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Bettering Our World: Leading Change from your Values

November 3, 2011/in Career & Lifestyle Design /by mmstaff

I’ll be speaking Saturday morning at the CUGES event at Carleton. Details below. My presentation about Leading Change from your values is at 9:30 a.m. (see below). I’d love to see you there! Read more

Emerging Environmental Leaders – Volunteer Director posting

October 29, 2011/in Job & Volunteer Postings /by mmstaff

The Emerging Environmental Leaders Forum is looking for 5 experienced and enthusiastic Directors to join the Organizing Committee. This Committee will include the Forum Project Manager and 5 Directors. Read more

How can Your Life and Career Rate Ten out of Ten?

September 28, 2011/in Career & Lifestyle Design /by mmstaff

How would you rate your life and career? Five out of ten? Eight out of ten?

Many of my clients have satisfying careers, so their rating typically starts over seven. When they look at why they rate it so highly, they always feel grateful for their achievements.

But what would it take to make your life rate ten out of ten? If you’re like most, it will take you a while to warm up to this question; for example:
• “Right now I’m just pushing paper. I’d like to have a positive impact on the world.”
• “I’d like an extra week of vacation and a raise.” Read more

Emerging Green Builders – Committee Members

September 19, 2011/in Job & Volunteer Postings /by mmstaff

The Ottawa Region Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council (ORC CaGBC) is looking for committed Emerging Green Builders (EGBs -students and young professionals) to serve on an EGB Committee – a working group to the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). EGBs are students and new professionals (within 5 years of graduation or 30 years of age or younger) dedicated to the green building movement.

The EGB Committee helps to organize fun, informative and social events for
students and new professionals interested in the green building industry.

This is a great opportunity to: get involved in the industry, network with others, and expand your knowledge of green buildings. They are looking for 10 committee members (~ 5 industry, and 5 students).

If interested please send a statement including relevant experience, current name of employer/school, as well as your current job title/degree/diploma,
by September 23, 2011 to lpaul@morrisonhershfield.com. Skills of particular interest are: event planning, marketing, webdesign/social media, and finance.

Volunteer Project Manager position – Emerging Environmental Leaders

September 16, 2011/in Job & Volunteer Postings /by mmstaff

The 4th biennial Forum for Emerging Environmental Leaders is a side event to the Globe 2012 Conference in Vancouver (March 2012). We are looking for an experienced and motivated Volunteer Project Manager to lead this exciting event.

The Forum is a day-long workshop, for 100-150 people between the ages of 18 and 25, that focuses on engaging the next generation of policy thinkers, entrepreneurs and community actors – it is about new talent, ideas and actions – those people who will build the businesses and solutions to address the challenges of the 21st century. Over the years, the Forum has continued to strengthen its brand, and grown in sophistication, number of partners and participants.

If you are an emerging environmental leader who is interested in this exciting and dynamic volunteer position, please send your CV and a brief (150-450 words) statement outlining why you are interested in, and the best candidate for, this position, to: Elizabeth Watterworth, ewatterworth@eco.ca by Friday, September 30, 2011.We anticipate that, with your excellent coordination and project management skills, this upcoming Forum will be the best, yet!

Browsing the Career Cookbook

September 7, 2011/in Career & Lifestyle Design /by mmstaff

When thinking about the next step in their career, people tend to look first at their past. They look for patterns of achievement and try to project where they logically lead. “What does my resume say?” “What am I qualified for?” “What can a person with my experience go after successfully?”

The answers to these questions may lead to a job that works in many or even most ways. However, they don’t automatically lead to the most fulfilling career.

The key is to discover your values. Once you understand who you are and what you want, the path to getting what you want and building a fulfilling life becomes clear very quickly.

But that sounds challenging, doesn’t it? “Discovering who you are and what you want” may not sound straightforward, but it’s as easy and fun as browsing a cookbook.

In spite of all the great recopies available on the internet, I still love to browse a colourful cookbook. The trick is, I look at the pictures first, not the ingredients. I look until I find a picture that makes my mouth water. Then I know what I want. Then it’s a simple matter to look at the ingredients and figure out how to make the dish.

When you’re not quite satisfied with your career or lifestyle, when you’re looking for more juice and motivation, browsing the career cookbook for what makes your mouth water can be the easiest way to discover your fastest path to a fulfilling career and a happy life. Once you can almost taste the dish in the picture, you’ll be sitting at the table before you know it!