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Networking & FREE presentation Saturday, Jan. 19 at 8:30 am - Hamilt by "Alex Freund" alexfreund10
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Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:34 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Robert Hopson" robert_hopson
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Autumn Ortenzi autumn@atsolutions.
To: robert_hopson@
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 12:02 PM
Subject: Project Manager job opportunity
01/15/13 1:18 PM
Hi Robert,
I came across your resume and have a job opportunity that I thought you might be interested in. If you are interested in pursuing, please reply to this email with your word formatted resume and I will contact you as soon as I receive it. Thanks so much!
Job Title:Technical Project Lead
Duration: 6 month Right to hire
Max Pay Rate: $60-65/hr W2
Location: Princeton, NJ
Job ID: 784
We are currently seeking a Technical Project Lead position will be the liaison between IT development and testing, Supply Chain and the vendor.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for:
1. Gather and document per the SDLC standards
2. Perform assembly testing
3. Release planning with the release manager
4. Align all to meet SDLC standards
5. Liaison between the operations group and offshore developers
6. Manage day to day activities and provide production support during the US working hours
7. Work with the vendor during the US working hours
Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Experience: 8-10 years of experience in managing IT-related projects.
1. The Technical Project Lead performs work that is non-routine and complex; interpretation is often provided from more a senior level.
2. Work is highly complex because of the volume and the timing. The individual tasks themselves are not complex but there are a lot of them for each program that are due at the same time. This is what give the tasks their complexity. A defined process and the transactional nature of the tasks requires a low level of creativity from this role.
3. A high level of judgment and reasoning required for success in this role; the position works across organization at multiple levels and involves continuing and frequent exposure to change and the ability to adapt to changing conditions in a seamless manner.
4. This role utilizes multiple skills , though not at high level in all and involves tasks that involve planning requirement as to work method.
5. Stakeholders include senior management, SBUs throughout the company, vendors and clients.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
1. Minimum 8-10 years of experience in managing IT-related projects.
2. Must have strong Application Software Development background, though no coding is required for this position
3. Must have strong Project Management skills
4. Must be able to troubleshoot and isolate Production problems so that it can be assigned to the correct group.
Additional Preferred Skill Requirements:
1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with the responsibilities outlined
2. Strong Vendor Management and Project Management skills
3. Ability to understand business needs and impact to development/
4. Excellent customer service skills
5. Consistent delivery and responsiveness
6. Ability to build and maintain strong and trusted business partner relationships
Education
A Bachelor's degree with extensive coursework in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary.
ATS is an information technologies consulting company providing services to Fortune 500 companies nationwide. ATS specializes in providing full-service staffing solutions by providing technical and business personnel through staff supplementation and project engagements. The company has extensive contacts within its Fortune 500 client base and is able to access a large pool of talented and responsive professionals with proven records of accomplishment in both the technical and business fields.
Sincerely,
Autumn Ortenzi
Advanced Technology Solutions, Inc.
802 W. Park Ave. Suite 223 Ocean, NJ 07712
P: 732.918.4664 x118
F: 732.918.4666
LinkedIN: http://www.linkedin
Visit us at www.atsolutions.
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Note: Please allow me to reiterate that I chose to contact you either because your resume has been posted to one of the internet job sites to which we subscribe, or you had previously submitted your resume to Advanced Technology Solutions. I assumed that you are either looking for a new employment opportunity, or you are interested in investigating the current job market.
If you are not currently seeking employment, or if you would prefer I contact you at some later date, please indicate your date of availability so that I may honor your request. In any event, I respectfully recommend you continue to avail yourself to the employment options and job market information we provide with our e-mail notices.
Thanks again,
Autumn
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Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:42 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"john sampson" jcsspike
Strong IT generalist/PM who can function as a senior business analyst using complex technology and crazy deadlines. Looking for a candidate who can work independently, resourceful, strong IT background, experience with HR/Legal systems is very helpful. Prefer the candidate to have a pharma background. This is a long term assignment in the Parsippany, NJ area
Thanks for you help.
