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Guiding Your Child Through Further Education and Career Decisions

The future is full of possibilities, but also stress and uncertainty.

As parents, we all want our children to succeed, find joy, and use their unique talents to confidently step into the world. But career decisions can be overwhelming for both them and us. Here’s the best career planning advice I can offer:

#1 Encourage exploration and self-reflection.
Have open conversations about their interests, values, and passions. Ask questions like: What excites you? What do you enjoy doing in your free time? These discussions can help identify recurring themes that may point to their true calling.

#2 Focus on the process, not just the outcome.
Career paths aren’t always linear, and learning happens through reflection and exploration. The more time spent thinking about what excites and energizes them, the clearer their direction will become. And it’s never too early to start this process!

#3 Ask questions and keep the conversation open.
Be curious and help them discover how their interests, skills, and education can align with potential career paths. Encourage them to seek out volunteer opportunities, internships, or part-time jobs that allow them to explore different fields in a hands-on way. This helps connect the dots between theory and real-world application.

The goal is to foster a growth mindset, build resilience, and highlight the importance of being flexible and adaptable in an ever-changing world. Encouraging them to build a broad network and seek out mentorship will also help them make more informed decisions.

If your child is struggling with decisions about their education or feels they’re in the wrong program, I’m here to help. As a career coach specializing in supporting high school, college, and university students (as well as young adults), I help guide individuals to discover their strengths and passions. Together, we can create a plan for their future that’s aligned with their personal goals.

My approach is collaborative. In key sessions, parents are welcome to be involved so everyone is aligned on the journey ahead. Private coaching sessions for your child will also be part of the process, ensuring they feel empowered to make decisions about their education and career.

If you’d like to learn more or book a consultation to develop a personalized plan, I’d be happy to help. Let’s take this meaningful next step together. [Book a Consultation Here]

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Take Control of your Time through Business Documentation

Business Documentation

Business Documentation

The most successful businesses I’ve worked for have had detailed, step by step guides of everything that they do in their business. These guides set the stage for consistent customer service, precise task management and transparency for financial audits. At larger companies business documentation is very important because a variety of people may be responsible for providing different aspects of the final product to customers. A new employees in the chain of tasks can sometimes make or break the customer experience depending on how they executed their task. By relying on precise documentation that clarifies complex projects both customer satisfaction and employee empowerment can be achieved.

Here are a few examples of business processes to be documented:
• Record New customer data, their Industry, geographic location, payment preferences and business contacts
• Track purchases, phone contact, complaints and escalation, remediation steps
• Define refund process, including customer appreciation offers/incentives

The best way to improve your brand’s reputation, bottom line and customer experience is by understanding the steps between first contact and the desired service or product.
Are you still wondering whether you should invest time and energy into documenting your processes? The pay-off can be very rewarding.

Consider benefits like:
• Improved operating efficiency
• More time to devote toward other projects
• Flexibility to hand off tasks to assistants (i.e. so you can regain control of your day)
• More time to devote toward the things you love

If you’d like to get started, here are a few steps to get you on track:

  1. Define the process you want to start with.
  2. Identify process owners (those who perform the task) and customers (those who receive the service or product)
  3. Write a step by step list of each task for the process under the headings “Owners” and “Customers”
  4. Review your assumptions with owners and key customers to determine if any steps have been missed
  5. Update the document, determine and eliminate redundancies
  6. Determine if the task can be automated or outsourced to an assistant.
  7. Keep the flow of communication open regarding changes that impact vested parties

Lastly, remember that if you need any help with projects like this, DEN has the experience and desire to help. We are just a few clicks away!