3rd Stage Career Coaching
Your office party or annual meeting, where everyone comes together in a seemingly contrived festive mood to see and be seen, maybe a great opportunity for you to positively move your career forward. Many junior and mid-level people may be unaware that these gatherings are as important, if not more so, than the business meetings,…
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I am often asked about the usefulness of an MBA. Having taught in several MBA university programs (15 years at San Francisco State University among others) and seen career trajectories of many MBA graduates—including my older son who is well into 15 years in his career—I have my own and observed experience[JS1] [JS2] . First, you can…
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Julie is an Ivy League MBA graduate. While working at a mid-level position in a well-known investment bank, she received a fellowship to work in K-12 Education to increase innovation in education. Julie is bored with investment banking and intrigued by a possible career transition to nonprofit work to develop new approaches to education. But…
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Before you actually make a career transition you should know who you are, what you imagine you would like to accomplish, what is hindering you from getting where you would like to be, and what is your plan to get there? Some questions that may help guide you are: Where do I fit? How do I…
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Jane is a highly educated and accomplished 40 year old, who has attended some of the US top-ranked undergraduate and graduate universities. She works in a boutique Consulting firm specializing in strategic planning in non-profit organizations in one of the most prestigious cities in the country. From all objective measures, Jane has it all. Yet,…
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Many of us face difficult situations in our work either with what we are doing, which may be unfulfilling, and with whom we are working with, who we believe may be bringing us down. If you feel disengaged or outright hostile at work, you are not alone. Employee under-employment and under-engagement is a major challenge.…
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John is a successful, handsome, affable, strong male in his mid-thirties, who has a winning smile and wise eyes. He reveals to me his Gremlin—the recurring narrative we each carry telling us we are not “good enough” to get what we really want. John’s Gremlin tells him he is not smart enough. A University lecturer…
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Use Your Own Experiences to Avoid Panic and Anxiety The COVID-19 Virus is now a full-on global Pandemic. No one can predict how many will be infected, but the prospect of millions of victims has changed daily reality for everyone. We now have terms such as “Social distancing” and “Shelter in place” to describe new…
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An important step in career planning is to answer two simple, but really difficult questions: What do you want to accomplish? What is hindering you from achieving it? Sure, it is easy to say, “I want a promotion, more money, freedom, prestige, security, etc.”. However, these answers may skirt the real issues. What we say…
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