Tiffany Emerson
CMK Select
temerson@cmkselect.com temerson@cmkselect.com >
O# 973-244-6060
C# 732-299-6292
www.cmkselect.comhttp://www.cmkselect.com/ >
Carter McKenzie Select, LLC
43 Route 46 East Suite 705
PO Box 620
Pine Brook, New Jersey 07058-0620
Jan 8th - Tues - Reg Mtg - 6 pm Offices of Berman Larson Kane - Bring 10 copies of your resume -Don't use GPS for Dir to BLK Offices - Go to BLK site for directions
Jan 23rd - WEDNESDAY - Dinner Mtg - Abby Kohut - Holiday Inn - Totowa
Feb 19th - Tuesday - No Mtg
Thanks for you help.
Tiffany Emerson
CMK Select
temerson@cmkselect.
O# 973-244-6060
C# 732-299-6292
www.cmkselect.
Carter McKenzie Select, LLC
43 Route 46 East Suite 705
PO Box 620
Pine Brook, New Jersey 07058-0620
Jan 8th - Tues - Reg Mtg - 6 pm Offices of Berman Larson Kane - Bring 10 copies of your resume -Don't use GPS for Dir to BLK Offices - Go to BLK site for directions
Jan 23rd - WEDNESDAY - Dinner Mtg - Abby Kohut - Holiday Inn - Totowa
Feb 19th - Tuesday - No Mtg
Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:09 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"john sampson" jcsspike
If you are interested please send me a Word copy of your resume.
Job Title: Project Manager III
Location: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Duration: 9 months contract
Job Description:
This Role can be located in Maine or NJ
Technical Project Manager III
Require technical project manager familiar with infrastructure refresh efforts involving Wintel and Unix based server upgrades. Candidate should be familiar with OS, database, and middleware technologies as well as interfacing components, and have experience managing upgrade/refresh projects involving mission critical systems and applications.
This role requires interaction, coordination, planning, and prioritization of tasks and requirements for multiple projects within a highly silo'd organization with rigorous controls, change management, and gating processes.
Only candidates with a proven track record of success in delivering critical projects in a fast paced environment, under tight timelines, and excelling in pressure driven efforts should apply.
Key accountabilities:
* Engage application SME's and prioritize server/application refresh activities with technology support resources for multiple application systems used by the corresponding business unit
* Define software and hardware requirements for application/server upgrades
* Work with Solution architect, App SME, and/or App PM to update/refine existing system blueprints, System Requirements, or other application specific documentation
* Update/create required project SDLC/PMLC documentation
* Engage Infrastructure Project Manager, and Infrastructure Architect as sub-contractors to complete the actual implementation effort for desired plan
* Create, refine, collate all financials and track effort to budget
* Engage and plan testing activities with test management and app support teams
* Manage and track tasks and activities for all support and sub contract resources
* Develop overall run book and implementation plan across all systems/applications being upgraded
* Manage change management activities required for all implementation events through all testing phases (sit,bat,pat,prod, dr)
* Manage all gating activities, seeking appropriate approvals and sign-offs from governing bodies to implement upgrades
* Create, manage, and track overall project schedule across application portfolio
* Maintain weekly status dashboard of portfolio
* Work with Program Leadership team to set overall implementation and execution plans across all work streams
* Mitigate risks and issues, raise awareness on conflicts, track project health and seek program leadership assistance to resolve conflicts impacting deliverables
Desired Technical Skills:
- 6-8 years of Infrastructure PM experience
- PMP
- ITIL certification
- Strong technical knowledge and experience as a technical PM
- Enterprise level technology experience
- Strong Communication
The successful candidate will be a technical project manager familiar with end to end delivery of application infrastructure environments and having the ability to work with a large cast of specialized resources within a matrix'd and highly controlled environment to deliver all refresh efforts on time and within budget. This is a portfolio level position with hands on accountabilities for completing all project deliverables.
