Benefits of Career Coaching and Potential Areas of Exploration:
- Find your new purpose by aligning your priorities with your long-term career goals.
- Stop asking why it happened, and start working on how you will overcome it.
- Identify and address your limiting beliefs, skewed perspectives, and skill gaps.
- Interview with confidence and a mindset of joint value and cultural fit.
- Don’t (necessarily) take the first job; accept the job offer that best suits you.
- Develop the grit to get you through the storm and thrive in your new role.
Introduction:
Most of us are unprepared for the shock and aftermath of losing our jobs due to a layoff, management turnover, or corporate “transformation.” When I experienced such events, I could only rely on my family, friends, and just enough grit to move beyond those challenging times. However, what if we had access to a nonjudgmental, unbiased, trusted partner not just to help us get another job but to attain the career that best aligns with our skills, priorities, and professional goals? What if we had access to (almost) free career coaching to give us the clarity and added motivation to find a new job even better than the last?
To honor the people who believed in me and encouraged me throughout my STEM career, I am paying it forward by offering 4 x 1-hour career coaching sessions for a total of $4 (nearly free). I accept up to two (2) new clients per month and the requirements are simple:
- You have been laid off for less than six (6) months.
- You have a background in STEM, worked in a STEM function, or worked for a STEM company.
- As a STEM leader, you previously managed people, teams, or organizations.
Sessions focus on you developing impactful insights, strategies, and plans related to your professional life.
Your first step takes just 20 minutes.
Details and Proposed Process:
Engagement: 4 Sessions
- We choose to work together, allowing a great fit to yield great results.
- Every aspect of our engagement remains strictly confidential.
- I move at your pace and will partner with you to accomplish some, all, or even more than your initial objectives.
- My coaching focuses on context only, such as addressing behaviors or ideas that hold you back, and creating a positive, forward-looking attitude. Content development is left to the client, though I am always happy to provide coaching and guidance to ease the process.
- Please review my engagement process. Should you have any questions, let’s discuss them during our introductory call.
- Price is $1/session. The nominal fee establishes our professional coaching relationship.
- During a follow-up call, we will finalize the terms, development goals, and desired outcomes before signing the contract.
- Sessions are 1-hour long and held on the same weekday and time over a period of four (4) to a maximum of six (6) weeks.
- Sessions are conducted using teleconference applications, such as Zoom.
My Qualifications:
- I am a certified executive coach with additional specialties through the Center for Executive Coaching. My credentials and added certifications are available on the Education and Certifications page.
- My business, engineering, and scientific background information is available on LinkedIn.