by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang For at least two years, I have been seeing a pattern in career transition clients that has confirmed a theory that I have relied on for a long time. It seemed that every time a client was really at a standstill in the progress of their career…
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Now What? Q &A-Is it the right time to start the program?
Today’s question is one that is often asked by our readers and is answered by Ginny Kravitz, Deputy Editor. Question: How do I know if this is the right time for me to start the Now What?® program? Answer: Here are some examples of other people who considered the same question of when to start. …
What Language Do You Speak?
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang Spanish? French? Arabic? German? Those are not the languages I am looking for when I ask what language do you speak? I am wondering if you up-language or down-language when you write or speak about yourself. By that, I mean do you undersell, oversell or get it…
What “I Don’t Know” Really Means
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang “But I don’t know what I want to do!” “I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know!” “If only I knew what ‘IT’ was that I was supposed to do!” I’ve heard all of these statements and more from seminar participants and clients. That overwhelming, anxiety-producing,…
CUT OUT THE MIDDLE STEP
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang Four years ago, at a bookstore event, a woman asked a question about a career strategy she was hatching. Her goal was to become a global director for the multinational company she worked for. Her question was about her next move to attain an interim position that…
REINVENTION: LESS ABOUT ADDITION AND MORE ABOUT SUBTRACTION
by Now What?® Coaching Founder, Laura Berman Fortgang We are clearly in the Age of Reinvention. So many industries are doing complete makeovers of themselves and some are even disappearing. The result: Those wanting to stay or become employed have to reinvent right alongside this trend or be closed out or left behind. Publishing, automotive,…