Career Opportunities

I am going to be in Cleveland, Ohio (and my hometown of New London) from Wed, May 11, 2011 to Sunday, May 15, 2011 to kick off Saturday6,  a new, garden blog project with Troy-Bilt. As I am arriving a day early, I will be available for various meetups and consulting sessions based on all my areas of interest.

If you would like a private consult on your career questions, email me at me@douglasewelch.com to schedule a time. These consults are billed at my usual rate of $100/hour and would most likely take place near downtown Cleveland, as that is where I will be staying.

I am also open for an informal meetup on Wednesday afternoon or evening, if folks are interested. We can set up an event on Facebook or other service to allow for RSVPs.

I look forward to seeing you all and spending some time in my hometown again.

# 1 Linchpin by Seth Godin

If you have friends or family looking to start or build their career, any of Seth Godin’s books would be a great gift idea. Seth always has a new take on the work world, whether talking about traditional careers or entrepreneurship, HIs latest book, Linchpin, reinforces many concepts that I have found true in my career travels over the last 25 years.

Each of us needs to find a job and career that is not just work, but a form of art. When we find a way to make our work our art we can achieve so much more. It can be difficult, yes, but oh so much more rewarding than being just another cog in the big corporate machine.

Linchpin ties in directly with the concept I promote here on Career Opportunities – Helping to Build the Career You Deserve! Linchpin can help you realize you deserve a great career and give you some ideas on how to recognize it once you have found it!

All Gift Guide Recommendations:

• # 1 Linchpin by Seth Godin

I listened to this interview while driving around on consulting calls and I almost had to stop by the side of the road so I could make some notes. Even in this short interview, Chip Heath, gives some great, though-provoking, information that I was able to put into use immediately.

Heath talks about how important it is to use emotion when attempting to change anything. I think that over time I have fallen back more and more on analytical defenses and arguments instead of starting with the emotion that makes the change so important to me.

Listen to the interview, and read the book, to find out more about “the elephant and the rider” and how they work in combination to encourage or discourage change.

I will be picking up the book as soon as I can to explore these concepts further.

Tell me what you think about the interview and the book in the comments. I would love to hear your insight.

Chip Health – How To Change
Author of Switch

Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Chip Heath, Stanford Professor in Organizational Behaviour, about his new book, Switch, and learn the key to making real change in our lives, no matter what the change is.

Listen to the entire interview

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Find reviews and comments or Buy Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath from Amazon.com

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John Braheny, author of “The Craft and Business of Songwriting” presents Music Business Careers at CareerCampLA 2010.

Update: Here is the completed list — Douglas

One great aspect all of Tom Peter’s Books
is how often he calls out other, very interesting, books. As I am reading The Little Big Things, I am collecting up these books and linking them here.

I have already put several on my library request list. I hope you find them interesting and useful, too.

I will update this post as I add new items.

Books mentioned in Tom Peter’s The Little Big Things…

• Nudge by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
  
• Sway by Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman
  
• The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: “On Robustness and Fragility” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  
• The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution by David O. Stewart
  
• Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct by P.M. Forni
  
• Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace by George Washington, Richard Brookhiser
  
• The Manager’s Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies by Steve Harrison
  
• Green Building A to Z by Jerry Yudelson
  
• The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design by Sandra Medler, William Odell, Mary Ann Lazarus
  
• Green Architecture by James Wines
  
• Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery by Charles Kilbert
  
• Respect by Sara Lawrence-Lighfoot
  
• Hostmanship: The Art of Making People Feel Welcome by Jan Gunnarsson and Olie Blohm
  
• The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M. R. Covey
  
• The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly
  
• The Customer Comes Second: Put Your People First and Watch ‘Em Kick Butt by Hal Rosenbluth and Diane McFerrin Peters
  
• Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations by Kelly Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
  
• Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini
  
• The Experience Economy: Work is Theater & Every Business a Stage by Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore
  
• What got you here won’t get you there by Marshall Goldsmith
  
• Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges and Restoring Trust by John Kador
  
• Polite revolutionary: Lessons from an Uncivil Servant by Bob Stone
  
• One Day, All Children…: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and What I Learned Along the Way by Wendy Kopp
  
• The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly
  
• Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
  
• Leadership and the Sexes: Using Gender Science to Create Success in Business by Michaeil Gurian and Barbara Annis
  
• In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Elisabeth Griffin
  
• Ladies of Seneca Falls by Miriam Gurko
  
• Century of Struggle: The Women’s Rights Movement in the United States by Eleanor Flexner and Ellen Fitzpatrick
  
• Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
  
• The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Live by Leonard Mlodinow
  
• Listening Leaders: The Ten Golden Rules to Listen, Lead and Succeed by Lyman Stell and Richard Bommelje
  
• The Zen of Listening by Rebecca Shafir
  
• Effective Listening Skills by Dennis Kratz and Abby Robinson Kratz
  
• Are you really listening? by Paul Donoghue and Mary Siegel
  
• Active Listening: How to improve your ability to listen and lead by Michael Hoppe
  
