Women Reentering The Work Force
It is wise to enter the Mommy Wars cautiously. The battles over the best ways to be a mother are fraught with tension with the battle over those who work “outside the home” (the new phrase to ensure that those who work inside the home are not offended!) and those that stay at home (is […]
Taking Control of Your Career
“Thank you. I feel in control of my life for the first time in a long while.” Jessica said. She had been working 6 intense years for a law firm in Stamford. The demanding work load was an issue but the bigger challenge for Jessica was the lack of control she felt in relation to […]
Big Trend: Employee Free Society
Some big thinkers have postulated that the employer-employee relationship will radically shift in the next 20 years. We all grew up in the world of “employment”. We’ve taken for granted that getting a job working for someone else is the normal way of living. It wasn’t dominant until a couple hundred years ago. Farmers, merchants, […]
May 1st: Spring is hear, time for career change
I love the beginning of each month. Beyond January 1, I announce the 1st day of the month to the family. Yes, my three children give various shakes of their head. But while laughing at their silly Dad, they occasionally smile as there is something nice about a fresh start. May is particularly a great […]
Career advice: Life passes by unless you take control
“I guess I thought something would change.” Denise said. She took a job in 2008 at a hotel in Mystic, Connecticut. She was just happy to have a job as the country was entering into the teeth of the Great Recession. Having graduated from Eastern Connecticut with a business major, she thought working at a […]
Career Advice for Twenty and Thirtysomethings: Here’s how to avoid a mid-life crisis
My friends are now middle aged. Fortunately, most all are in good health. So, for those who have had a mid-life crisis, the cause stemmed only from (1) relationship troubles and (2) career troubles. Those are the two big blocks of life happiness for most people. If you get those 2 right, keep in good […]
That’s a big reason why I started my company…
My son attends Old Saybrook High School in Connecticut and was suffering over typical inane rules that govern our education system. “You have to follow the rules of people who have authority over you.” I explained. I was definitely not an unquestioning rule follower when I was his age. I would ask “why” if I […]
Career Change: Imagine doing something else
“You start doing something and close your eyes long enough, you can’t imagine doing anything else.” a bartender explaining why he still works at a bar despite being an alcoholic in The Numbers Station (a forgettable John Cusack film)My friends at General Electric will sometimes talk to me in a way that makes me realize that they […]
Career Change: It rarely is ever “the right time”
“I always thought it was not the right time. When 40 approached, I realized that there will never be the right time.” Melanie, a mid-level manager at a bank in Shoreline, Connecticut said.As Melanie told her tale, I mentally checked off some of the usual reasons:(1) even though she quickly realized it was a mismatched […]
Rainy Monday morning… are you excited to go to work?
“Rainy days of Monday always get me down…” I think this is an old Carpenter’s song. I used to feel anxiety on Mondays and other random days because I had to go to work. Now… as strange as this sounds… I am often excited to get to work, on any particular day, because I get […]