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Entries from August 2008

How Valuable Are You? A Question For Your Personal And Professional Life

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

During the coaching process, we are helping our clients to uncover their goals and dreams and uncovering their potential.  Often though, clients will have a “blockage” - something that prevents them from thinking bigger, taking action, or moving forward.  As we work to uncover these mental blocks, I find that some individuals feel they don’t deserve to […]

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Getting to Where We Are Meant To Be

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I was watching the Bachelor London tonight - yes, I enjoy getting lost in these reality shows at times - and found one of the contestants say something very profound.  She was referring to love, but I think it applies to any goal or dream we want to accomplish in our life.  The one contestant was […]

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Keeping the Knowledge Within Your Organization

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

One area that orgnizations don’t usually think of  when turnover exists is in the area of knowledge mangement, or capturing information from workers about how they do their job.  This means job information that a worker keeps in their head about the way they do their job.  There may be job descriptions that spell out […]

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Traits of Older Workers That Are Valuable to Organizations

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments

With the number of baby boomers that wil be reaching retirement age comes the need to prepare for their exit from the workforce.  It is anticipated that 70% of workers between 45 and 74 will remain in the workforce; 20% of the total U.S. workforce will be in the age group of 55 and older […]

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Never Lose Sight of Your Goals

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

In our quest for personal and professional development, it is a necessity to have a goal or the thing we want to attain.   A goal is an end that we strive to reach.  Goals should be measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound; they should be neither too lofty or too low.  Goals give us focus and […]

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What Employers Look for In Employees

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

In the world of careers and career management, one area that is often overlooked by job seekers is what employers look for in employees.  These are the desirable traits and behaviors that organizations seek in job candidates.  I find that this information is invaluable for job seekers, particularly those who are new to the workforce, as they are not usually […]

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How Long Will You Work??

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments

With the upcoming influx of baby boomers, and the number of them continuing to remain in the workforce, the question arises of how long to remain an active employee.  According to a recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “the 75 and older labor force is expected to grow at a significant annual rate […]

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Finding Happiness As We Get Older

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments

According to a recent study by a University of Chicago professor, Yang Yang, people do become happier as they get older, as “they have learned to be more content with what they have….they have learned to lower their expectations.”  It seems that this disputes earlier findings that older people feel more depressed with aging and […]

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Finding the Greatness Within You

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Inside  each one of us is a great person.  I mean, truly great.  Often though, we don’t see it but others do.   It is imperative that we see the greatness that others see or we won’t succeed.  We need to see this greatness to believe and then act it.  So, how do we do this?  […]

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Alert - 76 Million Baby Boomers Are Coming!!

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

As a career coach who focuses on the aging workforce and retirement issues, I am very much in-tune with research and issues that involve this population.  One of my passions is to promote positive aging and to assist organizations to fully understand the aging population and the older workers and their needs.  I am always […]

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