At Now What?® we help you chart your course based on the same principle. Read on to be reminded that ‘ANYTHING is possible!’ “How Kat Cole Went from Hooters Girl to President of Cinnabon by Age 32.”
Career Change
Spin A Different Yarn
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang Stories make up a big part of who we are. It’s how we relate to our past, it’s how we create our future, it’s how we entertain ourselves and sometimes, how we escape. In coaching, especially career change coaching, stories believed too stubbornly can be exactly what is…
Facing the Grizzly
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang When one goes to Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, like I did this month, you are given repeated instructions on how to deal with a Grizzly Bear should you encounter one. You don’t run. That would trigger the bears’ chase instinct and they will outrun…
Now What Q&A: Dealing with Ambivalence
Today’s question comes from a member of our community who lives in Westchester, NY and who participated in a recent Community Call. It’s answered by Laura Berman Fortgang. Question: I have the right job in terms of my role and the skills I’m using. I just want to do it for a different organization. It’s been eight years…
Halloween: Addressing the DARK Side
By Laura Berman Fortgang For years, we coaches have insisted that coaching is distinct from therapy. It is, but we are trained to recognize the dark side of life and personalities and we are not afraid of it. It comes up. It happens. In the spirit of Halloween, and the sometimes-scarier aspect of ourselves, there…
Money Shouldn’t Hold You Back
By Kirsten Meneghello, Now What? Facilitator Most clients I work with have some issues around money. An issue might be raised upfront, when the client says he/she can’t afford coaching; or it may show up later in the process, when the client feels he/she can’t transition into another field because of fear around money. “Is…