Keys to Satisfaction Interview Series: Don’t Compromise

"Being a great listener and an effective communicator, Julie firmly guided me in understanding my strengths and unique skills.  Using a variety of examples and analogies she taught me how to bring hobbies into work life. Under Julie's guidance, my career plan started to take shape -- I was able to realize what I wanted to do and it made total sense for me.

Working with Julie is more than a pleasure.  She possesses a unique skill of knowing how to probe, how to challenge, and how to encourage and she does it very gently.  Julie's coaching allows you to come up with answers to serious challenges without even realizing that you are being coached.  Julie's coaching gave me a lot of confidence to make a quick decision at the right moment and to take advantage of an internal opportunity within the company.

This change put me on the path that Julie helped me to define.  I look forward to going to work ... thanks to Julie."

Executive, Major Telecommunications Company, Westfield, NJ

"Julie makes the smart, sensible voice in my head roar instead of shrink to a whisper when I need to hear it most. Her no-nonsense, practical wisdom guides me toward acting on my better instincts. As a new entrepreneur who is making a mid-life career change, I face weekly decisions involving unfamiliar and complex issues. Julie has coached me to stay focused on my objectives and stage my response, to approach uncertainty not as a barrier but as a natural step toward self-awareness, and to set aside emotional reaction in favor of calm, purposeful action. She’s a joy to work with—approachable, funny, nonjudgmental, and generous in sharing both her knowledge and her network. She has been invaluable in helping me reach crucial milestones."

Founder and CEO of a start-up technology business, Philadelphia, PA

"I wasn't very familiar with coaching before I started the process with Julie so I wasn't sure what to expect. Any expectations I had were far surpassed however. As a PhD student writing my thesis far from my home campus, I needed help to develop a realistic workplan and to overcome my feelings of isolation. The support and guidance that I received from Julie was pivotal in helping me to construct a productive at-home work environment. In addition to helping me realize my work objectives, coaching helped me to examine and articulate my core values in life. A heightened awareness of my values was particularly useful when I decided to delay going on the academic job market for one year due to the arrival of our first child. In this way, coaching helped me to break down my workload into doable pieces and to establish a realistic timeline for the project. Coaching helped me to define and realize my goals, connecting my macro-objectives and values to my everyday micro-level tasks."

Graduate Student, Chicago, Illinois, USA