VantageShift Insights

I recently took my first real vacation in over two years. When I say real, I mean going away, not a staycation, to someplace unfamiliar...

Community can mean something different for each of us. For some, it's a place where you belong. For others, it's a feeling of...

Building Your Network as a Foundation for Your Career When you are near graduation or have just graduated, it's an exciting time of life....

Cultivating a Key Value for Growth Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely Ralph Waldo Emerson The Beginning Before I...

The Revelation It's been several years since my refrigerator was new. I had carefully researched my options before making the purchase...

The VantageShift Way People often ask me about the commitment required for coaching. In coaching, commitment is a two-way street. There's...

The Tentative Start When our Rottie first came to live with us, she was quite apprehensive about residing in suburbia. We don’t know much...

I've long noted that most people do not look up. Their attention is focused down or forward with an occasional backwards look. They are...

For most of us, decisions involving money are based on affordability and short-term value. If we're hungry, for example, we think about...

As regular readers of my articles on Medium know, I am the proud dog parent of an adorable Rottie. She's a loving companion, intelligent...

I get a kick out of being born in a Year of the Dragon. It's an auspicious sign of the Chinese zodiac. Those born in the Year of the...

Why I Recommend a Series of Coaching Sessions “I think we can cover this in one session.” Maybe. It depends. Perhaps you're very close to...

The Beginning of the Coaching Relationship You've had the Intro Chat. You've decided to engage in coaching. What happens next? Now, it's...

Why We Have an Intro Chat There's one main reason why I offer a complimentary 20-minute introductory session: It's important to me that...

Expectations If you were raised as I was, it was instilled in you that the best professional lives followed an established pattern. It...

When I first started looking into coaching, I thought that coaches teach and provide advice. The word coach evokes ideas of authority...

When I was first introduced to coaching, I worked with people who had little or no formal training from a coaching organization. I didn’t...

Coaching has become increasingly popular recently, and for good reason. According to the International Coaching Federation (ICF), there...