• Listening: The Forgotten Skill by Madelyn Burley-Allen
  
• Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions to Knowing What to Ask by Michael Marquardt
  
• Smart Questions: Learn to Ask the Right Questions for Powerful Results by Gerald Nadler and William Chandon
  
• The Art of Asking: Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers by Terry Fadem
  
• How to Ask Great Questions by Karen Lee-Thorp
  
• Change Your Questions, Change Your Life by Marilee Adams
  
• Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking by Neil Browne and Stuart Keeley
  
• No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality by Judith Rich Harris
  
• Leadership the Hard Way: Why Leadership Can’t Be Taught — and How You Can Learn It Anyway by Dov Frohman and Robert Howard
  
• Retail Superstar: Inside the 25 Best Independent Stores in America by George Whalin
  
• Nelson: Britannia’s God of War by Andrew Lambert

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Jennifer “Jungle Jenny” Michaels (JungleJenny.org), Susan M. Baker from Escapehatcher.com and Danielle Gruen of LivingCareers.Net present a panel on “The Art of Networking” at CareerCampLA 2010.

I first met Susan M. Baker, from Escapehatcher.com almost a year ago and I have thanked my lucky stars ever since. We recently co-chaired CareerCampLA and meet regularly together with some other great people for a monthly New Media Mastermind. I never fail to be enlightened, educated and excited by Susan’s insight into the entrepreneurial world.

In just a few weeks, Susan is presenting The Bootstrap Sessions (a two night event), along with Nathan Hangen.

Having seen how Susan works up close and personal, if you want to “Get over the fear of failure” and “Build your business on a dime” I would highly recommend attending The Bootstrap Sessions. It would be a great way to start moving forward on you business and career plans.

Here is some more specific information from The Bootstrap Sessions web site…

THE BOOTSTRAP SESSIONS

When: June 15th and June 17th at 8PM EDT

Where: Anywhere You Want! (Call in or use your internet connection)
Over the course of two evenings, we’re going to teach you how to build a passion based lifestyle business. We’re going to help you overcome the hurdles of getting started, and teach you how to get past go.

Session 1: The Mindset of an Entrepreneur (60 minutes + Q&A)

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Why failure doesn’t matter
The #1 trick to dealing with fear
How to deal with naysayers and critics
Why you shouldn’t try to please everyone
How to create a clear path of ascension

Session 2: Bootstrapping (60 minutes + Q&A)

Master the art of:

Creating a quick business fund
Build a business fund from scratch
Make money right now!
Create something worth selling (something you love)
Turning your passions into a business

Need some more info before you sign up? Check out their FREE “Virtual Happy Hour” event.

Join Susan and Nathan for the 1st Ever Virtual Happy Hour!

Friday, June 11th, at 7PM EST

A once in a lifetime networking event!

Hosted by rockstar designer: Erica Swanson!

Pull up your cocktails and come join us for a virtual happy hour! We’ll get to know each other a few nights before the event kicks off…we can talk about your businesses, ideas for your businesses or just about anything you want to. You may even have questions you’d like to throw out that we can address during the workshop.

We will even send you a recipe for our signature cocktail called “The Bootstrap” a few days before in case you want to join us in that fun.

No ticket required, simply sign up here!

We’re looking forward to meeting you, getting to know you better and helping you bootstrap your way to success!

Here is a list of the top Career Opportunities posts for 2009

1. The Right Way to Resign
   
2. Elsewhere Online: 100+ Ways to Write a Great Resume Cover Letter
   
3. Recently on the Career Opportunities Forums
   
4. Doug’s Neat Friends: Kim Sudhalter of Urban Legend PR
   
5. Archive: Traits of a Good Leader – October 14, 2005
   
6. Jobs Offered (recently from BarCampLA Mailing List)
   
7. Great Quote on Pessimism
   
8. Do something crazy!
   
9. We must divorce health care from employment status
   
10. Video: Visibility and Your Career from LaidOffCamp LA

It’s time for Make-A-Move Monday again. What goals do you want to accomplish (or make progress on) this week? What tools or information can you share that would help out your fellow Career Opportunities readers and listeners?

My recommendation for this week is David Allen’s book, Making It All Work. This is the second follow up to Allen’s well-known book on organizing your live, Getting Things Done also known as GTD.

I am looking for ways to take the GTD methodology to the next level and I think you will find this book interesting and useful, too.

What are you reading? Share your favorite books with Career Opportunities readers and listeners. Add your comment today!

Yet another interesting find via my Amazon recommendations. This book is giving me a lot of food for thought. I have found myself makings lots of notes in my journal, not necessarily about the book, but great ideas and thoughts it is bringing to mind. While “Rules of Thumb” is ostensibly about business, the “rules” apply to life and other pursuits in many ways.

Highly Recommended

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