Working with clients as they identify the need to adapt requires much more than making a quick shift in direction. If we consider Adapting as a meta-competency, encompassing all of the Hope-Action Theory competencies, innovation and creativity emerge as essential components. Clients then begin to learn not only how to respond to their circumstances, but also how to take control of their career development and increase their overall sense of hopefulness.

Our division shutting down. Me and my team losing our jobs. And our manager flying into town for a visit. These were exceptionally weird circumstances for a team-building event.

In this episode we explore the mental journey of going through significant transitions and strategies to navigate change.

The SKCDA team interviews Norm Amundson and Andrea Fruhling from Doubleknot Works.

When we find ourselves in a new place, or sometimes feeling lost, we look for signs, landmarks, and other resources to help us find our way. Wayfinding is a part of everyday life that helps you know where to go when you find yourself needing to find your way.

Liminal Space : A crossing over space, where you have left something behind, yet are not fully in something else. A space of transition.

Whether you are beginning (or have already begun) something new or, perhaps finding yourself in a space of liminality

A keynote address summary, given at the Asia Pacific Career Development Conference, May 2021