When I had the opportunity to shift from full-time to part-time work, I wasn’t sure how to make that transition easily or in a timely way. Do I just flip the switch and go from full-time, whatever that is, to part-time, whatever that is? I had to first assess the time factors and define hours
BEFORE ZOOM and AFTER ZOOM When I started a new chapter as a consultant and a coach in 1999, and worked for a consulting company as an independent, self-employed, contract consultant, we communicated with each other and clients via email, free conference telephone calls and mobile phone calls remotely from anywhere we had service. At
This post is about COACHING, not the basketball kind, although it is the end of March and the end to the march to the Final Four. The title is a double entendre and I am using the analogy to illustrate some similarities. I filled out my bracket and picked the Final Four who will
The phrase “Better Living Through Chemistry” is a variant of a DuPont advertising slogan, “Better Things for Better Living… Through Chemistry.” DuPont adopted it in 1935 and it was their slogan until 1982 when the “Through Chemistry” part was dropped. Since 1999, their slogan has been “The miracles of science”. Either way, they elevated “better
Every choice we have made has brought us to where we are at this moment in time. That and the choices we make today will likely influence where we’re headed tomorrow. Here is one story that illustrates the inevitable choice > consequence (result) equation. Name is changed to protect privacy. 1 – Andrew, who did
When did the shift occur when companies, including grocery stores and department stores, started wanting customers to do what they did previously? Examples are self-checkout and online apps for financial services, communication, health care, government agencies, and others. It seems like an ill-informed move toward cost-cutting by having fewer or lower paid employees. Now we
