Meaningful Career Change
Through Career Writing

Marcus Buckingham has spent over two decades studying what makes great teams and individuals excel, and he continues to use his expertise to help people discover and use their strengths. Shot live at one of his inspiring keynote addresses, this clip provides an introduction to the strengths movement from one of its founding fathers. ___ Marcus is the author of two of the best-selling business books of all time, has two of the most circulated, industry changing cover articles on Harvard Business Review, and has been the subject of in-depth profiles in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, The Today Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. After spending two decades studying excellence at the Gallup Organization, and co-creating the Strengthsfinder tool, he built his own company that began as a Coaching + Education firm, and quickly turned into a Human Capital Management Tech company. He is known as the world’s most prominent researcher on strengths and leadership at work, and today leads all People + Performance Research as Head of the ADP Research Institute. ___ Website: https://www.marcusbuckingham.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/mwbuckingham Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-buckingham/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcusbuckingham/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcuswbuckingham ___ Marcus’ Books: Nine Lies about Work: https://mbuck.co/2SRhQbP StandOut 2.0: https://mbuck.co/33f9qgf StandOut: https://mbuck.co/2VnmdKT First, Break All the Rules: https://mbuck.co/31V2SmL Now, Discover Your Strengths: https://mbuck.co/33fmBxM The One Thing You Need to Know: https://mbuck.co/2Ow8JuH Go Put Your Strengths to Work: https://mbuck.co/33fmVN0 The Truth About You: https://mbuck.co/2pTS0Y6 Find Your Strongest Life: https://mbuck.co/30VVm9R

Jon Kabat-Zinn leads a session on Mindfulness at Google.

This documentary film examines career shift, transition and occupational change in later life. As life expectancy increases, many people are interested in an extension of working life. Job change can occur at any age. People redirect for various reasons. This film shares the stories of five people who have changed occupation at age 50 or older. In the future, redirection is expected to increase in our society as more people transition into new occupations. The documentary Redirection: Movers, Shakers and Shifters is one component of the national CERIC-funded Redirection: Work and Career Development initiative, also known as the Redirection Project. The Companion Guide for the film is available for download: http://ceric.ca/project/redirection-work-and-later-life-career-development/ For more information, please visit: http://www.myredirection.com @myredirection Dr. Suzanne L. Cook, Executive Producer cooks@yorku.ca Andrew Budziak, Producer, 8 String Media http://www.8stringmedia.ca A special thank you to CERIC, Andrew Budziak and the five amazing individuals in the film. Dr. Cook's biography: http://people.laps.yorku.ca/people.nsf/researcherprofile?readform&shortname=cooks Dr. Cook's recent publications: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suzanne_Cook3/publications CERIC http://ceric.ca

This talk speaks about inclusivity of people with a disability in the workplace. Lesa talks about why we are struggling in this area, and what we need to do in order to open doors to the avenue of professionalism for People with a Disability. A local entrepreneur and HR consultant, Lesa Bradshaw, a partner at Bradshaw Le Roux Consulting, recruitment and assessment specialists and disability integration consultants, who was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a condition that causes muscular weakness in all the voluntary muscles in the body. Technically, Lesa should not be able to lead an independent life, but she has done so. She is a psychology honours graduate, a registered psychometrist, and an MBA Graduate, having completed her dissertation on strategies for integrating people with disabilities into the workplace. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx