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	<title>Career Advancement &#38; Transition Coaching &#187; Career Shocks</title>
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		<title>Take the sting out of the painful process of reinvention: 5 ways to take 1 step towards change</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2010/02/17/take-the-sting-out-of-the-painful-process-of-reinvention-5-ways-to-take-1-step-towards-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opening quote from Grey’s Anatomy: “The surgical scalpel is made of steel, sterilized, carbonized stainless steel. This is a vast improvement over the first scalpel, which was pretty much a sharp stick. Medicine is constantly reinventing itself. That means surgeons have to keep reinventing themselves, too. There is constant pressure to adapt to changes. It can be a painful process. But without it, you’ll find yourself moving backwards instead of forwards.”
Reinventing yourself, finding a new job because you either choose or are forced too; committing to the idea of work that you truly enjoy or managing a new team or project, is hard work and yes often times painful. Hard [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned from Anne Mulcahy: Managing a Seamless Transition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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One of the dilemmas some of my clients and readers face is letting go and moving forward. Whether it is a project that went awry, a negative performance review, the experience of working with a mismatched manager, a lay-off or your teams&#8217; lack of confidence in your ability to deliver, letting go of these career shocks represents a transition that must be managed effectively to advance our careers.
Tagged the &#8220;Accidental CEO&#8220;, Anne Mulcahy, former Xerox CEO,  admits she was not groomed for the CEO seat. At the Most Powerful Women Summit, Anne acknowledges she came in the wrong way so it was important to learn from that and go out the right way. [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned From Successful Career Switchers</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/07/15/lessons-learned-from-successful-career-switchers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “We change when the pain to change is less than the pain to remain as we are.” - Ed Foreman
The San Francisco Chronicle recently profiled a former investment banker, a national sales director and an executive search specialist who have all transitioned successfully in Successful second acts: a career change can lead to greater job fulfillment.
Here are some of the lessons they shared:

An effective career transition may take many months sometimes years to find a true professional fit. The key is to take the first step, and then the next step, while seeking to understand the lesson of each twist and turn along the way.
Reflection and a visualization are vital [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Action + Persistence = Forward Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/02/12/action-persistence-forward-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Management]]></category>
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Change whether planned or unexpected is never easy. We have to deal with the consequences of change, before we can really move forward.
To move forward reflect on past wins, tap into the factors that influenced your success and look for ways to use your factor in your current situation. Dwelling in positive thoughts also helps.
The peaceful warrior, is a movie based on Dan Millman’s autobiographical novel. Millman is a talented gymnast preparing for the Olympics, when life as he knows it changes forever. During his recovery he meets a stranger called Socrates who helps him to reengineer his mindset and ultimately his life. It is an inspiring movie and has [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Career Shock #001: Starting a New Business/Business Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2008/10/09/career-shock-001-starting-a-new-businessbusiness-unit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2008/10/09/career-shock-001-starting-a-new-businessbusiness-unit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I discussed how career shocks influenced our leadership development and prepared us to lead in a variety of different situations. It can be exhilarating and overwhelming, when you are tapped to lead a new start-up internally, or  contemplating flying solo as an entrepreneur. If you are in this situation, you will find yourself consumed with many questions such as where do I start and how do I move forward quickly?

FedEx is ranked one of the top 100 best companies to work for, it has a no-layoff philosophy, offers health insurance to retirees and part-timers, and promotes from within (90% of FedEx Express managers worked their [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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