Career and Executive Coaching
Are you:
- Sick of not living up to your professional potential?
- Tired of waking up with a sense of dread every Monday morning?
- Fed up with working at a job that doesn’t stoke your passions?
- Confused about what your career path should be?
- Wishing you knew how to influence, inspire, and engage people?
- Overwhelmed by unsuccessfully attempting to balance your personal and professional lives?
- Ready to do something about it?
You spend the majority of your waking hours at work – is it too much to ask that they be productive and rewarding? It’s not too much to ask, and that reality can be yours.
I’m Dr. Patricia Thompson, and I’m a licensed psychologist and executive coach who has been successfully working with clients with all sorts of concerns for over fifteen years. I specialize in using positive psychology to help people achieve deeper relationships, more fulfilling careers, better health, and happier lives. I’ve been featured in the media in places such as Time, CNN, MindBodyGreen, Tiny Buddha, Entrepreneur, the CEO Magazine, Family Friend Working, Fast Company, and others, providing expertise on career, relationships, happiness, and purpose. My Life Coaching packages are tailored for ambitious clients like you who are serious about turning their lives around, playing a bigger game, and enjoying all the beauty life has to offer.
How can you become more effective? What brings you meaning? How can you move on to bigger and better things? Which careers would bring you the most satisfaction?
It’s okay if you’re unsure about the answer to those questions. Together we will get you there.
Through executive coaching together, we will focus on increasing your performance in your current work-life, by setting clear goals and partnering to achieve them. We will also work on developing your talents and abilities so you’ll be well on the way to taking your next professional step – whatever you want that to be. And, if you’re unsure about what your career path should be, we will discover your talents, skills, passions, dreams, and everything else that makes you tick, and determine specific occupations that would be an ideal match for you.
My approach to career coaching is eclectic. First, I put a lot of effort into getting to know you on a deep level – your values, history, dreams, goals, likes, dislikes, and everything else that makes you the wonderfully unique human being you are. If needed, I also use personality instruments and career interest inventories so we can get a clear sense of your strengths, developmental opportunities, interests, and overall makeup. As a licensed psychologist, I have access to a lot of measures that many other coaches are unable to use, and I use them to our advantage, to get a really well-rounded perspective of you that addresses any potential blind spots you may have. We also consider practical factors like pre-existing skills you possess, desired income, and additional lifestyle factors. Then, we pull it together to create a detailed plan for you and your career.
Collaborating with you to achieve greater success in your life’s work is an incredibly important (I would even say, sacred) task, and I take it very seriously.
“It seems like a mere thank you isn’t enough to express my gratitude for how you have helped me. You exposed me to some occupations that I never would have thought of, and gave me a lot to think about career-wise. You helped me to muster up the courage to leave my old job and I am now in one that I love. Thank you, thank you, thank you!” – H.B., New York
If you want a career that:
- Sets you up for success,
- Enables you to spotlight your strengths,
- Fills you with a sense of purpose,
… then we are on the same page. I want that for you too, and I know we can get there! I’ll take my 15+ year career and executive coaching background, along with my experience working with thousands of clients on their professional development to help you move forward with confidence, clarity, and commitment.
More about Executive Coaching:
- Tired of putting hours into a job that makes you miserable?
- Need to work on specific skills like managing conflict, assertiveness, influencing, prioritizing, delegating or leadership?
- Wish you had a career that lights you up and fulfills you?
- Want more success?
Then let’s create a plan to get you a career that allows you to unleash your talents and brings you joy.
Imagine moving ahead with confidence, knowing that you are on the path to enjoying the career you deserve.
“Dr. Thompson is amazing! I was having difficulty as a budding businessman with certain sticking points and difficulty moving forward, and this began to affect my output. But, after a series of sessions with her I experienced an outlook adjustment that has helped me soar in productivity and bottom line results. Thank you!” – W.O., Maryland
Why it works:
You can have all the ability in the world, but if you’re not using it in a way that you’re passionate about, you’re never going to live up to your potential. Research shows that people who see their career as a calling are more productive, fulfilled, and satisfied in their work.
To find the career of your dreams you need:
- A field in which your personality, interests, knowledge, skills, and abilities intersect
- A career that showcases your strengths and minimizes your developmental opportunities
In our work together, we will use art and science to help you accomplish your goals. And, if you are clear on your career path, but need some assistance in developing your skills, investing in an experienced coach can help you grow at a much faster rate than you would be able to do on your own.
In our sessions together we will:
- Get in touch with what really matters to you,
- Uncover blocks that interfere with you reaching your full potential,
- Review readings and other resources tailored uniquely to your goals to augment our work together,
- Set you up for success by making sure your personal life supports professional growth,
- Supportively stretch you so you can accomplish more than you have before.
What we will do:
I customize all of my executive coaching packages depending on your unique needs. After all, you are an individual, so a one-size-fits-all package is unlikely to be best-suited to you. So, after our initial complimentary Discovery Session, I will propose a package that I believe will help you accomplish your goals. The package may include:
- 60-minute coaching sessions (at a minimum, we generally start with a commitment to four sessions, and then reassess from there). In the calls, we will we will set goals, review progress, blast through blocks, problem-solve, stretch you, support you, strategize, and fine-tune.
- Homework, worksheets, and assignments.
- An in-depth psychological assessment conducted online (including some tests that can only be interpreted by licensed professionals).
- Career-related instruments to see how your personality and interests align with over 250 occupations.
- A report I write especially for you, based on all of the information I have gathered.
- Unlimited email access.
- A welcome packages with some goodies to assist you in your development, including a complimentary copy of my book, The Consummate Leader: a Holistic Guide to Inspiring Growth in Others…and in Yourself.
What you will walk away with:
- Clarity about your career and how to move ahead with confidence.
- Developed skills in the areas you need them most, and an action plan for continued progress.
- Pride and fulfillment as a result of knowing you are becoming the person you were meant to be.