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CDA Insights
Mar 16, 20152 min read
Ask Quality Questions
Whether you are a counselor, career development facilitator, employer, or job-seeker, if you are not asking quality questions, you are...
Feb 16, 20152 min read
Engagement and Disengagement
Mental energy, like a muscle, requires specific developmental regimes. You cannot lift 300 pound weights for eight hours a day and expect...
Jan 19, 20152 min read
Retention
Organizations that look at their employees and only see labor costs are missing the chance to invest in their most important assets....
Dec 15, 20142 min read
Best & Worst of 2014
When your mission is to provide “quality career services informed by theory and researched best practices,” it is incumbent to take the...
Nov 17, 20142 min read
Work and Mental Health
“Work” and “mental health” are connected, somewhat contradictory or polar opposites in some people’s minds. Any given day or hour that...
Oct 20, 20142 min read
Write Right
Tips for writing well, when applied judiciously, can lead to success in all aspects of work and life. Storied examples from writers such...
Sep 15, 20142 min read
Virtual Work
Long distance relationships, whether work or personal, require dedicated communication skills. The more work-related the relationship,...
Aug 18, 20142 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...
Jul 21, 20142 min read
Mindfulness
Empirically confirmed, Buddhist practitioners and Zen masters got it right. Mindfulness is an effective tool. It should not be ignored by...
Jun 16, 20142 min read
Feedback
No man is an island. Alone. Stagnant. While it would be possible to go through life with the philosophy that “I don’t care what other...
May 19, 20142 min read
APPS and the Career Counselor
Options for managing one’s career continue to grow in correlation to technology. If a client is not keeping up, will you, the counselor,...
Apr 21, 20143 min read
Negotiation
It seems to be true that 65% of the time, you get what you ask for. Is this axiom true in the workplace? Other obvious factors include...
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