Thank you,
Dane Baratta
28 Deer Street Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: (603) 319-4602
Email: dbaratta@gttit.com
MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates
Jan 8th - Tues - Reg Mtg - 6 pm Offices of Berman Larson Kane - Bring 10 copies of your resume -Don't use GPS for Dir to BLK Offices - Go to BLK site for directions
Jan 23rd - WEDNESDAY - Dinner Mtg - Abby Kohut - Holiday Inn - Totowa
Feb 19th - Tuesday - No Mtg
Job Title: Project Manager III
Location: Mt. Laurel, NJ
Duration: 9 months contract
Job Description:
This Role can be located in Maine or NJ
Technical Project Manager III
Require technical project manager familiar with infrastructure refresh efforts involving Wintel and Unix based server upgrades. Candidate should be familiar with OS, database, and middleware technologies as well as interfacing components, and have experience managing upgrade/refresh projects involving mission critical systems and applications.
This role requires interaction, coordination, planning, and prioritization of tasks and requirements for multiple projects within a highly silo'd organization with rigorous controls, change management, and gating processes.
Only candidates with a proven track record of success in delivering critical projects in a fast paced environment, under tight timelines, and excelling in pressure driven efforts should apply.
Key accountabilities:
* Engage application SME's and prioritize server/application refresh activities with technology support resources for multiple application systems used by the corresponding business unit
* Define software and hardware requirements for application/
* Work with Solution architect, App SME, and/or App PM to update/refine existing system blueprints, System Requirements, or other application specific documentation
* Update/create required project SDLC/PMLC documentation
* Engage Infrastructure Project Manager, and Infrastructure Architect as sub-contractors to complete the actual implementation effort for desired plan
* Create, refine, collate all financials and track effort to budget
* Engage and plan testing activities with test management and app support teams
* Manage and track tasks and activities for all support and sub contract resources
* Develop overall run book and implementation plan across all systems/application
* Manage change management activities required for all implementation events through all testing phases (sit,bat,pat,
* Manage all gating activities, seeking appropriate approvals and sign-offs from governing bodies to implement upgrades
* Create, manage, and track overall project schedule across application portfolio
* Maintain weekly status dashboard of portfolio
* Work with Program Leadership team to set overall implementation and execution plans across all work streams
* Mitigate risks and issues, raise awareness on conflicts, track project health and seek program leadership assistance to resolve conflicts impacting deliverables
Desired Technical Skills:
- 6-8 years of Infrastructure PM experience
- PMP
- ITIL certification
- Strong technical knowledge and experience as a technical PM
- Enterprise level technology experience
- Strong Communication
The successful candidate will be a technical project manager familiar with end to end delivery of application infrastructure environments and having the ability to work with a large cast of specialized resources within a matrix'd and highly controlled environment to deliver all refresh efforts on time and within budget. This is a portfolio level position with hands on accountabilities for completing all project deliverables.
Thank you,
Dane Baratta
28 Deer Street Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: (603) 319-4602
Email: dbaratta@gttit.
MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates
Jan 8th - Tues - Reg Mtg - 6 pm Offices of Berman Larson Kane - Bring 10 copies of your resume -Don't use GPS for Dir to BLK Offices - Go to BLK site for directions
Jan 23rd - WEDNESDAY - Dinner Mtg - Abby Kohut - Holiday Inn - Totowa
Feb 19th - Tuesday - No Mtg
Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:01 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Jayne Wells" psgwcmail
From:Stephen R. Harsanyi srharsanyi@kohlgroup.com >
To: psgwcmail@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:07 AM
Subject: Employ. Oppty._ Ericsson AXE 10 Wireline Customer Technical Support
Hi Jayne,
Please post.
Thanks,
Steve
KG011713_ Ericsson AXE Wireline Customer Technical Support
One Year Contract assignment
Location:Virtual
Office
Job Description: Looking
for a Remote Technical Support Engineer to support the Wireline Ericsson AXE 10 Switches located
in North America .
