5 Steps to Protect Your Career As We Turn Toward RecoveryThe economy is reopening, so make sure you're not closed off to these survival strategies.

Due to the devastating impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry, one of mycoachingclients, Alex, an entrepreneurial executive who served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) in a regional chain of 24 diners in the Northeast, wanted to explore switching to a different industry.

Alex turned to me as her executive coach and asked for my guidance in early March, before the lockdown fully took hold. I recommended a five-step decision-making process that addresses the dangerous judgment errors we make calledcognitive biases, which devastate our decision-making in both ourprofessionaland personal life. And now I'm going to share them with you.