Creating Resilient Careers across the Lifespan
and within Generations
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2025, Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST
Presenters: Michele DeRosa, Jan Cummings, Linda Hoopes, Ph.D.
Plan to join us for an inspiring and engaging event on coaching clients with resilient stories and strategies in career coaching and counseling.
Participants will engage in a learning and sharing process about six significant challenges experienced by many individuals at various stages of their career journeys. Sustaining a career that is both dynamic and effective requires adaptability and resourcefulness to embrace a resilience mindset and related skills. Facilitators, co-authors of “Resilient Careers: Stories and Strategies for Sustaining Professional Growth,” will introduce the comprehensive resilience model, share creative and realistic approaches and examples, and provide support materials to demonstrate how they integrate resilience strategies into career coaching with clients. We will also begin a conversation about how these career challenges impact the generations.
About the presenters:
MICHELE DeROSA provides coaching and facilitation in career development, resilience, communications, and social justice/inclusion. Michele challenges herself professionally by using her expertise and passion with diverse populations, e.g., Olympic athletes and coaches, union employees, migrant farmworkers, theater artists and other creatives, adults in transition, clients in addiction recovery, students, and staffs at all levels. Her certifications: ICF ACC coach, MBTI Master Practitioner, Resilience Practitioner, CCC (NCDA). Michele co-designed a multi-faceted Career Resilience program for frontline healthcare employees and co-facilitates resilience workshops. With Jan Cummings and Linda Hoopes, she co-authored “Resilient Careers: Stories and Strategies for Sustaining Professional Growth,” and co-wrote a chapter in “Building Workforce Strength” (Elsdon, Ed.) with Jan Cummings. Michele often speaks at professional conferences. Michele worked in recruitment and career services for NASA/JPL. At DBM/LHH, she coached clients from varied industries through career transitions as well as designed and managed organizational change projects. At BHMT, she coached union-represented employees to change or enhance their careers. Her work in Higher Ed: UCLA, CSUN, Santa Monica College and Occidental career centers and teaching graduate courses at Antioch University and CSUN. B.A. in English/Theatre from UCSB; M.A. in Ed Psych/Counseling from Cal Poly, SLO. Advisory/volunteer roles for Look What She Did, Cornerstone Theater Company, Western Justice Center, SAG/AFTRA Career Center.
JAN CUMMINGS is an independent Career Development Coach and Resilience Practitioner providing services for professionals, leaders and teams. In her last position with a national, multi-faceted health care organization, Jan was Co-Lead for a Career Resilience Program which included individual resilience coaching as well as workshops/webinars on Change and the Power of Resilience. She is co-author with Michele DeRosa and Linda Hoopes of the recently published “Resilient Careers: Stories and Strategies for Sustaining Professional Growth.” In her previous corporate roles in a variety of industries, Jan created, implemented and evaluated Mentor Programs designed to increase employee job satisfaction, contribution and career mobility. Jan is very experienced with integrating relevant career assessment resources such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Clifton Strengths, and the Personal Resilience Profile (PRP) within her development coaching relationships. Jan has been a Certified Resilience Practitioner for 8 years working closely with Linda Hoopes, President of Resilience Alliance in Atlanta. Jan holds a B.A. in Sociology and an M.S. in Counseling from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC); NCDA Certified Career Counselor (CCC); NCE Board-Certified Coach (BCC); ICF Certified ACC, and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California (LPCC-CA).
Dr. LINDA HOOPES is the founder and president of Resilience Alliance, an Atlanta-based firm focused on helping individuals, teams, and organizations learn to thrive in turbulence. She brings over 30 years of experience in psychology and organizational change to her work. Linda is the author of four books: Prosilience: Building Your Resilience for a Turbulent World; Managing Change with Personal Resilience; Embracing Another Normal: Resilience Stories and Strategies for Raising Children with Disabilities (co-authored with Kris Burbank); and Resilient Careers: Stories and Strategies for Sustaining Professional Growth (co-authored with Jan Cummings and Michele DeRosa). She also leads an international community of practice focused on bringing her Prosilience framework into a variety of environments and organizations. Linda received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee and her A.B. in Psychology from Davidson College. She has served on the faculties of several institutions including Rutgers, Georgia Tech, and Colby College. She is licensed as a psychologist in the state of Georgia. In addition to her professional and academic history, she brings a range of other influences to her work including music, photography, and sailboat racing. She publishes several newsletters, including two family history projects and a cross-topic publication called Downwind Wine.
NCCDA member participants attending live webinar are eligible to earn (1) NBCC or NCDA CE after completing follow up survey at no-cost. Non-members interested in CE are required to pay $35.00, but are welcome to attend at no cost.
