Career Momentum
Consultant Name
Clara Nydam
Categories
- Coaching & Personal Development
- Human Resources
Contact Information
Address
49 Kessel Court, Suite 214
Madison, WI 53711
Phone
608-274-2430
608-516-0566 (mobile)
Fax
608-274-5131
Web
http://www.careermomentum.com
E-mail Clara Nydam
Introduction
Are you wondering what it takes to re-invent yourself and change directions?
Are you stymied in your career growth or job search?
Does your definition of what you do need clarification and polish?
Clara Hurd Nydam and her associates at Career Momentum, Inc. have coached countless professionals and executives in their journey. Through her work with employers regarding job fit and leadership development, and with more than twenty years in career and executive coaching, Clara has become a recognized authority in southern Wisconsin for those seeking competent and compassionate career transition coaching.
Executives and professionals alike recognize the unsurpassed professionalism, discretion and value of Clara's approach. Here is what some have said about working with Clara:
Dennis Barnum, CEO / Entrepreneur, on LinkedIn:
"When I moved to the Madison, WI, area, I needed assistance in building my professional network and business opportunities. Clara provided excellent service, both in helping bring my resume up-to-date, as well as, providing my initial professional contacts in Madison. I would recommend Clara to anyone who is in need of career enhancement services."
Ginny Cashbaugh, IT Professional, on LinkedIn:
"Clara provided excellent coaching on networking, resumes and interviewing. She has great ideas on job hunting techniques that provided me with the knowledge and confidence to quickly find a job that met my requirements. I would highly recommend her to others who are looking for a job or looking to advance their career at their current company."
John N. Becker, CEO - Retail, on LinkedIn:
"After 30+ years and suddenly finding myself in need of career counseling, Clara has been extremely helpful. She has assisted me in focusing inward, so as to identify my strengths and weaknesses. Her emphasis on networking and network building has been invaluable. I would recommend Clara highly to anyone going through a career transition."
Robin Gates, Organizational Improvement Executive, on LinkedIn:
"Clara helped me with my post-downsizing career and life planning. I found Clara very knowledgeable and insightful. Her advice and guidance were excellent and helped me chart a new course and make progress toward my goals. She was always willing to spend whatever time was necessary to provide the help I needed. I have recommended her to other people in similar situations."
Daryyl Gumm, Sales Executive - Business Services, on LinkedIn:
"Clara was very thorough and frank in her explanations of the process of changing my career. She equipped me with the knowledge that I needed to make a successful career change. The result is that I am successful in my new venture and I've only been at it for about two months now."
Michael Olmstead, Sales / General Management Executive, on LinkedIn:
"I first met Clara when I hired her to help me when I believed I needed to move from a position within a company that was no longer fulfilling. Clara helped me with updating my resume but became much much more. Clara was able to ask me the questions I needed to hear. Her professionalism and expertise in reading between the lines helped me clarify my own direction. Clara continues to be a bastion of clarity and support when I have the opportunity to speak to her. I recommend Clara whenever I have the opportunity."
Services
Career Momentum Inc. provides talent management services to help individuals and teams find enjoyment and success in their work.
Career Change Coaching / Outplacement – We apply classic Change Management Principles to help executives and professionals manage their career transition process. The steps applied to job change or job search include:
- Developing an understanding of the urgency of taking action.
- Identifying internal and external resources, i.e. strengths, interests/passions, experiences, knowledge, relationships and communities that you can rally to support and guide you in a new direction. This involves the use of formal and/or informal assessments.
- Creating a vision and developing a strategy.
- Developing the tools required to communicate this vision effectively, i.e. resume, networking profile, letters, telephone, email, and interviewing strategies.
- Organizing your workspace, records and time and further identifying and empowering networking resources so that you can use every means appropriate to achieve your goals.
- Working for and celebrating short-term wins as important steps to achieving the big goal.
- Effectively on-boarding and applying new skills to continued career growth.
Leadership Coaching – We provide private consultation to assist leaders overcome roadblocks to success, improve competencies, develop and articulate vision and strategies. We also help organizations identify and prepare high-potential individuals to fill leadership roles.
Our coaching model has been defined and standardized by Career Partners International. While most coaches work independently with little accountability, our coaches are accountable for deliverables and progress toward goals can be followed through our CoachTrak system by the individual being coach, as well as by the Leadership Development manager, when the assignment is part of a corporate-paid program.
Competency Modeling / Success Patterns - Human Resource processes and systems, like other key components of the organization must directly support the strategic goals and objectives of the organization. We work with leaders to translate the strategic plan into behavioral objectives that will guide the activities of the people in the organization. This “raises the bar” on employee performance by integrating selection, performance management, training, compensation, and promotion.
Many companies have used the concepts of competencies and competency models to define the broad behavioral capabilities necessary to achieve these behavioral objectives. Others have used concepts such as success factors or human capital strategies to describe critical abilities and attributes desired in employees to give the organization a workforce that will be able to achieve strategic goals.
Competency models have multiple advantages. They clarify work expectations for individuals and create a shared understanding of expectations among individuals by using a common language across jobs and the organization. In this way, they clearly communicate consistent standards, aid in creating a culture that aligns to those standards, and provide a framework for defining desired behaviors and the knowledge, skills, personal characteristics and other attributes necessary for achieving these behavioral goals.
We offer an easy to use competency modeling system that will help any organization effectively use assessments and other strategies in employment selection (including interviewing), performance appraisal, employee development, and training.
Team Building – We help each member of your team understand the strengths, communication and work styles, and unique contributions of the other team members. We can help the team recognize and deal effectively with the challenges faced by the team, due to internal dynamics or external factors. Assessments, individual interviews and group workshops are essential pieces of this process.
Team Building assignments may be appropriate for any number of challenges, including:
• Leadership or ownership change
• Restructuring
• Performance improvement
• Anti-harassment initiatives
• Workplace culture change
Performance Feedback / Improvement Coaching – We have assisted individuals improve their performance by helping them obtain and process feedback, providing them with resources to build self-understanding, knowledge and skill, and with opportunities to role play new behaviors.
Background Information
Clara Hurd Nydam has been helping individuals and businesses achieve high workplace productivity and satisfaction since 1985. She leads the ExecuNet.com networking meetings for southern WI and Northern IL. Clara is a qualified interpreter of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator™ (MBTI), and numerous other personality, 360 degree/multi-rater and other competency assessments. She has been awarded the Master Career Counselor (MCC) and Master Career Development Professional (MCDP) designations by the National Career Development Association and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Society of Human Resource Management. Clara holds a B.S. in History Education from the University of South Dakota, and a Masters Degree from Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota.