I enjoy what I do because when someone comes to work with me it always ends up being a deep partnership. In fact, I won’t bring someone in conversations > applications coaching if I’m not the right fit for them.
AND, it’s easy to lose touch with folks after they’ve come through coaching. One of the best things I’ve done is start an alumni email list with my coaching group. I check in, ask a few questions about what they’re doing now, and if they’re able to help any active members.
Here’s what I heard this week from a past client.
Call him Marco.
Marco landed a new role a few months ago. Communications, nonprofit space, room to build strategy from the ground up.
He took a pay cut to get there. He took a title reduction too.
And when I asked him what's better today than a year ago, he didn't hesitate.
He said communications used to be an afterthought where he worked - something reactive, bolted onto programs after the real decisions were made. Now he's being asked to the table at the start. He's designing strategy, attaching his name to it, and actually owning outcomes.
That doesn't happen by accident. It happens when you're willing to make a move that looks like a step back on paper and you do your best to investigate a role before joining the team!
The other thing Marco said stuck with me: the habit that carried him into this new chapter was showing up consistently, regardless of who he was talking to or what it was about. Not counting people out. Not finding reasons to disengage. Just keep engaging.
That's not a job search skill. That's a career skill.
One question for your career this week:
Is there a role out there that looks smaller on paper but would actually give you more room to grow?
Before you leave…
Marco's story is one of eleven I'm sitting with every single week. Real people, real decisions, real outcomes - good and bad.
That's what this newsletter is. One story from the coaching room, every week, so you know what's possible before you rule it out.
If this one resonated, forward it to someone who's been turning down opportunities because the title or the pay didn't feel like progress. It might be exactly what they need to read!
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Dominic
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