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True North Coaching founder Shelley Pernot shares her musings on life and leadership, as the Irreverent Guru of Mindfulness. She is an ICF-certified leadership coach and career coach in Austin, Texas.
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1y ago
In this blog I’m sitting down with an amazing colleague and recruiter Kimberly Wilson, owner of TLR Search. Kimberly has over 25 years’ experience as a recruiter based in Houston, Texas. For this short blog post, I’m asking her a question I get asked a lot as a career coach, “How do I approach a ..read more
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1y ago
Giving feedback is never an easy task. I’ve recently mused about this topic quite a bit, and written a blog recently on the art of straight talk, which highlighted the three elements that are critical to doing this well. And then there’s real life. It’s one thing when it’s a colleague. It’s another thing when ..read more
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1y ago
It was a hot summer day in London, the day of my naturalization. I trekked down to the registrar office in Wimbledon with a few friends, including the two that had sponsored me for citizenship. It didn’t take long for the formalities, considering I’d paid the extra fee for the private ceremony. I was the ..read more
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1y ago
As we navigate life’s path, it’s interesting the things that will come up over and over again. I’ve often mused that life will keep giving us the same lessons over and over again until we really learn them. And really learning something is more than learning it on a theoretical level, or a “head” level ..read more
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1y ago
For years and years, I would have told you that I was a very emotionally intelligent person. I was aware that emotions could take many forms, had many names and I knew intellectually it was important to understand them. Emotional intelligence has been a notable topic for many years, and I considered myself to be ..read more
True North Coaching Blog
1y ago
In this blog I’m sitting down with an amazing colleague and recruiter Kimberly Wilson, owner of TLR Search. Kimberly has over 25 years’ experience as a recruiter based in Houston, Texas. For this blog post, I’m asking her a number of questions I get asked a lot as a career coach, “What makes a resume ..read more
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1y ago
A discussion about values can often seem like an artificial conversation. It’s a nice to have, not a need to have, right? Something I do once at a training course because the facilitator forces me to do it, and then I shove the paper they’re written on in a desk drawer and forget about it ..read more
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1y ago
The other day I got my student feedback from a course I teach each semester on Managing without Authority for a local university. I opened it up, excited to see what the students said, and my eyes were drawn to the one respondent that disagreed the course was valuable, and also disagreed I was knowledgeable. ..read more
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1y ago
To say I’ve been busy lately is an understatement. Don’t get me wrong, I’m extremely grateful for the meaningful work I’m doing currently, I’m more excited than ever about the future and the possibilities it may hold. But my brain is full, and some days I feel like I pass from one zoom call to ..read more
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1y ago
This week I’ve been teaching a course on straight talk. I often refer to this skill as “Speaking the Truth with Love.” The crux of getting this right depends on three important aspects. There are three elements to straight talk: Caring personally (compassion) – Caring personally about the individual who is on the receiving end ..read more