Comments for Executive Career Coach and Author Jay Block http://www.jayblock.com Best-Selling Author and Executive Coach Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Why There Won’t Be Any Change in the Job Market in Our Lifetime by Jay Block http://www.jayblock.com/why-there-won%e2%80%99t-be-any-change-in-the-job-market-in-our-lifetime/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Jay Block Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:02:06 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=1375#comment-874 Thank you for your post, Rita. Mid September I will offer a 15 (give or take a few :-) point plan to live a quality life in the NEW workplace and in our NEW society. Some will be very controversial... but we will need to RE-THINK how we live, what we value, and the sacrifices we will "have" to make to be happy. If we do not change how we THINK, begin to take personal responsibility, place collaboration ahead of confrontation, and see that change is not only necessary - but critical to our survival (and this is not a dramatization), our future will be very painful. Certainly my plan will NOT be the end-all; but a beginning for those who care about our future to use this as a platform for positive and sustainable change. Thank you for your post, Rita. Mid September I will offer a 15 (give or take a few :-) point plan to live a quality life in the NEW workplace and in our NEW society. Some will be very controversial… but we will need to RE-THINK how we live, what we value, and the sacrifices we will “have” to make to be happy. If we do not change how we THINK, begin to take personal responsibility, place collaboration ahead of confrontation, and see that change is not only necessary – but critical to our survival (and this is not a dramatization), our future will be very painful.

Certainly my plan will NOT be the end-all; but a beginning for those who care about our future to use this as a platform for positive and sustainable change.

]]> Comment on Why There Won’t Be Any Change in the Job Market in Our Lifetime by Rita http://www.jayblock.com/why-there-won%e2%80%99t-be-any-change-in-the-job-market-in-our-lifetime/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Rita Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:22:49 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=1375#comment-832 Jay, you have just said what too many career folks are reluctant to say. Job seekers are being told that if they just did a b c and did it right, they would get a job. So they feel less and less competent, sink into emotional valleys, blame themselves, experience family relationship breakdowns, go deeper and deeper into financial distress. I believe that there are alternatives and I believe, as you have stated, that we all need to take a look at our values. The large house,the flat screen TV, the new car cannot be the measures of self-worth. Material "prizes" are nice, but when we wrap our sense of self in those symbols we automatically lose our self respect when they are not available to us. I wish more people were talking about this so that job seekers could begin to see how to build their lives on different foundations. Thanks for showing the courage to say what needs to be said. Jay, you have just said what too many career folks are reluctant to say. Job seekers are being told that if they just did a b c and did it right, they would get a job. So they feel less and less competent, sink into emotional valleys, blame themselves, experience family relationship breakdowns, go deeper and deeper into financial distress. I believe that there are alternatives and I believe, as you have stated, that we all need to take a look at our values. The large house,the flat screen TV, the new car cannot be the measures of self-worth. Material “prizes” are nice, but when we wrap our sense of self in those symbols we automatically lose our self respect when they are not available to us. I wish more people were talking about this so that job seekers could begin to see how to build their lives on different foundations. Thanks for showing the courage to say what needs to be said.

]]> Comment on The Protean Manager by Jay Block http://www.jayblock.com/the-protean-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Jay Block Thu, 12 May 2011 23:02:12 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=1105#comment-679 See my blog on Protean employees: http://www.jayblock.com/blog/protean-employees/ See my blog on Protean employees: http://www.jayblock.com/blog/protean-employees/

]]> Comment on The Protean Manager by Diane Daleiden http://www.jayblock.com/the-protean-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Diane Daleiden Thu, 12 May 2011 17:26:07 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=1105#comment-678 Hi Jay-I agree with these 8 Key Concepts, however I am left wondering about non-managers. As someone who works with job seekers and career changers it seems that similar key concepts would be vital in preparing all to be successful in their careers and jobs. Hi Jay-I agree with these 8 Key Concepts, however I am left wondering about non-managers. As someone who works with job seekers and career changers it seems that similar key concepts would be vital in preparing all to be successful in their careers and jobs.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the “Protean Career” Workplace by Why You Must Avoid Becoming “Middle Seat Guy” « Tao of the Zentropist http://www.jayblock.com/welcome-to-%e2%80%9cprotean-career%e2%80%9d-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-673 Why You Must Avoid Becoming “Middle Seat Guy” « Tao of the Zentropist Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=967#comment-673 [...] a “Protean Career,” and for employers, a “Protean Workplace,” which author and career coach Jay Block has been advocating for and spearheading via the Protean Careers Group on LinkedIn. Over the past [...] [...] a “Protean Career,” and for employers, a “Protean Workplace,” which author and career coach Jay Block has been advocating for and spearheading via the Protean Careers Group on LinkedIn. Over the past [...]

]]> Comment on The Protean Manager by Jay Block http://www.jayblock.com/the-protean-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Jay Block Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:59:06 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=1105#comment-669 Glad to see your comment Kay; and that you could, in some way, identify with the ideas posted on my blog. I particularly like Principle #5 - as I gather you did as well. Have a great week - Jay Glad to see your comment Kay; and that you could, in some way, identify with the ideas posted on my blog. I particularly like Principle #5 – as I gather you did as well.

Have a great week – Jay

]]> Comment on The Protean Manager by Kay Stout http://www.jayblock.com/the-protean-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Kay Stout Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:43:11 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=1105#comment-668 Jay - Interesting article. In looking back over my career - I freqently functioned at my best during times of chaos and/or extreme stress. I was usually able to identify the HAD TO GET DONE - set priorities and time lines - and keep a cool head. It was only after-the-fact that I would realize what had been accomplished. Kay Jay – Interesting article. In looking back over my career – I freqently functioned at my best during times of chaos and/or extreme stress. I was usually able to identify the HAD TO GET DONE – set priorities and time lines – and keep a cool head.

It was only after-the-fact that I would realize what had been accomplished.

Kay

]]> Comment on DISCIPLINE: The Most Important Word in the English Language by Jay Block http://www.jayblock.com/discipline-the-most-important-word-in-the-english-language/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Jay Block Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:42:19 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=1064#comment-667 Nothing wrong with TV... but not as a lifestyle and antidepressant. Maybe as a reward for a good day's work ! Nothing wrong with TV… but not as a lifestyle and antidepressant. Maybe as a reward for a good day’s work !

]]> Comment on Welcome to the “Protean Career” Workplace by Cecilia Champ http://www.jayblock.com/welcome-to-%e2%80%9cprotean-career%e2%80%9d-workplace/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Cecilia Champ Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:36:32 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=967#comment-660 Great Jay! Will be incorporating this into my workshops to empower people and give them HOPE. Great Jay! Will be incorporating this into my workshops to empower people and give them HOPE.

]]> Comment on Help, I’m in the Dark (The Real Key to Success) ! by Eleanor Farmer http://www.jayblock.com/help-i%e2%80%99m-in-the-dark-the-real-key-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Eleanor Farmer Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:31:19 +0000 http://www.jayblock.com/?p=948#comment-658 Great article, and great lesson for career professionals, entrepreneurs, AND parents. Many of us seek the easy way to success, and many of us in our wish to help others actually enable them to fail by not allowing them to struggle. Great article, and great lesson for career professionals, entrepreneurs, AND parents. Many of us seek the easy way to success, and many of us in our wish to help others actually enable them to fail by not allowing them to struggle.

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