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	<title>Career Advancement &#38; Transition Coaching &#187; Career Transition</title>
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		<title>Doing What they Love: 3 Entrepreneurs Share How</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2010/05/04/doing-what-they-love-3-entrepreneurs-share-how/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 19:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, a colleague from my days at Citi, Raj Gilda talked about making a difference and did just that. With his wife, Sunanda Mane and the support of a few friends, Raj started Lend-a-Hand India (LAHI), a non profit on top of his full-time job at Citi. While I have kept up to date with LAHI’s events via facebook, I had yet to attend an event until this past Friday. An Evening with Grass-root Entrepreneurs was a fun and informative evening, graciously hosted by A.T. Kearney.
The panelists included:

Tawny Ong who transitioned from the world of finance to cupcakes.
Quentin English who in addition to his day-job, created Quentin&#8217;s [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned: Dr Tachi Yamada on Managing Yourself and Others</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2010/03/19/lessons-learned-dr-tachi-yamada-on-managing-yourself-and-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do you turn a battleship? You turn a battleship by making a directional commitment and staying the course, not wavering from it&#8220;- Dr. Tachi Yamada
In a recent interview on NYT&#8217;s Corner Office series, Dr. Tachi Yamada&#8217;s advice, which apply whether you are a manager, individual contributor, entrepreneur or working towards your next role:

Learn to delegate and let go. Instead of micromanaging, develop a microinterest. 
Identify the potential breaking points of a project, this will help you to focus on the most critical task. 
Venture outside your country or city to learn what you do not already know. 
Give your audience, be it one person or many, your undivided attention [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned: Tom Ford&#8217;s Parallel Career as Designer &amp; Director</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2010/03/03/lessons-learned-tom-fords-parallel-career-as-designer-director/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Reinvention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Transition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stories about people doing things they have never done before, always inspire me. Yesterday on Oprah, Tom Ford talked about his directorial debut, A Single Man. When Ford left Gucci, he realized the material side of the world had pulled him away from his spiritual side. Reading A Single Man for a second time, Ford was moved by the emphasis on the importance of living in the moment, connections we have with other people and reminders of what is important in life. When asked, how he knew, he could direct, Ford shared great advice that can help you do something you have always wanted to:

If you want to do it, [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Expert Status Preventing You From Moving Forward?</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2010/02/23/is-your-expert-status-preventing-you-from-moving-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Reinvention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges some leaders face during career and entrepreneurial transitions, is the fact that they will have to start all over again and lose their expert status. The fallacy of expert status goes hand in hand with a limited view of the possibilities in front of you as well avoiding action completely. Adopting a beginner’s mindset when you are in transition, introduces many possibilities that can help you think through dilemmas; such as how to repackage your wealth of experience, skills and unique perspective or invest your energy doing something worthwhile that you truly enjoy.
During coaching conversations with clients, we focus on what will it take, to get [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned from Anne Mulcahy: Managing a Seamless Transition</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/09/21/managing-a-seamless-transition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Shocks]]></category>
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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>Career Transitions: From Sales to Sauce</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/08/05/career-transitions-from-sales-to-sauce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/08/05/career-transitions-from-sales-to-sauce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lessons Learned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persistence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Second Acts, Dawn Fallik over at WSJ.com profiles Jim Barbour in    “A Former Sales Rep Concocts Fresh Start With Barbecue Sauce.” A quick look at Barbour’s career history and you will see that he had a short stint in stockbroking, then spent several years in sales with great companies such as Sony, GlaxoSmithKline and then transitioned to a marketing role with a start-up furniture store.  Today, Barbour is the CEO of FunniBonz, so just how did he create a barbecue sauce that sold over $10,000 in one store within six weeks, just six months after launching his company?:

He used his time at the furniture store to [...]<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>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/07/15/lessons-learned-from-successful-career-switchers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Shocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Transition]]></category>
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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>What&#8217;s the best advice you have received? (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/06/26/whats-the-best-advice-you-have-received-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/06/26/whats-the-best-advice-you-have-received-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the second installment of influential leaders sharing wise words that changed their lives forever in the “Best advice I ever got” at Fortune Magazine. Their practical advice can be applied to advancing your careers and transitions, as well as many other areas of your life:
12. Take advice from smart people &#8211; share your ideas with smart people but don&#8217;t expect them to act on your ideas. It&#8217;s your idea, what are you willing to do to bring it to life?
13. Make an impression &#8211; when you transition to a new role or company, you have about 90-100 days to make an impression.  To build your brand, create momentum with [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the best advice you have ever received?</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/06/23/whats-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-received/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/06/23/whats-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-received/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Fortune magazine asked a host of influential leaders to share wise words that changed their lives forever in the “Best advice I ever got”. Their practical advice can be applied to advancing your careers and transitions, as well as many other areas of your life:

Keep it simple &#8211; set a goal, share it with someone, figure out how you are going to achieve it and keep your goal top of mind.
Show, don’t tell – the best candidate for an opening does a great job of showing how they meet a prospective employers requirements, with great examples and results that showcase their abilities.
Do what you love – when you do, work [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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