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Life

Feelings, Emotions and Moods: How to Say What You are Experiencing

Aware or not, most people experience a wide range of emotions during an average day. And, these experiences are highly…
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Leadership

What is an Executive Coach?

During some point in your career, there may be an opportunity to consider hiring an executive coach. Whether you seek…
Leadership

Lead Your Team to Success: Ask The Right Questions

When Joel, a senior VP of sales, first began his executive coaching engagement with me, he was perplexed. His team had…
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Career, Leadership, Life

8 Holiday Sanity Savers

Holiday stress is real. According to a survey conducted by Healthline, 62 percent of respondents described their stress level as…
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Career

Writing Your Resume? Make Sure You Know the Rules!

In the past two years, there have probably been more changes in resume writing than the past two decades. Knowing…
Career

7 Ways to Maximize Your Career Coaching Experience

Congratulations! By deciding to engage the services of a career coach, you’ve just taken the first step in your self-improvement…
Career

Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When You Negotiate Salary

You could earn an additional $600,000 by engaging in one business practice: negotiating. A study published in the Journal of Organizational…
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Career

Becoming a Manager: What No One Tells You

Becoming a manager is a career milestone. It marks a big shift from employee to leader and is often part…
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Leadership

The Cost of Avoiding Crucial Conversations

Crucial conversations — about an employee’s performance, professional development or career path — have the potential to become emotional. This…
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Career, High School/College

How to Help Your Child Figure Out A Career Path

Professional athletes understand the importance of training during the “off season” to help them become stronger and smarter players when…
Career

5 Ways to Choose the Best Career Coach

You will spend approximately 90,000 hours of your life at work and more than 200 hours a year commuting. That’s an…
Leadership, Wellness

Leaders: Feeling Overwhelmed? 9 Strategies to Avoid Burnout

Are you constantly tired, irritable and/or stressed? Executive overwhelm manifests itself in myriad ways, from emotional volatility to an inability…
Career

Career Coach Strategies to Reduce Workplace Stress and Anxiety

Workplace stress can be as damaging to your health as secondhand smoke, according to a team of researchers at Harvard Business…
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Career, Life

Confidence in Leadership: Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

Caroline described herself as a “serial job hopper.” She had trouble staying with a job for more than a year,…
Coaching Stories

Rebecca’s Career Coaching Story

What is the right career fit for me? Situation When Rebecca came to JMA, she had been a consultant in…
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