Careers of the 21st century are no longer linear. Therefore the idea of career growth in today’s times cannot be linear too. Career growth is not only an upward movement in careers, it has multiple other meanings and markers. What are some of these markers and...
Last week I was coaching three people in different parts of the world around their career concerns amidst covid19. They were not entrepreneurs, so their concerns were not around business continuity or some of the more pressing issues like salary payments to employees. They were...
If you are even half serious or interested in making a career transition, career change or developing your own career, then here is something simple and powerful to get you started right away. And it’s based on solid, scientific research. It’s called Expressive Writing. In 1994,...
The Future of Work is here. Do you want to prepare for it? Follow these 5 Steps : 1. Be curious - Ask, seek out, learn, try, experiment. Let curiosity be your compass. Think about it - what are voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, Ok Google...
How often as a child did you have to answer, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” How often do you ask this question of young people, and are you really interested in their answer? As a career coach, I encounter many adults,...
Career transitions are brought on by external and internal triggers. While there are parts of the transition process which are common to both kinds of transitions, there are also particular skills and mindsets which are more helpful in each kind of transition. What are external and...
Movies and stories – they often imitate real life and sometimes they can be powerful analogies to explore themes in real life. Many of you may have seen the classic, intensely dark psychological thriller SEVEN. Seven (stylized as SE7EN) is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed...
Whether you are starting out in your career or even if you are in the middle of your growth path; there comes a time in everyone’s life when they are speculating on what they exactly need. A coach or an expert’s advice comes in handy...
I have always marveled at the power of stories and myths in helping us make sense of our (personal and collective) psychological realities as well as in understanding broader socio-cultural-economic shifts. Myths find their reflections in reality and studying them gives us another frame with...
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