Returning to the Workplace After COVID Are you anxious or excited about returning to the workplace now that the COVID pandemic is waning? I have spent the month of May of 2021 in Austin, Texas. My wife and I are here to get vaccinated and take care of business that must be handled in person. […]
Where to Refocus Your Career for the Post COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery
Where to Refocus Your Career Have you thought about where to refocus your career for the post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery? As the vaccine rollout takes hold throughout the world there will be an economic recovery. The vaccine rollout will be very uneven around the world and the United States. Therefore, there will be winners and losers […]
5 Reliable Steps to Rebrand Your Personal Brand in a New industry
Rebrand Your Personal Brand in a New industry If you have been working in an industry adversely you may well want to rebrand your personal brand as the first step in moving to a new industry. In my last post, 5 Steps for Using Transferable Skills to Move to a New Industry, I gave you […]
Fear is at the Heart of Our Problems in Making a Change [Updated]
Fear of Making a Change I have had numerous conversations over the last several weeks and the common theme has been fear. It is the fear of making a mistake, fear of not knowing what to do, fear of getting stuck, or just the fear of making a change. With the COVID-19 it is the […]
Should I Take the Buyout Package? [Updated COVID-19]
Buyout Package Have you – or has someone you know – been offered a buyout package? If you work for a large multi-national corporation or the US federal government, the answer is probably “yes”. As I update this post for the COVID-19 pandemic, that offer may be delayed until later in the year due the […]
Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Kicking You in the Butt?
Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Kicking You in the Butt? The COVID-19 pandemic is causing the 3rd major disruption in our careers in the last 20 years. The first was the dot-com bust, followed by the 9/11 disaster. Next came the great recession caused by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Both the dot-com bust and the sub-prime […]
Adapting Your Career to the Post CoronaVirus World
Adapting Your Career to the Post CoronaVirus World Just about everyone I talk to has an opinion on what the post CoronaVirus world will look like. We all agree that life and work will be different in the post CoronaVirus world. We will all need to adapt to this new reality. Over the next few […]
Repurposing Your Industry Knowledge or Skills [Updated]
Repurposing Your Industry Knowledge or Skills When you want to make a career pivot you will either be repurposing your industry knowledge or job skills. We make career pivots rather than career changes because for those of us in the 2nd half of life, we have financial obligations…mortgage, putting kids through college, retirement, savings… Note: […]
Are You a Closet Creative? Are You Coming out of the Closet?
Closet Creative I have a lot of clients who should wear a name tag that says Closet Creative. That would be the only way you’d know they have many creative talents that are waiting to burst out. These folks have taken their musical, artistic, or literary interests and shoved them into a closet, especially as it […]
