Wednesday, August 25, 2010

New Crew Member On Deck

Ahoy from the quarterdeck of the Good Ship Compass!

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome aboard and introduce Karen Garland, who has joined the ranks of your trusty Compass crew!




Karen will be replacing Sabrina as lead facilitator of The Implicit Career Search. As a Certified Career Practitioner, Karen is bringing over 14 years experience in the Employment Counselling field to her role at Compass, including Job Club facilitation and True Colours/Personality Dimensions assesment. As a former stand up comic who also enjoys singing and playing guitar, she has a warm, humorous style of facilitating and a sincere desire to assist others in finding their work purpose.
She is very excited to be part of Compass and is looking forward to meeting and assisting clients both past, present and future.

So when you are next in our Port o' Call, do drop anchor and introduce yourself.


Compass Zina (on behalf of your Compass crew, Elaine, Bill, Veronica & Karen)

Friday, August 13, 2010

Fond Farewells

Greetings from the crows nest of the good ship Compass,

The trade winds are shifting and a sea change brewing. Our trusty shipmate Sabrina will be disembarking next week to shake out her canvas in a new port o' call. Her smile will be sorely missed, both on the quarterdeck and among our gallant crew. We wish her clear skies and a clean tide, as she makes sail for her distant horizon.

Compass Zina, (on behalf of the Compass Crew: Elaine, Bill & Veronica)





Hello fair folks of Compassland!

As my time at Compass comes to a close, I feel a mixture of sadness, deep satisfaction and gratitude. I think back to the first cycle I facilitated and going totally blank in front of the class one day - living out my greatest fear. After that moment, I understood that that needed to happen, so that I could move on from that fearful place to really enjoy, contribute and evolve how I do what I do. I also got to witness every day how there is no greater gift than to be and allow the authentic self to feel at home in the world. To do that moment by moment is a practice and to me, Compass is a space to begin that practice in a conscientious way. To those that had me as your ICS facilitator, I feel honoured that you allowed me to be a part of your journey in some small but significant way. I learned much and grew through what you shared of yourself and for that I thank you sincerely.

I am also very grateful to my colleagues that I shared this part of my journey with. Elaine, Bill, Zina and Veronica - you've been supportive and great fun to work and play with. You also helped me to grow in important ways. What I learned most in your company was to fully own and deliver what I do for it is needed.

I look forward to my upcoming move to Vancouver Island with Daniel. I'm not sure how things will unfold exactly, but really it wouldn't be much fun if I did. If you'd like updates, feel free to add me as a friend on the Compass facebook. I'd love to share and also hear what you're up to with your wild and precious lives. Creating a home (with a doggy), painting, writing and relaxation (road trip to California!!) are the first order of business (not necessarily in that order) - keep up my aliveness!

Purposefully yours,
Sabrina

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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” - Albert Einstein

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Implicit Career Search 3 Day Workshop

Olah Compassitas and Compassitos,

I hope you have been enjoying your Summer and sprinkling it with essence-ful activities. If you have found yourself suffering from Work Purpose amnesia and have been wondering how to remedy that or know someone that would benefit from some Implicit Career Search guidance, Steve Miller, the creator of the ICS is offering a three and half day public workshop that covers all ten modules of the ICS process.


Dates: September 30th - October 3rd 2010
Thursday Sept. 30th: 7 - 10pm
Friday Oct. 1st: 9am - 9pm
Saturday Oct. 2nd: 9am - 6pm
Sunday oct. 3rd: 9am - 3pm

Location:
The Northshore Compass Centre
Suite 311-255 West 1st Street,
Nth. Vancouver
B.C. V7M 3G8
Ph: (604)984-4567
Fax:(604) 984-2224
www.northshorecompass.com

Total Cost:
$675 + HST for members of the public
$95 + HST for Compass Alumni (a bargain for anyone who would like to take a refresher)

As space is limited, to reserve your spot, please RSVP to:
Steve Miller
Phone: 1-250-833 9280
email: admin@implicitcareer.com


Copies of Steve's book, Profoundly Simple Career Planning, will also be available for purchase on site.


Cheers,
Compass Zina (on behalf of Team Compass)