Dorothy Tannahill-Moran
CPCC,ACC,BSE, Vocational Inst Cert, Retirement Options Cert as Retirement Coach
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Dorothy Tannahill-Moran Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Career & Executive Growth, Career Change, Job Search
- Career Focus
- Coaching, speaker, business owner
- Affiliation
- Retirement Options, CTI, ICF
Dorothy Tannahill-Moran is an experienced career & life coach focusing on transformation and discovery of: career development, career change, job search and retirement alte atives. Dorothy has acquired rich experience from "all sides of the hiring desk" by careers as a vocational coordinator, headhunter, employee services manager and operations manager. She has developed programs that specifically address the challenge of making a career change decision. Additionally, she has developed programs for Job Search Strategy that move people in their job search to the next level. She takes a "whole system" approach to coaching in that she coaches the whole person and all the goals that are important to them in addition to addressing their specific career phase goals. Dorothy is known as a wealth of timely, useful and content rich information and resources that she liberally shares with her clients. When working with her clients they can expect a confidential partner, humor and hard work that gets results.
Dorothy writes about change, transition and careers. With the articles she writes, she likes to provide the reader with practical insight and tools that they can take away to immediately use.
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Job Search: Plastic Surgery to get a Job?
Recently, Tory Johnson, the Good Morning America career contributor, talked about how job seekers are using plastic surgery to help them get jobs. Obviously, Tory didn’t support the concept and neither do I. While I’ve conceded the point that there is age bias out there in the work place, there is also a perspective I would like to impart on my peers.
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Career Change: Feeling queasy about changing? 5 ways to confirm you’ve made the right decision
You made a decision to change careers but you’re feeling REALLY uneasy. You can’t tell if you’re coming down with the flu or if that sinking feeling is your decision. Big decisions are always kind of gut wrenching but there are some things you can do to test your situation. 1- Did you make this decision for the right reasons? Making a career decision is a big life changer and it requires some quality think time from you.
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***Other Uses for Your Elevator Speech
More and more business owners and job seekers are catching on to the idea and necessity of having a great, impactful Elevator Speech. After all of the thought and time creating them and practicing them, many people want to get more use out of them than simply waiting to meet someone new. Repurposing your elevator speech and extending your personal brand is a great idea. Here are some great uses for your Elevator Speech:
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***Bad Boss Series: What To Do When The Boss – Can’t Communicate?
You know this kind of boss. What they say and how they say it leaves you completely befuddled about what they are trying to convey. To add to this, they might be yelling while delivering this completely incomprehensible tirade. Are we having fun yet?
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***Bad Boss Series: What To Do When The Boss – Is Really Difficult?
I generally believe most people mean well, but simply execute their job poorly sometimes. Sometimes, there are BAD bosses. This series is intended to address the most common issues with a bad boss and steps you can take to reduce the impact on you both personally and professionally. The problems we face when we have a bad boss are almost too numerous to mention, but the two biggest of these issues are: 1. They can negatively impact our work performance. 2. They can make life miserabler
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***Career Management: 8 Tips for Disagreeing with the Boss
Disagreeing with other people, without taking a body count or courting disaster, is something most people try to avoid as much as possible. Nevertheless, we recognize that we can’t always agree with everything that comes our way – even if it comes from the boss. Many of us think that disagreement with the boss is one of those career-limiting moves to be avoided as all costs. Think again.
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***Bad Boss Series: What To Do When The Boss – Takes Credit For Your Work?
Among the many things that bad bosses have been known to do is to take credit for your hard work or ideas. You don’t like it when a peer does it, but with that group, you feel you might have some recourse to stifle what they’re doing. What do you do when a boss does it? The line between a legitimate ethics violation and simply representing innovation in the department can at times be hard to tell. There are some perspectives to have first before taking any action.
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Career Growth: 5 Key Points to Make Office Politics Work for You
There was once a time when I thought “Office Politics” was tantamount to a dirty word. It was something low, underhanded and potentially unethical. If this sounds familiar, I’m here to illustrate for you that office politics isn’t this offensive behavior I once thought it was. Hopefully, I can help you jump beyond that to see how it is something for you to master, if you intend to rocket your career to the next level.
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Career Development: Networking for the Socially Inept, Introverted and Reluctant
You know our type. We’re the kind of people who for whatever reason don’t really know how to start up a conversation. We’d rather hide under the table than start chatting with an unknown person or stay at home watching reruns than go to a party. We’re your awkward cousin or the kid that sat behind you in biology. Is there networking hope for us?
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***Career Development: Where Is The Line Between Your Work and Life?
I’ve noticed that many people struggle to identify where the line should be between their work priorities and their life priorities some call it work-life balance. This struggle gets especially significant when a person is going through major career upheavals like switching jobs or changing careers. As an adult, we amass numerous important elements to our life like spouse, home, family, friends and an ever emerging career. When decisions need to be made affecting our career directions, we take into consideration the needs and demand of those other aspects that comprise our life.
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***Bad Boss Series: You Hired Who To Be My Boss? And Other Mysteries
This is the final installment in the Bad Boss Series. I think it’s important to answer once and for all: How did the bad boss get the job? You and your peers are constantly scratching your heads wondering if the boss has compromising pictures of the CEO. How else could this insane person get the job? Particularly when they have no apparent skills, much less know anything about your area. This is a good question and I’m here to provide you with some insight. This insight is intended to not only explain this life mystery, but to shed light on your own professional growth plan.
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Job Search: How Your Unemployment Can Cause Long Term Issues For You and How to Avoid Them
Recently, there was an article in the Portland Tribune that discussed volunteer rates, particularly as they relate to the unemployed. It was a great article with several lessons built right in.
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Next Chapter New Life Coach
Great content, advice and support for all phases of your career: career & executive growth, career change and job search.
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Next Chapter New Life Coaching
For people who want to have a career they love from a promotion or changing to a whole, new career path. I have 3 career areas 1- The Career Makeover Newsletter is a free newsletter that covers all career phases 2- The website with many free resources 3 - Blog: daily publications to give you guidance and inspiration
October 8, 2012
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Next Chapter New Life Blog
Content and advice for all phases of your career - career & executive development, career change and job search.
May 13, 2011
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www.nextchapte ewlife.com
http://www.nextchapte ewlife.com
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Dorothy Tannahill-Moran
Making a personal change can be scary and daunting, but it doesn't have to be. It is a process both internal and exte al that a person can follow to get them closer to the person they intend to be. It doesn't matter if the change is imposed on a person like losing their job or if it is a change they impose on themselves, like a career change, all change can be pursued fearlessly. Change can mean an exciting NEW LIFE awaits them!
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Contact me for a complimentary Career Strategy Session, where we will identify your goals, your challenges and ways to move forward. Email me at: dorothy@nextchapte ewlife.com
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