Last week, one of my executive coaching clients showed up to our meeting pretty agitated. She was getting the sense her boss had it out for her. A certain issue had become a sticking point, and she felt like she was getting picked on. Typically, I’m all for confronting the issue. It’s often best to…
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Purpose is Practical
By Ginny Kravitz, Now What?® Facilitator To the Mountaintop and Back Who am I? Why am I here? Whether it’s for you personally or in an organizational context, identifying your core purpose can have a profound and lasting impact. When I guide someone through the process of discovering his/her purpose, I describe it this way:…
Learn as You Go
By Ginny Kravitz, Now What?® Facilitator But You Don’t Know Anything About It We were seated next to each other at a dinner party for mutual friends who were about to move cross-country. Val, an executive for a large non-profit organization, asked me a question I’m often asked: How did you make the change? She was familiar…
What’s Bugging You?
by Ginny Kravitz, Deputy Editor It’s In Your Face In coach lingo, they’re called tolerations, drains, or what you’re putting up with. In plain language, they’re the things that bug you. Though counting your blessings is a wonderful practice, it’s also helpful to periodically inventory the stuff that bugs you. Why on earth would you want to…
A Perfect Partner, A Perfect Career – How lessons in love help our search for meaning
By Jill Berquist, Now What? A-Team Recently Ginny Kravitz joined me on a community call to discuss tips for the pursuit of meaning and happiness in work, life and love. We came up with some interesting ideas about the quest for meaning in relationships and in work. And for our purposes, this quest need not only be in…
Go, Go, Go!
by Ginny Kravitz, Deputy Editor Everybody Needs It It was a few days before my birthday in early December 2009, and a card from my parents had just arrived in the mail. Mom’s Alzheimer’s symptoms were still subtle at that time. Previously she would have written “Dear Ginny” and “Love Mom and Dad.” In this card, however, there…