Qualified support engineer will:
* Provide Tier 2/3 level Remote Technical Support for the Ericsson AXE 10 Switch
* The Switch is running on AS311 software release
* No software design support is required
* Candidate must have 15+ years relevant technical support experience on the Ericsson AXE switch
* Must have excellent hardware/software troubleshooting skills
* Understands how to debug software interrupts, translations, trap instructions
* Possess excellent recovery, outage restoration skills
* Provide remote technical support on a 7x24x365 basis, including on- call rotation for coverage.
* Provide direct customer interface, work directly with the customer to help solve their product issues
* Must be able to meet customer Service Level Agreements (SLA) as it relates to Respond/Restore/Resolve objectives.
Severity
1: 24x7, Severity 2,3,4: 8x5, Mon-Fri.
How the process works:
Customer will contact the call center to
open a trouble ticket. The call center will open a Customer Assistance Request
(AR), route the AR to the Ericsson Support team, who will contact the customer
to work the issue to closure.
This is a part time position –
very very low trouble ticket volume. However, you must be available 24/7
for outage support as required.
Interested and qualified candidates please email your
resume in MS Word format to Steve Harsanyi at srharsanyi@kohlgroup.com with a
brief note mapping your skills and experiences to the specific requirements of
this job description.
Please include Job KG011713_ Ericsson AXE 10
Wireline Customer Technical Support on the reference line. THANK YOU!
We would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our
policy of hiring qualified candidates, without regard to race, gender, creed,
color, age, religion or national origin.
To: psgwcmail@yahoo.
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:07 AM
Subject: Employ. Oppty._ Ericsson AXE 10 Wireline Customer Technical Support
Hi Jayne,
Please post.
Thanks,
Steve
KG011713_ Ericsson AXE Wireline Customer Technical Support
One Year Contract assignment
Location:Virtual
Office
Job Description: Looking
for a Remote Technical Support Engineer to support the Wireline Ericsson AXE 10 Switches located
in North America .
Qualified support engineer will:
* Provide Tier 2/3 level Remote Technical Support for the Ericsson AXE 10 Switch
* The Switch is running on AS311 software release
* No software design support is required
* Candidate must have 15+ years relevant technical support experience on the Ericsson AXE switch
* Must have excellent hardware/software troubleshooting skills
* Understands how to debug software interrupts, translations, trap instructions
* Possess excellent recovery, outage restoration skills
* Provide remote technical support on a 7x24x365 basis, including on- call rotation for coverage.
* Provide direct customer interface, work directly with the customer to help solve their product issues
* Must be able to meet customer Service Level Agreements (SLA) as it relates to Respond/Restore/
Severity
1: 24x7, Severity 2,3,4: 8x5, Mon-Fri.
How the process works:
Customer will contact the call center to
open a trouble ticket. The call center will open a Customer Assistance Request
(AR), route the AR to the Ericsson Support team, who will contact the customer
to work the issue to closure.
This is a part time position –
very very low trouble ticket volume. However, you must be available 24/7
for outage support as required.
Interested and qualified candidates please email your
resume in MS Word format to Steve Harsanyi at srharsanyi@kohlgrou
brief note mapping your skills and experiences to the specific requirements of
this job description.
Please include Job KG011713_ Ericsson AXE 10
Wireline Customer Technical Support on the reference line. THANK YOU!
We would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our
policy of hiring qualified candidates, without regard to race, gender, creed,
color, age, religion or national origin.
Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:01 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Alex Freund" alexfreund10
I am going to present this Saturday, January 19, at 8:30 am at St. Gregory
the Great Church (see address below) on the following topic. It is FREE to
the community and all are welcome.
The Elements of the Job-Search Process
This is a presentation with the objective to embrace the entire job-search
process and break it down to its elements aligned in a plain and straight
forward logical fashion. This presentation is not only for those who just
became unemployed but also for those who have been in transition for a while
and feel lost and just hovering over the surface and without focus.
The audience will learn about:
. The four consecutive steps to attaining a job.
. How to create a marketing plan?
