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Savvy Professional Career Wisdom by Caroline Dowd-Higgins
This is Not the Career I Ordered is read by thousands of careerists around the globe. With savvy tools, inspiration, and resources, this timeless book empowers you to enjoy your career, and love your life!
What are You Waiting For? Just Do it!
As a career development and executive coach, I work with many individuals who are focused on making changes to their lives and careers to better align their values and strengths. But for some, their best plans often get stalled in analysis paralysis, which results in stagnation and a hard stop to forward momentum. Perfection is […]
The Best Valentine’s Day Gift is to Love Yourself
It’s the time of year for cards with red hearts, chocolates, and flowers as Valentine’s Day is celebrated in February. It causes anxiety for some who are seeking affection, and bliss for others who are celebrating their love with someone special. This Valentine’s Day I encourage you to see it through a different lens. Celebrate […]
How My 10-year Vision Helped Me Design My Ultimate Career
Special thanks to Matthew Moheban for this guest blog post. He is the Co-Founder of Live220 and 220 Leadership, companies he started with his brother to help students and young professionals shatter their perceived limitations to create the life, career and relationships of their dreams. Long-term thinking prioritizes what matters Since I was in high school, I had […]
Job Searching With Heart – Part II: Finding the Right Fit
Philosopher and theologian, Howard Thurman famously said: “Don’t ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” In my blog post last week – “Job Searching With Heart: Part One,” Thurman’s inspiring quote served as a jumping off […]
Job Searching With Heart: Tap Into What You Love – Part I
During this time of year when hearts abound in every bakery, big box store, and card shop, I send a wish that you’re following your own when it comes to your work. If you find yourself at a career crossroads – wondering about your next move – I offer up the words of author, philosopher […]
Career Momentum: It’s Time to Stop Dreaming and Start Activating
So many of us have waited for the perfect job description to magically appear and make all of our career dreams come true. Or, a perfectly balanced life with less stress, more time to exercise, well-behaved kids and the ideal life partner. What are you waiting for? It’s time to stop wishing for great things […]
Career Advice: 7 Tips for Getting Noticed at Work
Through my coaching practice and travels, I’ve met a number of women who’ve shared that they prefer to avoid the spotlight at work. When I’ve inquired as to why, some say they don’t want to seem like they’re “playing the political game,” or coming across as “too pushy.” Others say they don’t want to be […]
5 Ways to Nurture Yourself with “You Time”
Now that the holidays are behind us, I’d like to ask…did you give yourself a gift or two during this past season of celebrations? I posed this question to some of my friends and clients, and responses have included everything from upgrading to the latest laptop, to buying an electric pressure cooker for speedier family […]
Work/Life Integration: Being Busy is Nothing to Brag About
I conducted a social experiment and asked the question, “How are you?” to several individuals of different ages, career fields, socio-economic backgrounds, geographies, and perspectives. The people I queried all responded with some variation of how busy they were. Their responses were stress-filled and frustrated and their self-reported state of busy was clearly causing them […]
Is Sleep Deprivation a Silent Career Killer?
This guest blog was written William Loper, a freelance writer who loves to spend time researching new and exciting topics. On the weekend he enjoys a glass of wine and a non-fiction book and can be reached at will@blogondirt.com. Are you not sleeping for a better work-life? Well, this is a wrong notion which you should […]
Design Your Life and Career so It Doesn’t Happen by Default
The launch of the book, Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans – professors at Stanford University has empowered professionals to use the design thinking process to intentionally create meaningful careers. As a career & executive coach, I have been using this process with great success serving clients interested in being a designer […]
The Art of Public Speaking and How It Can Enhance Your Career
Among the pressing fears for human beings, public speaking ranks at the very top along with heights and bugs. As someone who really enjoys public speaking, I realize that I may be part of a small population but I also know how speaking has enhanced my communication and leveraged my career brand. I offer wisdom […]
Redesign the Future of Work for Women
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Recently, I attended a presentation featuring Kim Azzarelli, co-founder of Seneca Point Global and Deanna Bass, Director of HR and Diversity and Inclusion at Proctor and Gamble at the TEDWomen event in New Orleans. The overflowing crowd of women assembled for this session was brimming with energy to discuss solutions to make the world-of-work better […]
Design Your Life & Career with Purpose Event
January 18, 2018 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at Borshoff in downtown Indianapolis Join me and small group of smart and savvy professional women interested in honing their professional skills and designing personalized action plans for success to start 2018 off with purpose. My co-creators, Kris Taylor and Lindsay Boccardo and I have designed a full […]
