Building teams was my strength as a manager. When I started Paper Doll Communication my goal was to help small business owners align their internal and external communication and improve their hiring and staff development. While team training through speaking engagements and workshops is still part of what I do, overtime I realized my real passion was helping individuals reach their personal and career goals. That’s when I officially became a coach. 

When I do assessments with adults to help them with their career goals, inevitably they all say the same thing: “I wish I had this when I was younger.” Our professional development begins as students, with our first jobs and volunteer projects. It begins with our choice of electives and determining a major for college. While many schools do a good job of advising kids – and there is certainly so much more offered than when I was in high school – rarely can they go as deep as a private coach can. Helping teens means also helping parents, so much of my work’s focus is on helping parents and teens understand themselves and one another better.

And that’s where what I do really comes full circle, because whether it’s in our work life, or our home life, how we connect and communicate with others is what brings us success, happiness and fulfillment.