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CDA Insights

New Year, New Job Goal? Considerations to Make It Happen
A variety of online sources are always used to create these news articles for CDA Insights. A plethora of web articles cover the topics...
Jan 15, 20243 min read


Knowing Clients: Learning Who You Serve
Getting to know the client, from the first contact, through intake, and beyond the initial meetings, can generate a variety of thoughts...
Nov 20, 20233 min read


Conflict Management: Addressing the Inevitable
The outcome of any conflict should be a resolution leaning toward satisfaction and effectiveness, rather than distress or hostility. The...
Sep 18, 20233 min read


Values and Population Served: The Tenth Anniversary of CDA Insights
The 10th anniversary of CDA Insights could generate a desire to look back, however, that topic was already covered in the December 2021...
Feb 20, 20233 min read


Hope: A Leadership Strategy
Despite the fact that hope is only four little letters, it is a very big word. The thesaurus lists over 40 synonyms for hope, including...
Nov 21, 20223 min read


A Hybrid Work Model: Benefits and Challenges When Working Differently
Individuals and companies are benefiting from the massive transition occurring in work models. Study after study in the past two years...
Feb 21, 20223 min read


Salary, Pay, Wages – Oh, My! Earning in Today's Work World
An internet search on how to negotiate salary quickly pulls up all the usual articles and sources: “Words to Use When Negotiating...
Jan 17, 20223 min read


“Her-Storical” Perspective: Gender Issues in the Work World Today
The need to broaden and deepen our understanding of visionary women, gender bias, and career development cannot be limited to one month,...
Feb 15, 20213 min read


Supervision: More Effective Management Improves Relationships
Sometimes it seems like supervisors are constantly looking over the shoulder of workers and other times supervisors are at too great a...
May 18, 20202 min read


Impressions: First, Last, and Right, Wrong – What Is Being Said and Perceived?
Think of all the industries that have specific uses of the word “impression.” For example, we may know about printing (an impression from...
Feb 17, 20202 min read


Polarization: How to disagree without losing your job, career, or mind
Political polarization in the workplace may reach new heights in 2020. But it doesn’t have to. Yes, everyone is entitled to their...
Jan 20, 20203 min read


Syndromes and Solutions: Increasing Awareness of Issues Practitioners and Clients Face
What is in a name? What do names have to do with issues encountered in serving clients effectively? Remember when “spoiled brat” was the...
Oct 28, 20192 min read


The End: Year, Career, or Presentation – All Must Face an End
At the end of every year, it is natural to look back and review the past events. Why not similarly review one’s career, when a job ends?...
Dec 17, 20182 min read


Guiding Gen Z: Helping those entering the job market today and tomorrow
Generally, anyone born after 1995 through the mid-2000s is considered a member of Generation Z. Also referred to as Post-Millenials, they...
Nov 19, 20182 min read


Performance Reviews: The Career Development Side of Multi-Rater Feedback
For some people, it may be pretty scary to think that others are watching, evaluating, and commenting on their work at any given time....
Mar 19, 20182 min read


Metaphorically Speaking: Using Language Tools to Convey Career-life Meaning
Does your client walk away from your sessions nonplussed? Do the vets you assist realize your compliment of “passing with flying colors”...
Aug 21, 20173 min read


Corporate Culture: Understanding Leads to Collaboration
My company focuses on providing quality career services. We offer employees flexible work options and we do not house everyone in a...
Jun 22, 20172 min read


Execute is One Key for the Executive: The Optimal Package is The Goal
Creating and maintaining an effective strategy for an executive career is more work than most people can envisage. Networking, branding,...
Mar 20, 20172 min read


Performance: Examining Optimal Levels of Productivity as an Organization, Employee or Job Seeker
Dictionary.com offers eight different meanings of the noun performance and 19 synonyms were listed on thesaurus.com. Both include the...
Aug 15, 20163 min read


AM & PM
A universal truth is the sun rises and the sun sets. Its what each individual calls their “day” that is uniquely different. Next time you...
Aug 18, 20142 min read
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