Individuals
Talent must be tended, like a garden.
You crave a role that will let you do what you do best…if you can just put your finger on what that is!
- Does This Describe You?
- You'd Be Surprised How Many People Struggle With This...
- Help For...
- Take the First Step...
- Research Shows...
- For Both Men and Women...
- For Women Pathway to Purpose...
- Presentations...
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Does this describe you?
- There's something tugging at your soul. You’re restless. Sometimes you wonder if this is all there is.
- You may be embarrassed for making a career or life choice that seemed all right at one time but has become increasingly unsatisfying. You've tried but you can't imagine how on earth you can change the situation and still meet your commitments.
- You wonder if the potential you thought you had will ever bear fruit...if you will ever do something that matters.
- You’re afraid you’ll have to start over at the beginning. If only you'd adjusted sooner.
- You’re willing to risk a change, if you can be sure it will be in the right direction.
You’d be surprised how many people struggle with this.
Yes, available tools and information have never been better. But Monster.com and Internet quizzes just aren’t enough for everyone.
As it says in the book, Pathway to Purpose, discerning your true vocation isn't easy for all of us. it’s like trying to put a puzzle together without seeing the picture on the front of the box…and you definitely don’t get all the puzzle pieces at once.
Vocational discernment is a lifelong process, and it IS puzzling at times. But with the right tools and attitude, what feels like a painful dead end can actually turn into a treasure hunt, with a payoff that promises both tangible and intangible rewards.
The key is integrating knowledge of your strengths with your responsibilities and dreams, evaluating the right match, and then finding the right steps. The sooner you identify the right course correction, the less drastic the fix. With help, you can save yourself years of spinning your wheels, and learn career navigation skills in the process that will help you for a lifetime.
Help for...
Career changers — in an occupation that doesn’t fit now. Maybe it used to...and maybe not.
Late bloomers — you’ve never quite found the right niche.
Employees or Managers — Navigating inside organizations isn’t easy and you’re not sure you’re on the right track, project, or in a work environment that fits. You need a safe, savvy place to puzzle this out so you can move forward.
Boomers and Retirees - can you take the status quo from here to retirement? And THEN what?
Gen X’rs -you have a LOT of choices as the Boomers begin to retire. Do you know which are a fit for you?
Millenials— you’re just starting out and the stakes are high. What’s right for you? And how do you negotiate a role that builds your portfolio AND maintains your flexibility?
Returning to work part– or full-time — The trade-offs and the transition need to be thought through before you leap.
Students - It’s show time soon. You’ve taken the courses, done the internships and exercises...and you’re still not sure which direction to choose.
Take the first step.
Contact me for an initial consultation at no charge.
We’ll talk first about your situation to get an overview of your challenges and whether I can help.
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Then, in the Assessment phase over the course of 4-5 sessions, we’ll map out lessons from your career path to date and, if needed, interpret results from the best assessments available, selected to shed light on your strengths and options. We’ll wrap up with a set of actionable recommendations.
We can meet in the office, over the phone, or by email.
In the Development Actions phase, I can act as your coach and cheerleader while you implement your plan, to help you follow through and make course corrections when necessary.
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
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Research and Experience Shows...
Focus on strengths — We tend to focus on fixing our weaknesses. Yet a landmark study of more than two million people by Gallup showed that taking our strengths to the next level, while working to minimize the impact of any weaknesses, is much more satisfying AND productive. But how can you do that if you can’t identify and articulate your strengths?
Accept what you can’t offer — and in doing so, face what may and may not be the best matches between you and the occupational world at this stage of your work life. It is just as important not to frustrate your lower aptitudes as it is to use your higher ones.
Know you are made for a purpose — not just to consume resources but to “add to life” in ways only you are designed to do, as Rick Warren says in The Purpose-Driven Life. There is nothing more exciting than uncovering and pursuing that purpose.
Though some tweaks or real change to your work life may be required, you don’t have to start over. None of your past work experience is wasted...but it may need to be reframed.
“I’ve known people...when their future suddenly came into focus. But most of us don’t see it all at once. We start with an inkling, a cluster of interests, a longing that won’t go away.” Bruce Wilkinson
For both men and women...
- Individual testing and consultation - the best interest, skills, talents, aptitude, and values instruments available, if needed. A fresh look at your vocational patterns can generate all kinds of options.
- Ongoing job search group - using 48 Days to the Work You Love, by Dan Miller.
For women...
- Certified Life Purpose Coaching, study groups, and workshops on clarifying your life purpose, based on the bestselling series by Dr. Katie Brazelton.
- Mothers Who Work: Ordering Your Dreams and Priorities God’s Way, workshops and presentations based on original research on the ways mothers who value quantity AND quality time with family juggle it all. Based on Pathway to Purpose principles.
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Presentations
- Late bloomers – God’s Design for Building Vocational Character
- It’s About Fit: Retaining (or Moving) Good People
- Challenges of the 4-Generation Staff
- Mothers Who Work
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