. What are and how to learn the tools of the trade?
. How should one best market himself?
. And how to continuously improve on the job search process?
St. Gregory the Great Parish Center -O'Connor (or Ferrante) Hall - 4620
Nottingham Way - Hamilton Square, NJ 08690
Alex
Alex Freund
(609)333-8866
Email me at: alex@landingexpert.com > alex@landingexpert.com
Visit my website: http://www.landingexpert.com/ > www.landingexpert.com
Read my blogs at: http://www.landingexpert.posterous.com/ >
www.landingexpert.posterous.com
Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfreund >
http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfreund
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Landingexpert >
https://twitter.com/Landingexpert
the Great Church (see address below) on the following topic. It is FREE to
the community and all are welcome.
The Elements of the Job-Search Process
This is a presentation with the objective to embrace the entire job-search
process and break it down to its elements aligned in a plain and straight
forward logical fashion. This presentation is not only for those who just
became unemployed but also for those who have been in transition for a while
and feel lost and just hovering over the surface and without focus.
The audience will learn about:
. The four consecutive steps to attaining a job.
. How to create a marketing plan?
. What are and how to learn the tools of the trade?
. How should one best market himself?
. And how to continuously improve on the job search process?
St. Gregory the Great Parish Center -O'Connor (or Ferrante) Hall - 4620
Nottingham Way - Hamilton Square, NJ 08690
Alex
Alex Freund
(609)333-8866
Email me at: alex@landingexpert.
Visit my website: http://www.landinge
Read my blogs at: http://www.landinge
www.landingexpert.
Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin
http://www.linkedin
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.
https://twitter.
Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:19 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Terrence Seamon" thseamon
For anyone in transition,
Here is some practical wisdom from UK based coach and facilitator Nick Heap. I "met" Nick virtually
some years ago when I was searching for Herb Shepard's Rules of Thumb for Change Agents. Nick
has it on his website.
Nick has been a proponent (for over forty years!) of a personal growth methodology called Core Process
which helps you discover and identify your unique talent and mission in life.
Here is the link to my interview with Nick:
http://learningvoyager.blogspot.com/2013/01/nick-heap-on-core-process.html
You can also scroll down to read it.
Feel free to share.
Terry
Terrence Seamon, author of "To Your Success!" and "Lead the Way!"
Facilitating Change - Achieving Results!
Organization Development & Training
http://www.facebook.com/FacilitationSolutions
(732) 246-3014 home/office
(732) 715-8218 cell
thseamon@yahoo.com
~ "Grow your people, and they will grow your business" ~
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Blogger no-reply@blogger.com >
To: thseamon@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:36 PM
Subject: [Here We Are. Now What?] Nick Heap on Core Process
To start off the New Year, I am happy to feature UK-based coach and facilitator Nick Heap, one of the leading proponents of a personal growth methodology called Core Process, a powerful way to discover your unique talents and purpose in life.
In this interview, Nick will share insights into Core Process, what it is and how it works.
Q - Welcome, Nick. Please tell us a little about how you came to this coaching work.
Originally, I was trained as a research chemist and worked at ICI, a multinational chemical company based in Britain. ICI was at the cutting edge of organisation and personal development. In 1970, I participated in a T-Group, through work, for a week and it was a life-changing experience. (In a T-Group you "examine your behaviour as it happens.) I learned some things about myself, and that we have all the resources we need to solve our problems, but we need to listen to each other to solve them.
Soon after the T-group, I decided to devote my life to helping people listen to each other. Since ICI was such a good and flexible employer, I didn't want to leave there. I wanted to find a new job at ICI, and to do this I needed to prove to them that I was serious.
While still working full time at ICI, I spent a year as a volunteer with the Samaritans, listening to suicidal people. Then I become a marriage relationship counsellor with what is now "Relate", also as a volunteer. It was incredible training where I learned a lot about myself and gained some great skills. Then, after 4 years of learning and asking for feedback, I got a job as internal consultant with ICI. For 6 years, I had a free hand to help managers and facilitate teams.
