Holiday / Vacation Benefit

When you are in the right business / job, one of the benefits of taking a real break, as I did during the Christmas to New Years stretch is that your brain starts to work in new and fresh ways. Your creativity is sparked. You see new solutions to old problems and opportunities where they didn't seem to exist back in November.

This has certainly been the case with me over the years, and this holiday was no exception.

Keyword = Buzzing.

Lots of great ideas, and new points of view. So, here's to a prosperous, healthy, and peaceful New Year, and from my perspective, one where you find ways to do the kind of work you want to do and were meant to do.

Cheers.

What I am working on with my clients

The holiday season and the new year is a time for reflection, goal setting and planning for the coming year. If you are thinking about making changes our pursuing your professional goals, you might be interested in the following:

A lot of people ask me what it is I work on with my clients. Well, it varies. I am working with a lot of great clients right now and it is a priviledge to be able to help them along their path to greater career fulfillment and the achievement of their goals.

To give you an idea, here is a sample of my current client projects:

* Unemployed sales manager in urgent job search

* Marketing coaching for an independent HR consultant

* Helping an Italy-based GM move from his existing position to a new opportunity, including resume writing, and job search advising

* Helping a sales professional move into her dream industry

* Helping an accountant in public practice find a controller position in private industry

* Advising a California-based VP, Software Development on his positioning in the market, including setting up online tools to help promote himself

* Coaching a young-ish CEO of a start-up company to help him perform and execute better

* Director of Software Development in job search

* Helping a Calgary-based executive with the initial creation of an innovative start-up idea

As you can see, there is a wide variety of client types, situations, and locations. Intrigued?

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Kids, Holidays & Balance

First, a Happy Thanksgiving to you if you are in the US. Canadian thanksgiving is in October, so yours always feels like the start of holiday season.

Man, I am excited about Christmas and this holiday season. My kids are just at that right age. I find myself remembering what my parents did for me consistently year after year. I was lucky. I don't know how much effort it took them. All I know, is I had great Christmas.'

My kids are lucky too. But, life is busy. It was a scramble just to get the pumpkins carved this year for Halloween. Good intentions are great, but sometimes I am not sure that I am giving them the same benefits. Bad parenting or a symptom of our crazy lives?

I am determined to do the best job I can do for my children and family this year and to demonstrate the true giving spirit of Christmas this year by showing them how it is important to give to those less fortunate.

I wish us all due attention and focus on what is truly important in our lives this holiday season.