Coaching for grad students, postdocs, faculty, & career movers
I coach graduate students, postdocs, and people moving into or out of higher education. You already did the work. This is about saying what it is worth, in words other people can use.
What I help with
Track 01 Ā· PhD students, postdocs, early career faculty
Track 02 Ā· Career Transitions
How coaching works
You decide what we work on. I listen, ask, and stay out of the way. You are the expert on your own life. Most people are surprised by how much they already knew.
You pick what to focus on and what you want to walk away with. If you do not know yet, that is the first ten minutes, and it counts. You will not get a diagnosis or a lecture. You will get real questions, quiet long enough to hear yourself, and a next step you chose.
Therapy is for pain that lives in the past. Mentoring is advice from someone who walked your exact road. You are the subject matter expert of your own life. Coaching is a relationship where I walk beside you as a thought partner in service of your career explorations. If you need one of the other two, I will say so.
You leave with one achievable thing you chose to do, and a date on it.Ā Manageable enough that you will actually do it before we talk again.
About
I taught K-12 math. I designed graduate education for the military. I have worked outside the academy and come back. More than fifteen years of this, including faculty development across two campuses at a large research university.
So when you say the job search is strange, or that you cannot tell what your work is worth outside your field, I am not guessing. I have sat where you are sitting.
Courses
Self paced courses are in the works. Nothing to sign up for yet.
FAQ
Rates are shared on the call. The first thirty minutes are free, and you will know the price before you decide anything.
Campus programs are built for everyone. This is built for your case: your strengths, your field, your statements. I also work outside your reporting line, so nothing you say here goes into a review.
That is the most common reason people book. Bring the thing you keep putting off, and we will work on it for half an hour.
Ready when you are
Your agenda, real coaching, no pitch. If we are not a fit, I will tell you who might be.