Covid-19 has disrupted many areas of our lives, including our careers. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to strengthen and secure your career during these uncertain times.

Due to the devastating effect of the pandemic on the restaurant industry, one of my coaching clients, Alex, who served as the chief operating officer (COO) in a regional chain of 24 diners in the Northeast U.S., wanted to explore switching her career to a different industry.

Alex turned to me as her executive coach and asked for my guidance. I recommended a five-step decision-making process that helps address some the biases that might affect her decision, and coached her through the process to help her make the wisest and most profitable decision.

Step 1

Identify the need to launch a decision-making process and gather relevant information from a wide variety of informed perspectives on the issue at hand.

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