Category: Career coaching
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Why My Coaching is Designed to Challenge You (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
Let’s face it: too much of business coaching these days feels like a warm hug. It’s all about building rapport, nodding empathetically, and letting you decide what’s “best” for you. But here’s the dirty little secret: comfort doesn’t lead to growth. If you want a coach who will hold space for your excuses, let you…
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Your Resume is Not a Work History Document. It’s a Marketing Document.
If you’re approaching your resume like a list of everything you’ve ever done, stop. Your resume is not a work history document; it’s a marketing document. Just like a business markets its best features to attract the right customers, your resume should market your most relevant skills, experiences, and accomplishments to attract potential employers. Here’s…
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Unleashing the Hidden Job Market: A Hiring Manager’s Perspective
As a seasoned operations executive and long-time hiring manager at startups, I’ve seen firsthand the incredible power of the hidden job market. Let me share a personal story that illustrates this point. A few years ago, my team was struggling to fill a critical engineering role. We had posted the job on popular job boards,…
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Ditch the STAR, Embrace the CAAR
A Proven Formula for Interview Success Are you tired of generic interview answers that leave you feeling unmemorable? It’s time to level up your interview game with the CAAR technique. This structured approach, championed by career expert Andrew Lacivita, is a game-changer for crafting compelling and impactful responses. What is the CAAR Technique? CAAR is…
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The Extreme Interview Prep Process
It may sound extreme, but I recommend up to 10 hours of preparation per company that you are interviewing with. Yes, that sounds like overkill, but the average interview process is 2-3 interviews of 40 minutes. Your performance in these 1-2 hours could be the most crucial hours in an entire decade, when it comes…
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Coaching Companion Tips for New Clients
Successful coaching depends on a relationship and mutual communication. If you want to get the absolute most out of that coaching relationship, I cannot recommend The Coaching Companion too much. This book provides an in-depth approach to clients for maximizing the value and minimizing the friction in their coaching journey. The Coaching Companion Entering into a coaching…
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Tips on How to Get the Most from Your Coaching Experience
If you’re new to executive coaching, business coaching, or high performance coaching, I would highly recommend starting with the following steps even before you begin your first session: Learning about coaching The coaching you’re seeking is probably not going to look exactly like what you may see on TV… …but it can still be life…