Our individual and group services for career development 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.

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 work.

Books On Career and Meaningful Work. Check out the books we have reviewed in our Annotated List of Books on Good Work. Browse or buy in the Career section of our affiliate FutureU's Book Store, where you will find annotated descriptions of dozens of books and tapes that can help you make meaningful choices about your career and life.

Of special interest are two books written by career guide and business consultant Claude Whitmyer, co-founder of meaningfulWork.com:

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.

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.

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.

Career Coaching in Japan. We are excited by the pioneering work of our associate Hidetake Enomoto in bringing career coaching to Japan. Through workshops and one-to-one consulting sessions, Mr. Enomoto has helped many hundreds of Japanese professionals find greater meaning in their work. Through The Center for Good Work, he is available for career coaching and cross-cultural workshops and teleconferences on new developments in the Japanese workplace. Please email for details. For Mr. Enomoto's biography, click here.

Executive Coaching. 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.