From my own experience I know that mid-life career change is not necessarily a well-executed A to B ’successful transition’ hockey-stick shaped graph with little regard to the past. The feelings, fears and hopes of others we care about are also intertwined with our own.
If you’re an experienced IT ‘Subject-Matter-Expert’ now interested in adding a management/leadership role to your professional skillset, CIO Simon Stapleton has written a useful 24 page e-book on “The Essence Of IT Leadership Vol 1“.
I downloaded and read it in about 30 minutes and here are some comments on what I’ve learned, written from a [...]
For nearly 2 years (while I was in CCIE “do or die” study mode) all I ever seemed to read were Cisco Press books. And even now my forearm muscle memory cannot forget carrying those 500(!) page books on 2 hour round trip commutes in crowded Tokyo trains, with one hand on the hanging strap [...]
There’s an old, somewhat worn out personal development / goal setting exercise that usually goes something like this:
“Imagine you’ve just six months to live.
What would you do?
Where would you go?
Who would you spend time with?”
I (and some of my coaching clients) invariably have trouble imagining our own future demise – it’s been no easy [...]
I mentioned career coach Joanne Dustin’s site, Career Lost and Found, in a previous post and today I’d like to review her book, “Life Beyond IT”. (Also available on Amazon.com)
Two important points:
First of all, this book is aimed directly at Information Technology professionals who are considering a career change, although the coaching themes running through [...]
Are you reading this and wondering when I’m going to ‘drop the hammer’ about setting career goals for 2008, and how you’re wasting your time with New Year Resolutions etc?
Nope, not this time.
Instead of looking forward, I want you to look backwards. (Pay attention – because this is heresy in most coaching circles).
Imagine you’ve just [...]
