What happens when your dream job wasn’t part of your plan? Careers rarely follow a linear path. In impact careers, it’s especially common to change roles, companies or even industries to achieve your goals—and your goals for society. The future is bright for those who seek to make a positive impact in the world, as new career opportunities emerge across sectors every day. The challenge just might be knowing which way to point your compass. Net Impact 2019 brought together

The theme of the 2019 Net Impact Conference was “Widening The Lens”, and it sure was a conference to be remembered! True impact leaders, who weren’t afraid to stand up for what they felt was right — and who are heroes in their own right for starting movements for social justice — lined the keynote stage one after the next. From Detroit’s own Jessica Care Moore, to ServiceSpace founder Nipun Mehta, to The Empowerment Plan’s founder Veronika Scott, to the

During the Net Impact 2019 Annual Conference, I had the opportunity to sit in on a session about Game Changing Impact with Shannon Houde, an ICF-ACC certified executive coach with more than two decades mentoring, coaching, and training professionals in the impact sector. She also happens to be my career coach. I was quite interested to learn about the organimetric and assessment tool that Shannon’s been instructing lately, The GameChanger Index® (or The GC Index). I wondered how I might