Career Puzzles to Navigate: How to start putting the pieces together
Picture doing a 500 piece puzzle as a child. This could be a very challenging puzzle but you always had the colorful box that showed you how the puzzle would look upon completion but it was still tough. Now imagine you are given the same […]
Free yourself from your work system self to look at your career trajectory, your work life balance!
As I compose a flyer announcing our upcoming July workshop in Aliki, Paros Island, Greece, a flood of memorable participant experiences fills my head. For instance, I recall vividly four years ago, the experience of a young German scientist, […]
Career Development: Getting to a Personal Vision Part 1
By Dr. Tom N. Tavantzis
Introduction
Over the years, I have looked at how to strengthen an already powerful program. Our Personal Strategic Planning Seminar (PSPS), as it was originally called, has been a core program since the beginning of Highlands, and it still shapes many of our shorter […]
Career Aptitude Tests and Personal Strategic Planning Seminar II
The first part of this blog set up the Advanced Career Development graduate course I have developed and delivered to working adults in our Organization Development and Leadership Program. Here is part II….
Results
In my most recent graduate class this summer I gave this RBS exercise […]
Resumes and Career Search After College: How To Find Your Dream Job.
You may ask what does Career counselling offer a new college grad? Once you have graduated college, you may have noticed that your career search in this job market isn’t what you had hoped. Due to the economic conditions, and competitive nature of the […]
Anxiety, Career Choice and Aptitudes!
The following article was published in the Highlands Ability Battery Forum By Dr Thomas N. Tavantzis, CEO Innovative Management Development, Adjunct Faculty, Organizational Development and Leadership, Saint Joseph’s University. It it being re-published here in two parts. This is PART I.
Three students – Gail 29, John 26, and Sam 21 […]
Anxiety, Career Choice and Aptitudes! PART II
This blog post covers part II of an article published by Dr. Tavantzis in the Highlands Ability Battery newsletter. The article deals with career anxiety of ‘quarter-lifers’, young adults who are just beginning their work life….
Young Adulthood
During this stage, Donald Super – and most career theorists would agree […]
Anxiety, Career Choice and Aptitudes! PART III
Young Adult Development
The area we are most interested in — and in which we can provide the greatest support – is “greater focus on personal development and maturity.” IMD has been working with young adults and their parents since 1986. Over the years it has become increasingly apparent that […]
Specialists Struggle With Career Trajectory Navigation
Why Specialists can struggle with Career Navigation and Trajectory
By T. N. Tavantzis
Why are there more people from the Specialist Personality orientation than Generalist Personality orientation who come to our door seeking career development help?
I am perplexed. If Generalist’s outnumber Specialist’s in the population then I should see more Generalists […]
A KEY TOOL FOR COACH TOOLBOX: ABILITY BATTERY
WHY THAB IS THE KEY ASSESSMENT TOOL IN A COACH’S TOOLBOX
By Dr. Thomas N. Tavantzis
There are two beliefs disguised as truths that I have heard repeatedly over the past several years. These so-called ‘truths’ come from a variety of individuals at national and global companies, usually the Senior […]