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Understanding Leadership for Career and Executive Coaching

International Coach Academy

Again, I was taught to do what was asked and to prioritize others’ interests over mine. Understanding these habits helps me revisit my underlying values and re-prioritize them for my career. This understanding will also help me coach my clients to see things in a different way.

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How to love the job you have right now: Focus on one good thing

Penelope Trunk

Because I didn’t charge the aunt for the call and I have to stop telling people who are not really friends of mine that I will coach their relatives for free. I eat while I am on the phone and I tell myself that if I were my career coach I’d say I need a job that doesn’t make me so anxious. The aunt says thank you.

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Expert Interview: Exploring the Importance of Empowerment

International Coach Academy

Because of the very strong coaching aspect of capacity building, I decided to interview a colleague of mine, who is a capacity building specialist at my place of work. I found my conversation with her deeply illuminating both as a coach and as someone who sees herself as a leader interested in making an impact. I welcome both.

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Do You Have Unrealistic Career Expectations?

Eat Your Career

Career fulfillment is 100 percent subjective. Your level 10 satisfaction might look completely different from mine. Learn more about my career coaching services here. What makes you happy won’t necessarily make your neighbor happy. But you have to respect your own needs. I’d love to hear from you in the comments.

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Is HR the Enemy?

Eat Your Career

As a professional career coach, I feel strongly that we do ourselves and others a disservice when we blindly write off HR as being “the enemy.”. Please remember: Mine is just one perspective. A lot of people have had a lot of bad experiences with HR. Just like anything, there are good HR professionals and there are bad ones.

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Considering Working with a Resume Writer? Read This First

Eat Your Career

For many years, as a career coach, I offered resume writing services. Former clients of mine have shown me resumes they paid good money for that were full of typos and inconsistencies, poorly formatted and completely out-of-step with modern-day resume trends. And I don’t mind telling you that I was a darned fine resume writer.

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Introducing: My Patreon

Penelope Trunk

She’ll hire mine. I can still do the things I like to do – career coaching and personality type stuff. So, here’s my plan: I do Patreon and I use the funds from Patreon to hire the assistant who will then manage the funds from Patreon and also the rest of my life. What I want to do is write.

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