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159 Pursuing Meaningful Work – Helping Job Seekers Mark Van Baale is passionate about helping people. That’s why he started the Kansas City Job Seekers Blog. And…he’s been successful in helping people find work. He serves people in the Kansas City area and beyond in finding meaningful work. Tune in and hear [...]
158 Pursuing Meaningful Work –Make Changes and Move Towards Meaningful Work Are you willing to change?? Most people would say yes. But…not everyone would really make changes to try to find meaningful work. Words like ‘benefits’, ‘stability’, ‘salary’ tend to get in the way. How about you? Are you willing to [...]
157 Pursuing Meaningful Work – Change from a Technical to a People-Focused Position Ever want to make a major career transition? In the past, I’ve moved from technical roles to a more people-focused role. That was a very good fit for me – it fits my personality, my passions, my skills. But…it [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work – The Root of Your Questions Are you asking good questions? I enjoy asking questions. I learn…and I gain information that I can act on. What about you? What’s at the root of your questions? Are you seeking information that you can act on? Or, are you hiding behind those questions? Tune [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work – Preparing for the Interview Interviews can be intimidating. You know that you are being judged. Many of the people I’ve interviewed have not been prepared. They are disorganized, and don’t really seem to care if they get the job or not. Don’t be that person. Tune in and get tips on [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work – Your Work Values and Playboy Ever get in a situation where your work values are compromised? It happened to me this week. We were hosting clients on a fishing trip in South Dakota. We had hired guides that came highly recommended. 10 minutes after meeting them, the leader pulls out a [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work – Marriage, Money, and a Short Sale – Derek and Carrie Olsen Stories inspire people. In this episode, we hear the story of Derek and Carrie Olsen. They’ve navigated through a short sale during their engagement and young marriage. They’ve navigated through differences in money management backgrounds. Through it all, they’ve drawn [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work – Interview with Jennifer Bertoldo Jennifer Bertoldo is our guest in this week’s podcast. She is a Human Resources instructor at a university. And – she’s pursuing her calling as she runs her own fitness center with her husband. Tune in to hear what she’s doing to pursue her calling. It will [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work – Making Tough Decisions Today we have an interesting topic. Sometimes we got overwhelmed by the process while pursuing our specific calling or finding new work and work with purpose. Things like that happen to everyone so in mean time we need to take decisions to focus on the true calling. So [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work – Interview with Paul Vandermill Paul Vandermill is our guest this week on the podcast. We met at Pursuing Your Calling group at 48days.net. He is from upstate New York and working with a health organization as Social Worker and Discharge Planner and now he is transitioning to a new role with [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work – Interview with Heather Easterday Today our guest will be Heather Easterday. She is from Nashville and she is working as a Strategic Planner, providing services to small start up companies to large companies with new initiatives. Here are some things to reflect on after today’s episode: What led you to this [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 148 – Interview with Chris Repp Today, we’ll be having Chris Repp as our guest. He’s a trade businessman doing leather furniture, cleaning and restoration. He will share with us today what he feels God is calling him to do and how this is becoming clear to him. Here are some [...]
Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 147 – Something New – Pursuing Your Calling The reason why we’re doing this podcast is to discuss this whole idea of calling. Calling is one of the biggest passions in life. How does our calling affect everything that we do? What does it mean to have a unique calling? We’re [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 146 – Interview with Sutton Parks Today’s episode will feature my interview with Sutton Parks. He will tell us his story of how his adversities has honed him to the person he has become. We will learn in this episode how the trials [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 145 – New Skills for Jeff and Cindy – How About You? Today I will be sharing some sort of a personal story. It’s about our two virtual assistants Jeffrey and Cindy. Both of them are learning new skills. For Jeffrey, new skills [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 144 – Pursuing Your Calling Through The Details Of Life For today’s interview I will be talking to a friend, Jori Butler, from Phoenix. He talks about choosing family over work and how positively it has affected his life. We also talk about [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 143 – Take Some Risks, Develop Your Talents What risks have you taken recently?. A good friend has just made a big decision in changing careers. They’ve thought and prayed about it for years…and finally ‘took the plunge’ this week. They’ve got some [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 142 – Biggest Obstacles to Getting Out of Debt Gregg Pechmann is our co-host on this podcast episode. Our topic is the biggest obstacles to getting out of debt. Gregg has a new book, Upside Down, How We Survived Seven Short Sales. It [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 141 – How Do I Get a Higher Salary? We’ve got some caller feedback from Katie Major. She’s responding to a question we posted on social media. “What do you think about salary? How important is it to you?” Personally, I negotiate for [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 140 – Personality in Your Work Our topic for today is Personality. We’re going to conduct a workshop were folks will take personality assessments for themselves and will assess other people in the group. It’s important to know not just how you view [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 139 – Interview with Rick Snodie This is a meaningful work interview episode. Rick Snodie is my guest. Currently, he works for True Value. He’s been doing warehouse work for 27 years, as receiving clerk, warehouse foreman, lead person, and other positions in [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 138 – Salary and Job Changes We’ve been wrestling with this question, “How important is salary in the job search?” We’ll be listening in to some feedback. You need a certain amount of salary to meet the financial needs of your family. And [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 137 – Calling We’ve been facilitating a group Pursuing Your Calling over at 48Days.net. Do you feel like you know your calling? Do you feel like you’re chasing after your calling, trying to understand it, even though you don’t know what it is? [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 136 – How Important Is Salary To You? Part 2 This is part 2 of our feedback episode on the question we’ve posted on social media – How important is salary for you when you decide to change jobs? We’re still getting tons [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 