It's important to have an active career management plan to ensure you remain visible and relevant in your career. Whether you're seeking a promotion, looking for a new job, launching an entrepreneurial venture, or leaving your industry, you want to be ready. 

While there are a lot of things you can do, here a few simple ones you can do over a weekend. On my segment this month on AM Northwest, I shared the following tips:

1. Update Your Profile Pics: Photos are the first thing people...

The average divorce rate in the US is between 40-50%. Why do I bring that up? Because the "divorce rate" among new hires and their employers is about the same!

Studies have shown that nearly half (46%) of new hires fail within the first 18 months due mostly to cultural incompatibility. Translation...people don't now what they want or what best suits them when it comes to their career. As a result of their lack of self-awareness they make poor career moves and often end up in unfulfilling,...

Ok, so a last week I talked about needing a NEW definition of "career." Well, if we redefine the idea of career we have to expand how we talk about a career coach. 

Google, and most of my own coaches, required me to choose a recognizable category so people can find me or have some idea of what I do, so the closest I can come to is career coach. Although you may find that I call myself a career strategist for midlife rebels (it just has a ring to it don't you think?). As...

It's very common for my clients to come to me because they want out of their current job. Whether it's a bad boss, misfit with the organizational culture, or longstanding dissatisfaction, they've reached the stage in their career where they're ready to pull the eject button.

However, I believe it's ill-advised to leave a position while you're unhappy because you're not thinking clearly about what you want...you're only focused on getting out. This can often lead you out of the frying pan and...

What comes to mind when you hear the word "career?" What comes to mind with regard to your own career?

The traditional definition of a career is “an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress.” This definition is outdated and reminiscent of the days when you landed a job and stayed there until you retired. The economic crash in the 1980's marked the end of this traditional idea of career in my opinion.

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It's summertime and that means it's graduation, wedding, weekends at the beach, and summer dinner party season. Whatever fun and exciting...

Veterans and Memorial Day have significant meaning for me because they remind me of my Father's service to his country and that I miss him terribly. My Dad fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars and received several medals of honor including a Purple Heart for being one of the estimated 351,794 men and women who were wounded or killed in that war. I'm so grateful he made it home and was able to share his life and life's lessons with me up until he left us in 2012.

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As summer begins to creep up around the corner, are you counting the days until you can get a break from your job? Are you dreaming about the day when you can walk away for good? Have you been wanting to course correct or accelerate a new chapter in your career??

If you answered yes, then you'll want to read through today's newsletter carefully today.

The career path you choose is one of the most important decisions you make in life. After all, most of your waking...

Whether you're starting out, considering a shift, or going after your dreams, your professional journey will be met with a few bumps and set backs. In order to inspire on to great things in your career, I've assembled 10 of favorite, and most used, inspirational career success quotes.

The cool thing about these quotes is that can be used for your career progression, but also in everyday life.

Hopefully these words will motivate you and give you hope as you find your purpose, step...

I had the distinct honor and privilege of giving a TEDx talk this past February. While prepping for my talk taught me so much, that's the not the focus of this particular blog post.

The idea of TED talks is to bring forth "an idea worth sharing," and with that charge all I could think to share was the challenge of fit versus belonging.

You see, I spent almost 50 years of my life trying to live up to societal and other's expectations of me. Trying to be what I thought others wanted,...