Advice, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Empowerment, Men and Women, Wake Up Calls
10 Ways to Be Better, Not Bitter Through Deep Challenge
Working as a therapist and career coach over these past eight years, I’ve seen what life can do to people. I’ve observed deep trauma and crisis, such as when a beloved spouse abandons his/her family for another lover, exclaiming... Read More
Challenges
Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino
The Top Six Reasons People Want to Leave Their Careers
(Thrilled that this piece was published on Forbes.com last week!) As a career and executive coach, I’ve spoken with hundreds of professionals who’ve shared some version of, “I really want to leave my job and change my career, but... Read More
Books, Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Support for Change, Women in Business
The Myth of Career Bliss: Why Chucking Your Career Doesn’t Solve Your Problems
I’ve spent eight years working with individuals to achieve successful professional growth, change, and reinvention. I know a good deal about the process personally too, as I’ve traversed a number of diverging career paths over the past 20 years,... Read More
Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Following Your Dreams, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Support for Change, Uncategorized
What My Five Careers Have Taught Me: Top 10 Lessons of Career Reinvention
I’ve significantly revised my career numerous times over my 25 years of working, and each time, I’ve learned some powerful, surprising lessons — about myself, my capabilities, perceptions, misconceptions, and about what it takes for me to attain what... Read More
Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, success, Tips for Empowerment, Uncategorized
The Top 6 Reasons People Want Out of Their Work
I’ve recently become immersed in executive search work through my new role as Marketing VP for Synergy Partners USA – a specialized executive search firm based in Wilton, CT. I’m loving the new work — it helps me be of service both... Read More
Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Kathy Caprino, Women in Business, Women in Leadership
Do America’s Employers Really Care about Women’s Issues?
Last Thursday, I had a wonderfully powerful meeting with three inspiring colleagues who are authors affiliated with the publisher of my book Breakdown Breakthrough – Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Each of these folks has a breadth of knowledge and diversity of experience... Read More
Advice, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Marketing Support, Small Business, Uncategorized, Women in Business
Why “Good” Marketing Advice Can Lead You Astray
A significant number of my awesome coaching and consulting colleagues and friends across the country have shared with me in the past year that they’ve hired outside marketing help with disappointing (or disastrous) results. Despite finding “experts” who seem... Read More
Breakthroughs, Challenges, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino
See Progress – We Are Moving Forward
I read this morning Rick Hanson’s beautiful newsletter “Just One Thing” – a year’s worth of weekly practices to help us grow in happiness, love and wisdom. This piece was about “Seeing Progress,” and it was a balm for... Read More
Advice, Challenges, Empowerment, Featured, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, My 52 Mistakes
Mistake #3 – Letting the “Pendulum Effect” Rule My Life
Hi Friends, Happy to share my latest vblog on my Mistake #3 – Letting the “Pendulum Effect” Rule My Life – another installment of My 52 Mistakes. This mistake is all about waiting too long to make change, resisting... Read More
Breakthroughs, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Yes I Can Thinking
A New Kind of Year
Hello and Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were lovely, and you feel refreshed and excited about the New Year. What a challenging year 2010 was for so many, including me. In thinking about what I would like... Read More
Advice, Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, Marketing Support, Powerful Self-Marketing, Uncategorized
The Top 10 Things Coaching Marketers and Training Schools Won’t Tell You
This week, I had a fabulous conversation with Starla Sireno – Founder of www.Fearlessnessinc.com and the Fearless Women Entrepreneur Network – an empowering forum for women entrepreneurs in San Francisco and beyond, providing the knowledge and support women need... Read More
Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Marketing Support, success, Women in Business
Why Asking for Money Is So Hard
I’ve been watching my clients – and myself – this past year around the experience of charging fees, asking for payment, suggesting folks re-enroll in our programs, etc., and here’s what I’ve found… Very few people like asking for... Read More
Advice, Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Marketing Support, success, Uncategorized, Wake Up Calls
The 12 Hidden Crises of Entrepreneurial Women
Several years ago I conducted a yearlong research study with over 100 working women across the country about professional crises in women and how we can reclaim our lives to overcome them. I was astounded by the findings, and... Read More
Advice, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, Marketing Support, success, Women in Business
Why Million-Dollar Coaching Promises Should Make You Leery
“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” – Winston Churchill These past few years I’ve been connected with literally dozens of coaches who... Read More
Advice, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Empowerment, Following Your Dreams, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, My 52 Mistakes, Women in Business
My 52 Mistakes Project – Mistake #52 – The Biggest
Hi Friends – happy to share the second installment of my project “My 52 Mistakes” – a social media and research project aimed at providing an open, authentic forum for women to explore, understand and grow from their biggest mistakes... Read More
Advice, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Following Your Dreams, Inspiring Thoughts, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, success, Support for Change
5 Top Mistakes to Avoid in Your Career Reinvention
After spending nine years reinventing myself from a miserable and chronically ill corporate VP to women’s career and executive coach, marketing consultant, author, speaker and women’s work-life expert, I’ve made a good number of huge mistakes and missteps that... Read More