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Guest Columnist Nina Ham, CPPC, LCSW
Nina Ham is founder and principal of Success from the Inside Out, a consulting and coaching business specializing in programs and services for midlife professional women in career transition. Visit Nina at www.SuccessFromTheInsideOut.com
Visit Nina at http://www.successfromtheinsideout.com.
Nina’s Columns
TIME- What To Do When There Isn’t Enough
One of the interesting changes I notice is that time has moved to the top of the list of valued resources, upstaging money, sex…everything else! Recently I have embarked on a campaign to create more discretionary time in my life. More...
The Strength of Your Soft Skills Can Make or Break Your Career Success
Whether you’re working in a large corporation, a small nonprofit, or your own business, the consensus seems to be mounting that what’s in your skill set or what appears on your resume is less important for your success than your “people skills”. While that statement may not come as a surprise, it raises a number of questions that merit closer attention. More...
Giving Back: What? Where? How?
Here are some new ideas for giving back that might not have occurred to you. More...
Accidental Careers
Are you somewhere other than where you thought you’d be at this point in your work life? More...
Is Going Solo Right for You?
You're accomplished and successful enough, but you’ve got this itch. More...
Mid-term Brush-Up For Your 2007 Career Goals
Is it time to do give your goals a "check up?" More...
How to Network for Introverts And All Others!
Can a dyed-in-the-wool introvert actually find networking enjoyable? More...
What Are My Strengths?
An attractive, poised mid-life woman came into my office the other day, wanting help with finding a new career that she would enjoy. “I’ve worked in sales for 30 years. I’m good at it but I don’t enjoy it anymore. Everyone says I should start with a list of my strengths, but I don’t have a clue what those are!” Nina shares how to identify your personal and professional strengths. More...
The Power of Purpose
When it comes to creating fulfilling careers, you’re advised to follow your passion, or do what you love. Whether it’s with a partner or with a career, where does the power to sustain a vital relationship come from at this point in life? More...
A New Beginning Without Changing Jobs
Check out these strategies for introducing new challenge and interest into your current job, to enliven those mid-life career doldrums. More...
Cultivating Self Confidence
Having partnered with scores of women over the years as they search for new work, I’m well positioned as a diagnostician for one of the chief career search afflictions: the atrophy, or wasting away, of self-confidence. You may think of this as a minor ailment, but it can wreak havoc with your finest dreams and aspirations. More...
Should I Go Back to School?
In the plethora of articles on career change for mid-life women, there are surprisingly few that speak to the question of whether returning to school is a wise mid-life career move. More...
Career Change 201
In this column Nina takes a deeper look at career change and address two very pertinent questions women at mid-life need to ask: Where do I begin in deciding what to do next? What are the financial implications of a career change? More...
Going toe-to-toe with Ageism in the workplace
How to combat ageism in the workplace. More...
Working with a Mission
Most of us are aware of the value of being focused and purposeful in what we do, but how many of us have taken the extra step to articulate a mission statement for our work? Having a professional mission statement will boost effectiveness and impact, and for we 50+ veterans, it’s probably not that difficult to identify what it is. More...
Mid-Life Career Change: The First Steps
Contemplating a mid-life career change can foreshadow a major new chapter in your life, driven by an itch you want to scratch, boredom you want to escape, or a lifestyle change you want to accommodate. In this column we’ll be looking at Career Change 101: some of the questions you may have if you’re early in the process. More...
Sustainable Success and You!
What makes work sustainable for women boils down to three factors. Our work works for us when what we do matters to us; when its value is acknowledged by others; when it stretches us to become who we didn’t know we could be. More...
