Work-life expert Dr. Barbara Moses is a well-known organizational career-management consultant, best-selling author, and sought-after keynote speaker and media commentator. She is widely recognized as Canada’s pre-eminent spotter and tracker of the trends that shape today’s working world. From the priorities placed on work/life balance to the urgency of taking charge of your own career, she presciently and astutely predicted many major themes that have come to dominate the workplace.
Barbara is the author of four internationally best-selling books, including What Next? Find the Work That’s Right for You, and Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships and the Rest of Life. She also writes a monthly column called Career Intelligence for The Globe and Mail. Among her many accolades, she was hailed as a “career guru” by Fast Company magazine, has been labelled a “thought leader,” and was recently chosen by More Magazine as one of the top 40 women over 40.
She is president of BBM Human Resource Consultants Inc., delivering her unique approach to career-management strategies to more than 2,000 organizations worldwide. She also designed the acclaimed Career Advisor, an online career-planning tool used by major organizations to counsel more than a million people worldwide.
Barbara holds degrees in psychology from McGill University, The London School of Economics and the University of Toronto. She has a particular interest in issues related to women, demographics and the psychological motivations that drive people in their work and personal lives.
For more information, go to www.bmoses.com.
Are you the boss's pet?
Career expert Barbara Moses answered questions about what to do if you're the boss's "pet" or excluded because you're not
Does your boss play favourites?
When managers focus on select employees, the rest of the staff can feel like second-class citizens. So why do bosses do it?
Step back and let your children forge their own career paths
Note to moms: Stop worrying about your kids’ job choices. It’s their work life, not yours
Q&A: Are you meddling too much in your kid's career?
Work-life expert Barbara Moses answered questions about how to support your kids and their career choices without being judgmental
Breaking free of the midwinter blues
Tips on how to feel better about yourself, on the job and off
Why we need contrarians in the workplace
The trouble with all this team playing is there's too much ‘group think' and not enough risk-taking
How to cope with a midlife demotion
Work-life expert Barbara Moses answered your questions about late-stage career changes
Going down: Dealing with demotion at midlife
Age discrimination and a tough economy have tempered the career expectations of many older workers. How to handle the changes
Setback at work? Here's how to regain your confidence
Work-life expert Barbara Moses answered your questions about how to recover from a negative work experience
Moving on after a setback at work
Most of us will have some sort of horrible work experience – a job loss, a mean boss or public failure. But it needn’t kill your confidence
