Finding Good Work™

Coaching, guidance and wise counsel for those seeking a more rewarding and meaningful work life.

FutureU cofounder Claude Whitmyer started offering his "Good Work Guidance" services in 1988 to help people find greater meaning and reward from their work and their lives.

The individual and group services for career development that he has developed and tested have helped countless aspiring entrepreneurs, business owners, educators, lawyers, bankers, stockbrokers, physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, artisans, artists, performers, and corporate managers and executives from such organizations as Apple Computer, Bank of America, Esprit, Hewlett Packard, Levi Strauss, Prudential, the University of California, and Wells Fargo Bank, to name a few.

Now you can receive the same valuable help they have. Scroll down or click on any of the links on this page to learn more about the home study program, career guidance services, and work-related books and tapes that can help you find meaningful, fulfilling work.

Career Guidance

Private, confidential consultations with a career guide trained in our unique Good Work Guidance™ process are available in San Francisco, Tokyo, and other cities by special arrangement. We recommend completing the three sample lessons of the home study course before scheduling a private session. To schedule an appointment, click here or call 415-648-2667.

Online Career Guidance

Plans are underway for individual and group sessions online, based on the same steps covered in the home study course and face-to-face consultations. If this interests you, please let us know.

Home Study.

If you're unsure about what you want out of work or if you know what you want but don't know how to get it, watch for the opening of our self-paced program The Path to Meaningful Work, based on our proven, step-by-step method, which has helped many others find greater meaning in their work.

If you'd like to check out a few sample lessons, click here..

If you'd like to be added to the waiting list for this program, send us an email.

Executive Coaching

Claude Whitmyer leading a career workshop. Click to see a larger image. If you are a manager or executive facing a job transition or looking for professional guidance, we offer you private consultations in person or by phone or email. For more information or to schedule an appointment, click here.


Books On Career and Meaningful Work.

Check out the books we have reviewed in our Annotated List of Books on Good Work. In this list we review books on Mindfulness, Compassion at Work, Relationship and Community, Working for Yourself and Others, and books on Taking Care of Yourself through (Active Health Practices)&mdashalong with books containing Inspiring Stories from those who have gone before you down the path to meaningful work.

Also, don't forget to browse or buy in Aisle 1 of the Main FutureU Bookstore, which is all about careers and the changing nature of work.

Of special interest are two books written by Claude Whitmyer about meaningful work and running a small business.:

If you are looking for greater meaning in your work, read Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1994). To review or buy this book, click here.

If you have your own business or wish you did, read Running A One-Person Business (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1994, 2nd edition). To review or buy this book, click here.

 

 

 

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