Work Better, Live Better
...because Life's Too Short for Work to Stink (#Lifes2short4work2stink)
What's the next step in your career?
Any next step should be your "best next step" because life's too short for work to stink.
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."
George Harrison said it, but we'll echo it. You need focus: What do you want to do? Who needs what you have? That's what we do. Help you figure out where you're going and get you there fast.
You've got to be proactively managing your career; no one's doing it for you.
How do you prepare yourself for marketplace needs that are constantly shifting?
That means, it’s up to each one of us to manage our sustainable employ-ability.
What are you doing?
Do you have the right players in the right role at the right time?
Aligning talent with organizational needs is a strategic imperative in today's global economy.
Is your organization leveraging its talent to the fullest?
Our Services
A sampling of the services our team offers
Individual Coaching
We provide highly customized executive coaching services for our clients, recognizing that each person's situation is unique. Rates for individual executive coaching sessions start at $250/hr.
Design + Facilitation
Our staff offer a range of expertise in leadership and executive development processes and content - deliver virtually, in small group, or conference settings.
Meet Our Team
Click on the Name field to view our team member's LinkedIn profile
Managing Partner | Practice Lead
"Life's too short for work to stink" - so what are you doing to align your strengths with career?
Managing Partner | Practice Lead
"The Flourish Factor means: Why just survive when you can thrive?"
Brand Strategist | LinkedIn Profile Writer
"In today's digital world, you have to carefully control your online professional visibility ."
Entrepreneur Coach | Brand Strategist
"In today's world you have to think like a brand whether for your self or your business."
The "Flourish Factor"
People often ask us where the idea for the Flourish Factor originated. It all started when Debra and her husband purchased a previously owned home in Northern California.
On the back patio, the previous owners had left behind a pine tree in a planter box. It was a perfectly fine little pine tree. It was green; it was growing; it was healthy.
After moving the pine tree around on the patio for a few years, Debra decided she wanted to plant it in the backyard.
Over the course of the next year, the pine tree grew at twice its normal rate -- flourishing in its new environment.
It was then that Debra realized that people are just like that pine tree. There are environments in which we can exist and survive, but in the right environment we can actually thrive and flourish.
When she shared the story with Danielle, they realized what a fitting metaphor it was for the research they were completing for the book. Thus was born the idea of the Flourish Factor profile.
Check out the Flourish Factor Profile for yourself in our book: FOCUS: Creating Career + Brand Clarity, 2nd Edition (http://amzn.to/2p7TkBl)
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- The Blog
Thoughts, musings, ruminations, and hopefully some pearls of wisdom.
October 11, 2018Read more...As we enter Q4, many of us will start to reflect on our careers -- whether because it’s annual...September 13, 2018Read more...In the past two weeks, I've been asked numerous times by clients, contacts, and friends, how to...May 15, 2017 · Personal Branding,LInkedinRead more...With LinkedIn’s overhaul, they’ve now placed your activity front-and-center on your profile page...More Posts 12-Month Career Checklist
We advise our clients to put 30-minutes on their calendars each month to proactively manage their career.
Often, our clients intellectually understood the idea, but struggled with execution.
This checklist is a tool to guide the possible activities you ideally should be completing.
If you find it helpful, please give us feedback on our CONTACT US page!
FOCUS: Creating Career + Brand Clarity
In the 2nd, expanded edition of their book, FOCUS: Creating Career & Brand Clarity, 2nd ed., the authors have outlined a very simple, easy to follow process that helps professionals gain clarity to be able to develop an entrepreneurial approach to determining their next-best-step.
Click here to buy now it now on Amazon.com (http://amzn.to/2p7TkBl)
Quoted in the Media:
BUILD YOUR DIGITAL BRAND INTERVIEW SERIES
Personal Branding Experts Share Their Knowledge - January 2017
FORBES:
6 Ways to Tame Your Inner Workaholic - October 2017
Here's How Millennials are Preparing for Success in 2017 - December 2016
How to Lead a Team when You're Not the Boss - November 2016
FAST COMPANY:
Evaluate an Employer on Social Media - January 2016
Dream Job a Nightmare? - February 2016
Parenting to be a Better Manager? - February 2016
8 Common Networking Disasters - April 2016
DAILYWORTH:
Everything You Need to Know about References - May 2016
You Don't Have to Stay at Your Job for Years- April 2016
CNN:
10 Common Sense Interview Tips - October 2010
CAREERBUILDER:
Getting Past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) - July 2015
QUINTCAREERS.COM
Tell Me About Yourself | Elevator Pitch - August 2014
Interviewing: "Why Should We Hire You?" - March 2014
OTHER
The Essential HR Book Consultant of the Month - July 2014
Interviewing Tips: Be Presentable - December 2013
How Do I Develop a Personal Brand
Article and Webcast for Association of Talent Development (March + June 2018)
Managing Your Employability with MS
Article for Can Do Multiple Sclerosis Website and National Webinar (February 2016)
Career Development Trends Identified:
March 2010 - Tips to Evaluate Your Personal Brand
January 2010 - Dr. Dave Hale: Social Media Predictions for 2010
Contact Us
Because career management is a unique and individual process for each client (whether corporate or individual), we limit the number of clients with whom we work at any point in time.
Our executive consultants personally guide the alignment of talent with organizational needs. On an individual level, they guide clients to determine the right “next best step” and help them get there fast -- even in the "confidential search" process.
As such, we are not always able to accept new clients. Please contact us about availability.
Consortium for Change (C4C) is a network of select coaches, consultants, leadership development experts, and transformation advisors who collaborate to drive transformational change in leaders and organizations.
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