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David C. Borchard, Ed.D.
National Certified Counselor (NCC)
Dr. Borchard, author of the book The Joy of Retirement: Finding Happiness, Freedom, and the Life You’ve Always Wanted (AMACOM Books, 2008), is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience in helping adults identify their passions and develop new vision for their lives and careers. David specializes in career management and life transition counseling, retirement lifestyle planning, and executive coaching. He’s served as a U.S. Naval officer, a college career center manager, a university educator, a career counselor, a writer, and an organizational consultant. He’s taught graduate-level courses at The Johns Hopkins University and is on the faculty at the Federal Government’s Eastern and Western Management Development Centers. David provides executive coaching and career development consulting to dozens of Federal Government and state agencies and delivers career-counseling services at the World Bank in Washington D.C.
David is lead author of the book, Your Career Planner, 2008 (now in its 10th edition), and author of Will the Real You Please Stand Up? Find Passion in Your Life and Work, (SterlingHouse, 2006). He is author of a number of articles including three leading-edge issues in career management in The Futurist magazine. David also develops innovative career assessment resources such as the Passion Revealer, the Life Themes Profiler, and the Personal Identity Assessor to assist adults seeking greater meaning, enjoyment, and fulfillment in life and work.
David’s academic credentials include a doctorate in counseling and psychological assessment from the George Washington University, an M.A. from Brown University, and a B.S. from Colorado State University. He lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, with his wife, Patricia A. Donohoe, M.A., M.Div., an artist, writer, and retired minister. Pat is also the coauthor of The Joy of Retirement book. Visit Pat’s web site and blog at: www.patriciadonohoe.com
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Publications
by Dr. Borchard
 Your Career Planner (now in its 10th edition) Kendall Hunt Publishing company, Dubuque, Iowa, 2002
Your Career Planner guides students and professionals through the process of finding a satisfying career that fits their individual personalities and talents. It also develops job search skills and provides creative ways for people to promote themselves and their talents in the job market.
The authors have applied over 30 years of research and experienced-based learning to create this step-by-step book that is used by colleges and universities and individuals around the world. This book also includes a chapter on the unique transition of international students into the career world after college.
Your Career Planner helps individuals:
- enhance self-understanding and decision-making skills through assessments
- develop a career vision and skills for lifelong career decision-making
- understand their natural talents and how to promote them in today's job market
- learn the job search game and choose a strategy to play it.
 The Joy of Retirement: Finding Happiness, Freedom, and the Life You¹ve Always Wanted, AMACOM Books: New York, NY, 2008 (available at www.Amazon.com)
Baby boomers are totally redefining what it means to "retire." Life for today¹s high-spirited 50-plussers is typified by a strong desire for expanded freedom, fulfillment, and self- realization. Author David Borchard has been helping adults rejuvenate their careers and lives for 30 years. In The Joy of Retirement he reveals how to reinvent yourself and achieve a greater sense of meaning, purpose, and energy for the senior years. This book contains information, resources, and insights from hundreds of 50-plussers on topics such as:
- finding new endeavors that capitalize on your unique talents and interests
- skillfully managing the transition process that comes with major life changes, such as retirement
- developing a vision for and your priorities in work, leisure and learning
- defining your criteria for personal success in the freedom of your senior years
- mastering seven core priorities for sustaining joy and vitality at 50-plus
 Will the Real You Please Stand Up? Find Passion in Your Life and Work.
SterlingHouse Publisher: Pittsburg, PA, 2006. (available at www.Amazon.com)
Discovering and employing your unique personal passion is essential for achieving lasting success and fulfillment. The Real You book is a thorough, accessible, step-by-step guide for clearly defining your passion in the form of “motivated strengths.” The book also shows you how to translate your motivated strengths into fulfilling life and work choices. The book then helps you develop a "Personal Profile," a powerful resource for defining your passion in marketable terms with strengths-defining and business-relevant achievements. A featured highlight of the book is the Personal Passion Revealer (also available on the Web as an interactive experience), an assessment that has helped thousands of adults discover their passion and revitalize their careers and lives.
This book grew out of Dr. Borchard¹s thirty-plus years of career counseling and executive coaching with thousands of adults in various organizational settings. In conjunction with the Personal Passion Revealer assessment, the content and process of this book has helped hundreds of adults better define and employ their top talents and more fully enjoy their work and lives.
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