I was made redundant after a major reorganization, and I decided to work for myself as an external consultant, doing one-on-one work listening to senior people and helping them think deeply about anything that bothered them. I also trained people in influencing skills and built teams where people listened to each other. I've been doing this ever since
Q - Speaking of helping people to think more deeply, let's turn to Core Process. In a nutshell, what is Core Process?
Core Process starts from the idea that, when we are made, we have a job to do, a unique and specific job that fits you, that you were designed to do. When you do it, it goes astonishingly well, you are happy and energized, and you feel the most alive.
As I say at my website, your core process shows you what you are here on the planet to do. Core Process is simply a away of describing what your job is, your purpose, your central and unique talent.
You, the reader of this blog are unique, important and amazing. Core Process helps you discover and describe, your unique magnificence in just two words!
Q - Can you give an example, Nick?
Two words describe your core process. Mine is "creating awareness." Yours is "facilitating wisdom." A woman I know has the core process "touching souls." She has the ability to build trust. She was sent into an angry, hurt-filled factory that was due to close. She met each person, shook her or his hand and said, "I know you are upset and frightened about what is happening to the factory. I will make sure you will find a job." The quality of the connection she made in just a few seconds was such they believed her and their feelings changed. By the end of the year, all but two people had found a job. She touched their souls.
Core process gets to the heart of who you are when you are in touch with your essence, your truth. We are all different. We are all unique, our experience is unique, and so it's logical that we have unique skills and talents. When you are using this unique talent, it's fulfilling, it's rewarding, and it has good effects: it's the way to your happiness and it makes the world a better place.
They are also all lovely! (Yours too)
Q - What was the genesis of Core Process?
I wasn't there for the beginning. It was around 1970; Chris Bull, Robin Coates and Calvin Germain were at a pub having a conversation about business. They agreed that every business must have a core mission. If the mission is unclear, or if you set out to do too many things, you won't be successful.
The next question was: Could this apply to a person as well? They decided to find out.
In 1972, at an ICI course, on life planning run by Chris Bull, I learned about core process, and discovered my own, "creating awareness." I trained to facilitate the course. Together with the T-Group, this was a momentous time in my life.
I brought Core Process into my own practice as a tool to help clients think about and plan their future.
Q – How can the Core Process help a person? a team? an organization?
People can use their core process as a guide if they want to make career or life changes. It also a great help to get you out of a hole. We will only be truly happy if we are able to use what we are uniquely good at, and enjoy, a lot of the time. As people spend a great deal of time at work, a great fit between your core process and your work is highly desirable. When Chris did the original work in ICI, one eighth of the trainees changed their jobs or left the company within six months.
You can use the Core Process technology to help a team think about its vision, and how to meet the challenges they face. For example, I worked with one team that decided that their vision for the future was "Everything Running Smoothly." It worked for them.
I would dearly love to have all the members of a team know their individual core processes. When a challenge arrived, they would quickly be able to find the right person to help. The member with a Core Process like "Inspiring People" would be great working with a department with low morale, for instance.
Q - Nick, Can you outline the steps you take someone through to discover their core process?
I'd be happy to. It usually takes an hour and a half per person. It's really quite simple.
First, I ask you to tell 3 or 4 stories when you felt most alive.
Second, I ask you to pick one of the stories to think about some more.
Third, I ask you to choose some words to describe what was happening: -ing words and nouns. For example "breathing" and "life."
Fourth, I ask you to choose the words that you like the most.
Fifth, I help the client to distill the words into a two-word phrase, like "breathing life" that excites the client. As they formulate their phrase, I ask, How excited about this are you? How well does this phrase fit the stories you shared?
One other thing: You can do Core Process remotely as well as face-to-face, even via Skype.
Q - Tell me about the Core Process conference you are planning.
