Defining Goals: Setting Intentional Directions
It is easy to identify synonyms for the word goal: ambition, intention, objective, target… It is more difficult to define individual...
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CDA Insights
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Look at Me: Getting Noticed Where You are Now
Workers may come to the conclusion that their best or only option for overcoming employment issues is to move to a new job or career...
- Mar 21
- 3 min
Be Quiet: Quitting and Firing Face Off
In the absence of intentional and mindful decisions regarding employment, many critical conversations are left unspoken. Supporting the...
- Feb 20
- 3 min
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...
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Coaching and Performance: A Relationship Centered Approach
Clever sayings can guide a coach's approach to their work. The coach may aim to be a “guide on the side, not a sage on the stage.” Or a...
- Dec 19, 2022
- 3 min
Future Waves: Unlocking Relevant Development
Readers of CDA Insights can look at published issues and see all the topics covered over the years. In fact, the 10th anniversary of this...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
Minds at Work: The Role of Social-Emotional Skills in the World of Work
Can all skills be taught? Who is the better teacher of soft skills: parents, schools, employers, friends? Which jobs require the most...
- Sep 19, 2022
- 3 min
Mid-Career Transitions: Evaluation of Commitment, Advancement and Relationships
With competency and identity issues addressed in earlier stages of adult development, those in mid-life (generally around ages 40-50)...
- Jul 18, 2022
- 3 min
Creative Tools: Interventions that Aid Goal Attainment
After acknowledging the value of tradition, the 21st century career counselor focuses attention on creativity so as to serve clients...
- Jun 20, 2022
- 3 min
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...
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
Skills: Work in the Trades
Skills pays the bills. During the covid-19 shut-down, home improvement projects surged as people needed spaces to work and play at home....
- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min
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...
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
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...
- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 17, 2020
- 2 min
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.”...
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
Justification: Is Value Being Communicated?
How do people convince employers to hire them? Why do people seek career help? Do they see value in seeking help? If one basic tenet of...
- Jan 21, 2019
- 2 min
Project Management and Careers: Working Skillfully, Timely and Ethically
Officially, project manager is a job title that comes with a certain set of skills, certifications, and employment. Off the record,...
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