Project Manager discovers the work environment that allows her to thrive.
Beth was very good at her job as a project manager in a pharmaceutical company. But she was unhappy at the job. It wasn’t the money. The pay was great! She knew her work was important but it just seemed that the projects never ended and there was never a feeling of completion and satisfaction.
Beth began coaching sessions using the Now What?™ program as a platform for launching her career change. The program, as well as DISC behavioral assessment, helped Beth to see that not only was her working environment wrong but the work, while interesting, was too far removed from the people she was trying to help.
What Beth wanted in a new career was a connection with the people she was trying to help as well as feedback and more personal interaction. At the pharmaceutical company, she worked with researchers who preferred to sit quietly in their offices. While the researchers may have been happy that their research was ongoing, Beth complained that her projects never ended. She longed to celebrate a success but that never seemed to happen.
As a result of working on the Now What?™ program Beth decided to leave her current position and start to do contract work for an agency while she tried a variety of possible new careers. Her temping assignments were 6 months long so they had an end, and she learned to be sure to know what deliverables were required when she started so there was a positive end and a success.
She has already sponsored an art exhibit/sale for a local artist that was very successful and plans to do some others again soon. She has taken a course on business plan writing and is now researching careers working with those who are planning their retirement years. The Now What?™ program allowed Beth to see an amazing number of possibilities for her and gave her the courage to make the change she knew she needed to make.
"When I think about retirement planning as a career it interests me at so many levels -- it's about planning for the future, making inter-generational connections (elders and school aged kids) and figuring out what life can be like with the extra years we are given. In many ways it's about planning for a productive workforce that didn't exist 50 years ago. I get so energized by the possibilities. Thank you for helping me to see the many opportunities available to me."
Beth Merica