This conference will be a first. It will be held in June and in or near London. I hope to bring together a mix of people. Some who are practitioners, some who will know their core processes and some who are just interested in the idea. I hope to see some from organizations that might be intrigued by core process as a tool for personal development, for team building, or for developing empathy. I want this to be very participative, not a series of speeches by "experts". I want people to have conversations and share stories of doing Core Process and the value it has had for them. Some colleagues and I have had two detailed discussions and the ideas are coming together well.
Q - Last question, Nick. What's next for you and Core Process?
I honestly don't know for certain. Next is the conference. There is an extension of Core Process called Core Process 2 that goes more deeply into purpose and how to deliver it to the world. I plan do more coaching to help people live their core process.
To learn more about Nick and the work he does, click here .
You are also welcome to contact him directly via his website www.nickheap.co.uk or by email: nickheap43(at)gmail.com
Posted by Terrence Seamon on January 15, 2013
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Posted By Blogger to Here We Are. Now What? at 1/17/2013 12:36:00 PM
Terrence Seamon, author of "To Your Success!" and "Lead the Way!"
Facilitating Change - Achieving Results!
Organization Development & Training
http://www.facebook.com/FacilitationSolutions
(732) 246-3014 home/office
(732) 715-8218 cell
thseamon@yahoo.com
~ "Grow your people, and they will grow your business" ~
Here is some practical wisdom from UK based coach and facilitator Nick Heap. I "met" Nick virtually
some years ago when I was searching for Herb Shepard'
has it on his website.
Nick has been a proponent (for over forty years!) of a personal growth methodology called Core Process
which helps you discover and identify your unique talent and mission in life.
Here is the link to my interview with Nick:
http://learningvoya
You can also scroll down to read it.
Feel free to share.
Terry
Terrence Seamon, author of "To Your Success!" and "Lead the Way!"
Facilitating Change - Achieving Results!
Organization Development & Training
http://www.facebook
(732) 246-3014 home/office
(732) 715-8218 cell
thseamon@yahoo.
~ "Grow your people, and they will grow your business" ~
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Blogger no-reply@blogger.
To: thseamon@yahoo.
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:36 PM
Subject: [Here We Are. Now What?] Nick Heap on Core Process
To start off the New Year, I am happy to feature UK-based coach and facilitator Nick Heap, one of the leading proponents of a personal growth methodology called Core Process, a powerful way to discover your unique talents and purpose in life.
In this interview, Nick will share insights into Core Process, what it is and how it works.
Q - Welcome, Nick. Please tell us a little about how you came to this coaching work.
Originally, I was trained as a research chemist and worked at ICI, a multinational chemical company based in Britain. ICI was at the cutting edge of organisation and personal development. In 1970, I participated in a T-Group, through work, for a week and it was a life-changing experience. (In a T-Group you "examine your behaviour as it happens.) I learned some things about myself, and that we have all the resources we need to solve our problems, but we need to listen to each other to solve them.
Soon after the T-group, I decided to devote my life to helping people listen to each other. Since ICI was such a good and flexible employer, I didn't want to leave there. I wanted to find a new job at ICI, and to do this I needed to prove to them that I was serious.
While still working full time at ICI, I spent a year as a volunteer with the Samaritans, listening to suicidal people. Then I become a marriage relationship counsellor with what is now "Relate", also as a volunteer. It was incredible training where I learned a lot about myself and gained some great skills. Then, after 4 years of learning and asking for feedback, I got a job as internal consultant with ICI. For 6 years, I had a free hand to help managers and facilitate teams.
I was made redundant after a major reorganization, and I decided to work for myself as an external consultant, doing one-on-one work listening to senior people and helping them think deeply about anything that bothered them. I also trained people in influencing skills and built teams where people listened to each other. I've been doing this ever since
Q - Speaking of helping people to think more deeply, let's turn to Core Process. In a nutshell, what is Core Process?
Core Process starts from the idea that, when we are made, we have a job to do, a unique and specific job that fits you, that you were designed to do. When you do it, it goes astonishingly well, you are happy and energized, and you feel the most alive.
As I say at my website, your core process shows you what you are here on the planet to do. Core Process is simply a away of describing what your job is, your purpose, your central and unique talent.
