneagram One are responsible, thorough, and hard-working. They have very high standards for themselves and others, a point that is important...
How A Full-Time Working Mom Can Read 52 Books A Year
As a full-time working mom managing a marriage, a family, a side-hustle, and an in-home Airbnb, my time is at an absolute premium. There are plenty of days where I don’t know which way is up. In order to balance it all, I have to have a mental escape hatch I can...