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Category Archives: Assessments
Retirement …… ????
Does anyone else find it difficult to retire? I have retired three times and am still working. I must admit I am closer to retirement this time and am actually learning to sleep until 6 a.m.! Feels odd just to … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Coaching, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Empowering people, FaceBook, Life coaching, Lifestyle, LinkedIn, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Retirement, Service Clubs, Social Media, Volunteering
Tagged Assessments, Coaching, Employment, Life coach, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Personality type, Retire, Retirement, Sudoku, Widow-Work, Work
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Culture and the Community
Every business, every community, every country; all have their own culture. They reflect our values, ethics and demographics. We tend to associate culture with those who bring their traditions and values from another region or country, but we all have … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Clients, Coaching, Customers, Diversity, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Lifestyle, Relationships, Sales
Tagged Business, Career, Clients, Coaching, community, Country, Culture, Customers, demographics, Employees, Employment, Ethics, Job-seekers, Life coach, Organizational development, Product, relationships, Seniors, Service, Target Market, Traditions, Values, Volunteers
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Personality and Career
Personality preferences do impact how we go about our daily business. One of the most used personality assessments is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® or MBTI®. Personality type does not limit what a person can do as any type can do … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Career development, Coaching, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Tagged Assessments, Career, Employment, Extraversion, Feeling, Introversion, Intuition, Judging, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Perceiving, Personality, Personality type, Preferences, Sensing, Thinking
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Resumes – Truth or Fiction?
The resume has been around forever, a dossier of skills, aptitudes, and experience. It has changed little although it now is presented in videos, on CD’s as well as the ever-popular buff, 24-pound paper. But what is the relevance? For … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Communication, Community Futures, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Team development
Tagged Accomplishments, applicant, aptitude, Assessments, Business, Communication, Computer Skills, Cursive Writing, Employees, Employment, Experience, Interview, Recruitment and Retention, References, Resume, Skills, team building
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Who are They Really?
This post departs a little from the norm in that it as a bit of a rant. A magazine that I respect and read cover to cover religiously has just posted its annual ‘Top 100 Businesses in British Columbia” as … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Leadership, organizational change
Tagged British Columbia, Business, community, Companies, Corporations, Economy, Lifestyle, Province, Social Enterprise, Social Responsibility, Top 100 Businesses in British Columbia
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The Politics of Business
In my role as an Employment Counsellor I got to hear many stories of why people found themselves unemployed. For some it was simply that the business wasn’t doing well and there was not enough cash flow for them to … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Coaching, Communication, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Human resources, Leadership, Listening, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Team development
Tagged Assessments, Business, CEO, Change, Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Culture, Employee retention, Employees, Employment, Human Resources, Leadership, Manager, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Organization, Organizational Change, Owner, Politics, Recruitment and Retention, relationships, Resignation, Staff Training, team building, Workshops
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disABILITY
We are sometimes blinded by what we see or our perceptions of who people are. We consciously or subconsciously measure their abilities by what we see or hear. That is not who they are. Physical or mental issues can set … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Career development, Clients, Coaching, Community Futures, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Life coaching, Lifestyle, self-employment, Training
Tagged Abilities, Attitude, Business, Cedar, Disabilities, Employer, Employment, Inclusion, Organizational development, Parksville, Recruitment and Retention, Social Enterprise, Training, Unemployed, WorkBC Employment Centre, Workforce
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