You, the reader of this blog are unique, important and amazing. Core Process helps you discover and describe, your unique magnificence in just two words!
Q - Can you give an example, Nick?
Two words describe your core process. Mine is "creating awareness." Yours is "facilitating wisdom." A woman I know has the core process "touching souls." She has the ability to build trust. She was sent into an angry, hurt-filled factory that was due to close. She met each person, shook her or his hand and said, "I know you are upset and frightened about what is happening to the factory. I will make sure you will find a job." The quality of the connection she made in just a few seconds was such they believed her and their feelings changed. By the end of the year, all but two people had found a job. She touched their souls.
Core process gets to the heart of who you are when you are in touch with your essence, your truth. We are all different. We are all unique, our experience is unique, and so it's logical that we have unique skills and talents. When you are using this unique talent, it's fulfilling, it's rewarding, and it has good effects: it's the way to your happiness and it makes the world a better place.
They are also all lovely! (Yours too)
Q - What was the genesis of Core Process?
I wasn't there for the beginning. It was around 1970; Chris Bull, Robin Coates and Calvin Germain were at a pub having a conversation about business. They agreed that every business must have a core mission. If the mission is unclear, or if you set out to do too many things, you won't be successful.
The next question was: Could this apply to a person as well? They decided to find out.
In 1972, at an ICI course, on life planning run by Chris Bull, I learned about core process, and discovered my own, "creating awareness." I trained to facilitate the course. Together with the T-Group, this was a momentous time in my life.
I brought Core Process into my own practice as a tool to help clients think about and plan their future.
Q – How can the Core Process help a person? a team? an organization?
People can use their core process as a guide if they want to make career or life changes. It also a great help to get you out of a hole. We will only be truly happy if we are able to use what we are uniquely good at, and enjoy, a lot of the time. As people spend a great deal of time at work, a great fit between your core process and your work is highly desirable. When Chris did the original work in ICI, one eighth of the trainees changed their jobs or left the company within six months.
You can use the Core Process technology to help a team think about its vision, and how to meet the challenges they face. For example, I worked with one team that decided that their vision for the future was "Everything Running Smoothly." It worked for them.
I would dearly love to have all the members of a team know their individual core processes. When a challenge arrived, they would quickly be able to find the right person to help. The member with a Core Process like "Inspiring People" would be great working with a department with low morale, for instance.
Q - Nick, Can you outline the steps you take someone through to discover their core process?
I'd be happy to. It usually takes an hour and a half per person. It's really quite simple.
First, I ask you to tell 3 or 4 stories when you felt most alive.
Second, I ask you to pick one of the stories to think about some more.
Third, I ask you to choose some words to describe what was happening: -ing words and nouns. For example "breathing&quo
Fourth, I ask you to choose the words that you like the most.
Fifth, I help the client to distill the words into a two-word phrase, like "breathing life" that excites the client. As they formulate their phrase, I ask, How excited about this are you? How well does this phrase fit the stories you shared?
One other thing: You can do Core Process remotely as well as face-to-face, even via Skype.
Q - Tell me about the Core Process conference you are planning.
This conference will be a first. It will be held in June and in or near London. I hope to bring together a mix of people. Some who are practitioners, some who will know their core processes and some who are just interested in the idea. I hope to see some from organizations that might be intrigued by core process as a tool for personal development, for team building, or for developing empathy. I want this to be very participative, not a series of speeches by "experts". I want people to have conversations and share stories of doing Core Process and the value it has had for them. Some colleagues and I have had two detailed discussions and the ideas are coming together well.
Q - Last question, Nick. What's next for you and Core Process?
I honestly don't know for certain. Next is the conference. There is an extension of Core Process called Core Process 2 that goes more deeply into purpose and how to deliver it to the world. I plan do more coaching to help people live their core process.
To learn more about Nick and the work he does, click here .
You are also welcome to contact him directly via his website www.nickheap.
Posted by Terrence Seamon on January 15, 2013
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