There’s a lot of hype at the moment about knowing your personal brand. Let’s break it down – what is a personal brand, and why is a personal brand important in career search as well as managing your career? What is a personal branding statement? When I coach career and leadership coaching clients, we often […]
“So how are you doing?” I asked an old friend the other day. “Busy! I’m just so busy at the moment. It’s crazy trying to find enough time in the day to get everything done. I don’t know where the time goes. How about you?” “Oh, keeping busy too I guess.” I vaguely hear myself […]
A proud child of the eighties, I’m sometimes reminded of that Whitesnake song, “Here I go again on my own. Going down the only road I’ve ever known. Like a drifter I was born to walk alone!”
Catchy huh? Except for the fact that the songwriter was more concerned with finding the perfect rhyme than sharing an important truth about life. Which brings me to the point of today’s blog: how to develop a support network. Cultivating a robust support network is an important ingredient in the multifaceted recipe of resilience.
The other day I was going through my writing files and found a bunch a blogs I had never used. I re-read them, and truth be told – some of them were actually pretty good. Maybe not award winning good, but good enough to get a chuckle or two from a bemused reader over their […]
The self-care word is everywhere these days, and marketers have wasted no time in exploiting this tagline to peddle anything from aromatherapy to underwear. Treat yourself to a moment of self-care – you deserve it! It’s the same old song and dance, just with a different name. And we fall for it, over and over […]
It’s amazing how some things are just a universal truth, no matter if I’m working with an executive coaching client, a leadership coaching client or a career coaching client – everyone is inundated with email. The irony is that very little of the email we get is very important. And yet, many of us treat […]
A month after I packed in my job and started my own company, I decided to reward myself with a two-week meditation retreat. A few weeks of blissful self-reflection in the wilds of the Colorado mountains. A fitting start for a trail-blazing woman who has just left the madness of the corporate grind to embark […]
Life is full of annoying administrative tasks you have to do. You may be thinking, why should I add another one to the mix? Besides, isn’t my boss responsible for guiding my career and sharing developmental opportunities with me? Wrong, wrong, wrong. One of my favorite sayings in life comes from the immortal mouth of […]
To everything There is a season And a time to every purpose, under heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To everything There is a season […]
The Pernot household is no stranger to the importance of safety. My husband, having worked in construction for years, lives and breathes it, as he is acutely aware that every day he is responsible for the lives and well-being of his crew. And moi, having worked in large, manufacturing companies for a great portion of […]
