Dear Joan, My husband and I moved to Sonoma County six months ago for a great job he got at a major corporation in Santa Rosa. We are both professionals from Europe and now have two lovely sons who have settled well into their charter schools in Santa Rosa. We just [...]
Dear Joan, I am the newbie in the office, a recent college grad, and a trying to decide what to wear to the company holiday party. We tend to dress pretty conservatively in my office, and do have casual dress Friday, but I'm wondering about the balance between looking festive for [...]
Post-election all eyes are on the glass ceiling. Many were expecting to see Hillary Clinton head to the Oval Office. But you don't have to seek the most powerful job on the planet to shatter the glass ceiling. There's plenty of shattering to do in everyone's world, whether you're [...]
Dear Coach Joan, It was delightful meeting you on the plane when we were both flying East. And thank you for suggesting that I write in with my concern. My husband is an engineer and in the last few years he's worked as a contractor which has required him to interview [...]
Dear Coach Joan, Now that pot has been legalized in California, can we light up at work? It might make work a whole lot more fun! Best, Johnny Dear Johnny, Per this week's passage of Proposition 64, adults in California can now lawfully consume marijuana for fun and people age [...]
Dear Readers, Many of you have read the recent lawsuit against the upscale restaurant in Napa, The French Laundry. Thomas Keller, the owner of the restaurant is being sued by an employee who worked for him at his NY restaurant who had a verbal offer to move to California and [...]
Dear Coach Joan, The good news is that I just got a job offer after a long, six month job search. I am in professional sales with a strong track record, but have a 10 year gap due to taking time to raise my children, while doing part time work in a family [...]
Dear Coach Joan, I guess you could say I blew it the first couple of tries - college that is. I admit that I was immature and a party guy, but I ended up getting a great job in professional sales. I've been with it for 3 years so far. My [...]
Dear Joan, I was just presented with an an opportunity I've never had before. A vendor that works with my company has asked me to do a freelance project. I'd like to do it but don't know if I should. This vendor is not a competitor of my full time employer and I would [...]
Dear Coach Joan, My new manager asked if I'd like to accompany her to a professional conference in our field of architecture. I'm wondering if there's really any value to meeting up with others in my field. I wonder if my time would be better spent at work? Thank you, Elaine [...]
Joan Tabb is founder of Greatin8Coaching.com and brings a corporate leadership background to her work. She is author of Great in 8: Job Seeking Skills and Building Blocks for the NEW Retirement. An expert in managing life transitions, she is a sought-after career and executive coach, trainer and speaker. Her new program, Revitalment! is reinvigorating boomers’ retirement paradigm. Formerly she served in training, marketing and communication leadership roles in Silicon Valley, including Apple, 3Com ,Intel, Memorex and several start-ups..
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