On March 15th we recognized Equal Pay Day for Women in the Year of 2022. According to the AAUW (aauw.org), of which I am a proud, longstanding member, this is what Equal Pay Day means: This symbolic day denotes how far into the...

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that two coaching clients came to me recently in a quandary. Their problem? They did not trust themselves to make the “right” career decision. One of them is moving into the final stages of...

Back at the beginning of my career, I sold software for Computer Associates. I had an old-school manager who was nearing retirement when I joined his team. He was one of those sales guys who was full of stories and...

I was recently talking with a friend (more like bemoaning) about my career situation. Maybe you can relate. I was telling her that I was feeling sad and frustrated that my big dream of having a flourishing coaching business, a...

A job search has a lot of moving parts. I do not need to remind everyone of that. There are lots of things we are told we need to do in order to have a successful search. Just google “How...

I call myself a True Nature Career Coach. But the term “True Nature” can be unclear. If I said Negotiation Coach or Leadership Coach or Interview Coach you would get it. And I coach on all of those things but...

I was on a call with a candidate that I was talking to about a possible job opportunity. My first question always is “Tell me about yourself. How did you get started in  your career?” His reply was not atypical....

I’m in a quandary. I have a simple yet difficult question I’ve been asking myself. Do I recruit AND coach OR do I let go of recruiting and just coach? Recruiting has been a part of who I am, my identity,...

I was reading a book by a woman who has dedicated her life and career to helping people eat better, lose weight and improve their overall health. She valued living a healthy lifestyle. The basis of her program was that...

Listen up! Time for a 🎤 mic drop moment. While shoveling for the second time today I had a clearly Inspired thought. You know how that happens. Every day, actually in every moment, we have an opportunity to be either...