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Jun 20, 20223 min read

Weighty Decisions: Multiple Factors and Choices

One client shares a worry over when to get a degree while family responsibilities and health care are significant time-drains. Another...

Mar 21, 20222 min read

Worldwide Connections: Think Globally, Act Locally

Did you ever consider the fact that someone else is doing the same work as you, but in a different part of the world? When we narrow our...

Feb 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...

Jan 17, 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...

Dec 20, 20212 min read

Don't Look Back! Letting Go of the Past

December is a good month to review the past year, assess and set goals, and... STOP! Don't look back! Just because all the television...

Nov 15, 20212 min read

Executive Challenges Today: Help is Needed at the “Hire” Levels

It is easy to generate questions surrounding the challenges faced by executives today. For example, are “teamwork” and “executives” an...

Oct 18, 20212 min read

Red Flags: Warnings of Pain and Change

In a matter of seconds, someone could be hurt because a red flag was overlooked. In those same few seconds, 74+M google results covering...

Sep 20, 20212 min read

Comparisons: Aim to Support Career Confidence

The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Yet people still believe others have found more satisfaction, rewards, or...

Aug 16, 20212 min read

Dysfunctional Thoughts: Hindrances to Successful Career Problem Solving

Because life isn't always rosy, we may need to take time to look at what is interfering with the chance of a positive outcome to a career...

Jul 19, 20212 min read

Beneficial Reviews: Learning by Looking at Self

Whether a review is about personal performance or the quality of a product, its only as good as the time put into creating it. The...

Jun 21, 20212 min read

Set Up for Success: Strong Attributes for the Future

While “be prepared” may be known as a boy scout motto, it also fits some personality types (e.g. SJ's in Myers-Briggs type language)....

Apr 19, 20212 min read

Dreams: Exploring Career Aspirations

As opposed to being fulfilled in sleep, career dreams or aspirations may reveal or influence career decisions or journeys. Practitioners...

Mar 15, 20212 min read

Team Work: Factors that Lead to a Better World

The more distanced the world became in 2020, the more the desire for connectedness increased. Workers knew intuitively that they needed...

Feb 15, 20213 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,...

Jan 18, 20212 min read

Growth and Opportunity: Which Comes First?

What do people think of when they hear the word “opportunity”? Maybe they wonder how to create... or take advantage of... or seek... or...

Dec 21, 20202 min read

The Present: Focusing on What Is Needed Right Now

No one wants to spend the last few days of 2020 looking back at a year that was fraught with fear, change and challenges. Looking to 2021...

Nov 16, 20202 min read

Optimism: Being an Intentionally Positive and Unconventional Leader

While no one would argue that 2020 made it difficult for even optimists to feel positive, one role of the career professional is to...

Sep 21, 20203 min read

Terms of Endearment

Last year, CDA Insights explored what “Gig” meant. There are many other terms used in the field of career development, with and without...

Aug 17, 20202 min read

Wisdom: Knowledge Increases Effective Decision Making

Most people know the quote “With age comes wisdom” but few know the five words that actually follow: “...sometimes age comes alone.”...

Jul 20, 20202 min read

Enhancing the Job Search: Successful Tricks when Facing a Tricky Search

Of course the all-important word “LinkedIn” is going to be included somewhere on this page about enhancing the job search. There is no...

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