John M. O’Connor Forbes Councils Member Forbes Coaches Council COUNCIL POST| Membership (fee-based) Leadership John M. O’Connor (Career Pro Inc.) is a multi-year career coach, outplacement and career services leader based in North Carolina. As a career coach and consultant, I started working with clients in my twenties. Now, many years later, I feel like I finally have a perspective …
John M. O’Connor Forbes Councils Member Forbes Coaches Council COUNCIL POST| Membership (fee-based) Leadership John M. O’Connor (Career Pro Inc.) is a multi-year career coach, outplacement and career services leader based in North Carolina. In Glory, one of my favorite movies, Private Trip, played by Denzel Washington, has this conversation with his commanding officer, Colonel Shaw, played by Matthew Broderick: Trip: I ain’t fighting’ …
Vanquishing Procrastination Forever – Jeff Davidson When it comes to starting a task, people tend to procrastinate if they lack either a clear starting point or a logical sequence of action steps. Here’s how to reach beyond whatever is holding you back, all the time. Learn from a veteran author of 65 books and speaker with over 1000 speeches! This …
John M. O’Connor Forbes Councils Forbes Coaches CouncilCommunityVoice POST WRITTEN BY John M. O’Connor John M. O’Connor is a multi-year career coach, outplacement and career services leader based in North Carolina. I recently had a conversation with a client who didn’t feel he needed in-depth interview coaching because he “had read all the books about interviewing and interviewed about a thousand people in my time.” …
POST WRITTEN BY Expert Panel, Forbes Coaches Council Top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership development & careers. Many companies are leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning today, and the impact of these technologies is only expected to increase. While this is great for businesses looking to improve their performance, many employees worry that robots …
Every prospective client represents an exciting new opportunity for your business. Unfortunately, not all those prospects turn out to be the right fit — whether it’s a budget issue, a personality conflict or a situation that’s outside your expertise, you often know from your initial consultation if someone’s going to be a problem to work with. In some cases, your …
The Wall Street Journal’s Alexandra Levit does nice work by answering questions from jobseekers. Recently, her column answered this question below. With a similar word count I would like to handle this question here and add it to her answer in the December 29, 2009 Wall Street Journal.