Who is coaching for?
Coaching is for anyone wanting to expedite their progress, professionally and/or personally. Some examples include: Professionals leveling up early or mid-career Individuals transitioning between jobs Individuals stepping into new professional roles Individuals transitioning between life phases like becoming a new parent, going through a divorce, caring for elderly parents Senior executives seeking to be more […]
How a Gap Year Will Change You and Your Future
A 2018 study by the American Psychological Association found that 70% of high school students reported feeling burned out at least sometimes, and 20% reported feeling burned out often. A 2019 study by the University of Cambridge found that 30% of European teenagers reported feeling burned out at least sometimes. All indicators point to these […]
How to be successful and love what you do
What defines success? Some think success is defined by money. For others, it’s serving their families. For still others, it’s achieving a desired level of career success. In different contexts, success is defined differently. We’re focused here on how to be successful in a job and love it. Many of us define success in our […]
Your First Job Won’t Be Your Dream Job, and That’s Okay
For so long, we, the members of Gen Z, have been asked what we want to be when we grow up. We spend all of our school years getting prepared and excited to get and work in our dream job, then spend another four years in college gaining specialized skills to make us succeed. From […]
Startups Fail for a Few Key Reasons
Follow your passion. Do what you really love. Work isn’t work when you love it. Live your dream life – become an entrepreneur. We could go on for paragraphs with the social media ready soundbites people love to spout about entrepreneurship but, (1) you’d be bored, (2) eventually you’d smell a rat, and (3) we’d […]
Why We Struggle with Change
To be able to achieve the things we really want in life, we have to do what we haven’t done yet. We have to do something different, change a parameter in our life. This is common sense. Everyone knows that if they want to achieve something different from what they currently have, they have to […]
The 14 Most Important Habits to Build Mental Strength
Ildi Nielson’s “18 Things Mentally Strong People Do” graphic is a new and interesting way […]
How to Succeed by Embracing Change
Change is the only constant. We hear this all the time. We say it to our family members and friends when they’re struggling to accept change that might be inevitable or unexpectedly thrust on them. Or our family members are saying it to us when we’re resisting a personal change. We experience it at work […]
How to Find Your Creative Space
The word creativity can often evoke mixed emotions. Creativity isn’t reserved for artists, musicians, or other obviously creative people. It’s necessary for all of us – whether that’s in our personal or professional lives. Here’s what we know about creativity for all of us: it’s how each individual problem-solves; every one of us has our […]
4 Lessons for Effective Leadership
Being a leader is no easy task, and this role can often come with heightened scrutiny and daunting expectations. In recent years, leadership turnover is up while leadership tenure is down – this means individuals in leadership roles are in their jobs for less time and organizations go through more leaders. Leadership turnover and tenure […]