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If Vincent van Gogh Was Your Career Coach
Most of us have heard of Vincent van Gogh the artist but not many are aware that he was an…
Careers
Work constitutes a big chunk of our lives. There’s more to it than the money.
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Thinking Long-Term in Work: Careers as Practice and Art
Our culture is obsessed with speed. Success is often measured in how fast you get somewhere, rather than where you…
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The Deliberate Amateur
Would you rather be a pro or an amateur? How about choosing between sophistication and naiveté? Most of us choose…
EQ vs IQ: Misled and Oversold on Emotional Intelligence
How important is emotional intelligence to your career and where does EQ stand relative to IQ?
Overestimating the importance of…
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Four Types Of Careers and their Learning Barriers
In their book Coaching with Colleagues, Erik de Haan and Yvonne Burger identify four common but prominent career patterns:
• The…
35 Essential Mid Career Change Frameworks
Changing or quitting careers is hard. Doubly so in mid-career. Should I quit or stay? I grappled with that question…
A Framework for Year End Reviews
Doing regular reviews at midyear or yearend with ourselves are a good exercise. Frameworks can help us orient and ask…
David Whyte on the Set of Our Sail and the Shapes we Assume
David Whyte in his extraordinary book on life and careers, Crossing the Unknown Sea, talks about “the shapes we assume”…
Two Questions for a Midlife Career Change
Imagine your current career as a rocket ship barreling through space. Many of us, both metaphorically and in reality, are…
Good Careers Gone Bad - Subtle but Lethal Mistakes in Mid Career
Success often carries with it the seeds of failure. Mid career is an especially dangerous time when past successes lay…