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The Ethical Counselor, Therapist, and Coach

Today, a fellow career coach asked me to troubleshoot her private practice. Our session revealed ethical concerns. While some of these are particular to career coaching/counseling, others are applicable to any helping professional in private practice. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I describe those ethical lapses and ways around them.

Undergraduate Education Reinvented

Undergraduate education is beyond fixing. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I make that case and propose an alternative for undergraduate education's reinvention.

'White Male" Shouldn't be an Epithet: A plea for fairness in the gender war.

We’ve come to a place where “white male” is usually used only derogatorily: “White males are the beneficiary of (unearned) privilege, oppressor of women and people of color, perpetrators of havoc, from Hitler to Kavanaugh.

My PsychologyToday.com article today asserts this is unjust and issues a plea for fairness.

Want to See My Talk at Stanford: Career Do's and Don'ts for Stanford Parents?

Tomorrow, Tuesday Oct 9 at 11 AM, I kick-off a Stanford Distinguished Speaker series. The title, "Career Dos and Don'ts for Stanford Parents." I've been given permission to invite some people. If you'd like to come, email me at mnemko@comcast.net. 

And as my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer the content I'm planning to present

why I Often Trust Common Sense Over Data

Many factors restrict the validity of many research findings. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I point those out and offer lots of examples of where I've prioritized common sense over the research findings du jour.

Come See Marty Nemko in His One-Man Show: Odd Man Out

Come see me in my one-man show, Odd Man Out, this Friday, Oct 5 at 8:30 PM at the Orinda Amphitheatre. Stories, life-lessons, music.  You'll nod, laugh, and maybe cry.

The reviews have been gratifying, for example,
https://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/marty-nemko-s-odd-man-out-hits-it-out-of/article_e5b93df2-e298-59ca-ba81-fcc51efd107a.html 

I'm doing this performance for free as a fundraiser for a wonderful all-volunteer community theatre: Orinda Starlight Village Players.

Discount tickets: www.goldstar.com/events/orinda-ca/marty-nemkos-odd-man-out-tickets

An Interview with CIsco's John Chambers: "America's Best Boss"

ABC’s 20-20 did a feature on  Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers called “The Best Boss in America.” And Chambers grew his company from 400 employees to 70,000 including 10,000 who became millionaires. In addition,  he’s been advisor to presidents Clinton and Bush and French President Macron, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres, and King Abdullah of Jordan and thus named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in the world.

He's written a new book: Connecting the Dots: Lessons for Leadership in a Startup World .

I interviewed him on my KALW (NPR-San Francisco) radio program, Work with Marty Nemko . My PsychologyToday.com article today offers edited highlights:

Fired! What to do now.

Fired? Standard advice is to take some time to process it, grieve, reassess.  

My clients have found that poor advice. They’ve found that the longer they “process,” the harder it is to move forward. The bad thoughts stay top-of-mind because of the revisiting and revisiting the “unfairness” of it all.

My clients have found the advice I give in my PsychologyToday.com article today to be more helpful than extended time off to process.

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: a job offer, a g...

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: a job offer, a good one!  It’s tempting to just say yes, maybe gently asking for a bump in the salary Don’t!

Sure, sometimes, negotiating accomplishes nothing or even results in the offer being withdrawn but following my PsychologyToday.com article's advice offers great potential benefit with minimal risk.

The Fine Art of Cutting Corners: 7 major career time-savers

Some people need all their ducks in a row. They do everything the complete way. For example, if they want to counsel people, they get a doctorate in clinical psychology. If they want to start a business, they spend big on a marketing survey, their website, business cards, image consultant, etc.

And some of those people are happy to be that way. But others would prefer an easier route. Alas, they don’t have a cut-corners mindset. My PsychologyToday.com article today is for them. It offers examples of ways to cut corners with minimal downside and often significant advantages.