Rich Feller is a Professor of Counseling and Career Development at Colorado State University, one of CSU’s twelve University Distinguished Teaching Scholars, and past president of the National Career Development Association. Rich has had a long and successful career in both academics and Career Development, has received numerous awards and accolades for his work and has consulted on 6 continents and within all 50 U.S. states. Consultant to Life Reimagined and Chief Scientist for YouScience, he and Barbara have one son Chris. Rich has a passion for helping others and envisions One Life Tools as a way to bring greater career wellbeing to a broader audience. Learn more at RichFeller.com.
One Life Tools puts the power of story in your hands.
Using narrative games, Online Storytelling tools and training allows you to scale up career management in career and employment centers, alumni and professional associations, business and industry, education and schools, independent practitioners, coaches and career firms.
The One Life Tools evidence-based narrative framework brings together practice-tested methods, contemporary career theory, and leading positive psychology research. Our tools & training offer a practical, proven and easy to learn method of practice which career counsellors and specialists, HR professionals, coaches and other helping professionals can easily adopt.
Framework
The One Life Tools framework guides individuals through a narrative career & life clarification process rooted in their life story, followed by a guided exploration of their most promising possibilities.
Developed over the past 10 years by , the One Life Tools framework has been used successfully with thousands of clients from 80+ countries. A peer-reviewed, outcome study has shown the effectiveness of this model. Download article here.
Founders
Rich Feller Ph.D
Mark Franklin M.Ed.,P.Eng.,CMF
Mark is practice leader of CareerCycles, a career management social enterprise, and co-founder of One Life Tools. At CareerCycles Mark and his team have helped 4000+ clients become empowered in their careers and lives. It is this breadth of experience along with the strong system-thinking Mark utilized in his former engineering career that led to the One Life Tools narrative framework as well as the suite of products which One Life Tools is developing today. Recipient of the Stu Conger Leadership Award from the Canadian Career Development Foundation, host of the Career Buzz radio show and sessional lecturer at the University of Toronto, Mark is a leader in the Career Management field and works tirelessly in achieving the One Life Tools mission of “enriching the career wellbeing of humanity”. Learn more at CareerCycles.com/markfranklin
Tools
Facilitated Professional & Personal Discovery Experience
In a highly interactive group discovery experience, Who You Are Matters! sparks meaningful conversations and helps participants connect the dots in their professional and personal lives. Who You Are Matters! is a fun interactive game which introduces players to the One Life Tools narrative framework while providing them with substantive takeaways and insights about themselves and what they want for their future.
The Who You Are Matters! game is perfect for HR professionals, universities and colleges, career and employment centres, business and industry, alumni and professional associations and high schools.
Excellent opportunity to explore, consider and reflect. It gave me a greater understanding of my desires, natural interests and qualities, and an appreciation for others playing the game. 5 out of 5. I consider the game to be a engaging experience.Anthony Hopkins, Director, Careers & Employer Partnerships Centre, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University
Online Storyteller
The Online Storyteller is a unique web application that helps users reflect on their stories and experiences in an organized way. The tools guide clients through the One Life Tools narrative framework, helping them to define and clarify their strengths and desires and become empowered & proactive in their career & life choices.
The Online Storyteller can be used collaboratively by helping professionals and their clients or provided directly to individuals who can walk themselves through the system and the One Life Tools narrative framework.
The Online Storyteller empowers users to take control and facilitates amazing change quickly. Whirlwind! Users achieve career clarity and see connections, and they quickly develop their Career Statement and Exploration Plan. Information is organized and easy to access so it frees the career professional to provide more of a human touch.Jayne Greene-Black, Career Professional
Training
Career management is experiencing tremendous changes, away from assessments that match clients with jobs, toward more holistic modalities that embody narrative approaches, life design principles and positive psychology. One Life Tools is at the forefront of this shift, providing career professionals with a structured and easy to use narrative framework and set of tools for working with clients to help them gain clarity and confidence in their career and life.
Upcoming training dates:
Level 1 May 16-17, 2016 Level 2 May 18-19, 2016
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The major motivating factors for embracing the CareerCycles narrative method of practice at our Centre had to do with both consistency and quality assurance. As a manager, I feel more confident knowing there’s a consistent approach and a common language used when supporting students with their career exploration. In addition, the framework is flexible enough to allow professional staff to draw on their personal styles and experiences, while adding to their professional skill set.Tony Botelho, Manager, Career Services & Volunteer Services, Simon Fraser University