135 – How Important Is Salary To You? From time to time, we do a feedback episode like this one. Recently, we posted a question on social media – How important is salary for you when you decide to change jobs? We’ve received [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 134 – Interview with Matt Wegner, Financial Coach Matt Wegner is our guest on this latest interview series episode. He became a financial coach in 2009. He helps people take charge of their money instead of their money controlling them. His training was [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 133 – Ethics At Your Job In this episode, my wife and I wrestle with the idea of ‘ethics at work’. Years ago, I was at a job where I was asked to sell a defective product. It was a tough spot to [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 132 – Interview with Josh Bulloc: The Bootstrap Coach Our guest for today is Josh Bulloc, the Bootstrap Coach. Josh says “I help teach people take control of their lives. I call myself the Bootstrap Coach. I like the concept of the bootstraps. [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 131 – Finances are a Symptom of Other Problems Our co-host for today is Gregg Pechmann, owner of Pechmann Coaching Our topic for today are about finances. According to Gregg, there are always some other underlying symptoms regarding a couple’s finances. “If the [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 130 – Getting Fired Have you found yourself in danger of being fired? I found myself in this situation a few years ago. Here’s some things that I recommend that you ‘wrestle with’ if you feel like you may be fired soon. 1. [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 129 – Interview with Barbara Dittrich: Snappin Ministries Barbara Dittrich is the Executive Director of Snappin Ministries Special Needs Parents Network. They are a non-profit, offering encouragement and support to parents of children with special needs. I and my wife met Barbara in [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 128 – Creating Meaningful Work Through the years, I’ve always been inspired by people telling me about their faith, work, and cross-cultural travels. Stories inspire people. Some of our career-coaching clients have a burning desire to start a business. We’ve put together a [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 127 – Brent on the Blue Collar Radio Network Podcast From time to time, I’m a guest on other podcasts. My good buddy James Dibben, the Blue Collar Coach, recently interviewed me on his Blue Collar Radio Network Podcast. The title of the [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 126 – Finding a Job in a Down Economy Is it hard to find a better job in a ‘down’ economy? You bet it is. But…is is possible? Absolutely. We had a client that went through our career-coaching process last summer. She did [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 125 – Managing Your Finances During Your Career Transition Gregg Pechmann is my co-host on this podcast. He has been a guest a couple of times before but he’ll be a regular co-host in future podcasts. Gregg is a financial coach. Together, we’ll [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 124 – Top 5 Companies to Work For Glassdoor.com is a great resource for career-changers. I found this website a few months ago, and have been finding great information there. A recent article there is ’2011 Best Places to Work’ as ranked anonymously [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 123 – Seasons of your Career Like seasons change, I think there are also ‘seasonal changes’ in your career. Spring – You’re in a new job or industry. Everything’s new and exciting. Summer – The newness maybe wearing off but you’re productive. You [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 122 – Searching for the Ideal Job Sometimes you have to take something that’s not ideal to get to where you want to be. These are some of the reasons you may consider taking a job that’s not so ideal: 1. When you’re [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 121 – Interview with John Snook John Snook is a good friend – we’ve known each other almost a year. And…he’s on a journey… The last 13 months, he worked as a flooring specialist in one of the big box home equipment retailers. [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 120 – Is it time you get out of there? Is it time for you to get out of there? It’s not just a Jimi Hendricks song. It’s also a question about your job. Should you get out of there? Below are some [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 119 – Pursuing Her Calling and Pursuing God – Julie Borja A little over 3 years ago, Julie moved to Kyiv, Ukraine, working for a non-profit organization that works and helps with students. She helped students learn and practice English, doing English clubs [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 118 – How are you doing your job search? At this time of year, there’s more opportunity to find work than what you might think. Here are a couple of tips on how to search for a job. 1. Let people know that [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 117 – Myers-Briggs measures 4 areas in determining one’s personality There are a lot of good personality assessment types but we prefer the Myers-Briggs type indicator because statistically, it is the most accurate personality assessment. It has over 50 years of research. There [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 116 – Good Bosses and Bad Bosses We recently posted a blog article on the topic of Good bosses and Bad bosses. Do you have a good boss, a bad boss or something in between? I’ve had a couple of bosses throughout the [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 115 – Entrepreneur or Traditional Employee In this podcast episode, my wife and I talk about when looking for work that’s a good fit, does it have to be an entrepreneurial type of situation or owning your own business, or can it be [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 114 – Interview with James Dibben: Moving Forward to Traditional Employment James is a returning guest on our Meaningful Work Interview Series. After his first interview, he came to a decision that he needs to close down his construction-related company and take a [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 113 – Do you know your Personality Type? My friend James Dibben and I just had a conversation regarding Personality. I use the Myers-Briggs Type Personality Assessment. I’m an ENFP and my wife is an ISTJ. ‘E’ stands for Extroversion, you get your [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 112 – Interview with Megan Burns: Operations Strategy Consulting I’ve met Megan Burns via Social Media. She and her husband are entrepreneurs. Her business is called Operations Strategy Consulting. She works with small and mid-sized companies on how they can improve their processes, [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 111 – What is your Calling? What is your Calling? We wrestle with this question with our career coaching clients and I also head a group over at RansomedHeart.net called Pursuing Your Calling. Check out RansomedHeart.net/group/pursuingyourcalling. We’ll be glad to have you as [...]
Right-click to download Leave a review on iTunes Pursuing Meaningful Work Episode 110 – Interview with Lewis Pulley: Networking Our guest for today is one of our fellow coaches, Lewis Pulley. He previously guested on episode 28. He was a former Apache helicopter pilot but has decided to become a career coach. Our topic for [...]
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