Professional Savvy coaching begins with building self-awareness, confidence and esteem by uncovering your essence: personality, core values, purpose, strengths, passion and talents.  Secondly, we conduct perception assessments from your personal & business network, in order to provide targeted feedback to help in enhance you personal brand and image.  We then evaluate how you speak, behave, relate, and dress. Lastly, we bring everything together by using skill coaching to teach you how to make an impact in your career.

   

Professional Savvy – (prə-fěsh’ə-nəl sāv’ē) a person with a strong personal brand who exhibits wit, self-confidence, verve, and high emotional, cultural, and social intelligence characteristics of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; well-informed on how to communicate, look, and behave in any business environment; takes initiative in one’s own career advancement; easily navigates through political landmines in the workplace. - by C. Pace

Professional Savvy Coaching is recommended for young professional women who are:

·         Relatively new to working in a corporate office

·         Interested in maximizing professional opportunities

·         Have difficulty gaining the respect you deserve 

·         Unsure of appropriate  business style and image for the workplace

·         Getting overlooked for promotions and other opportunities

·         Not adept in building relationships and establishing rapport

·         Lacking self-promotion skills to sell ideas and abilities 

·         Not achieving your personal and professional goals.

·         Changing roles, from intern to staff person to Upper Management

·         Experiencing major changes in the workplace (e.g. downsizing, merger, or political upheaval)

·         Recently received a new boss or moved to a new team

 

Topics covered in Professional Savvy coaching:

·         Managing First Impressions

·         Define and Exude Your Brand

·         Self-Esteem, Values, Behavior and Personality (Assessments)

·         Perfectionism vs. Professionalism

·         Self-perception vs. perception of others (Assessment)

·         Understanding & Managing First Impressions

·         Savvy Business attire – levels of Professional Dress

·         Professional Impact and Social Savvy – Global Business, Techno and Social Etiquette

·         Building your network

·         Business Dining  

·         Presentation skills (will be captured on video)

·         The Art of Self Promotion

·         Workplace, Community and On-line Visibility Plan

·         Job Interview Strategies

·         Political Savvy –Unwritten Rules of Corporate & Business Culture

With Professional Savvy coaching you will learn how to:

·         Enhance your personal impact and workplace effectiveness

·         Build self-confidence in yourself and abilities

·         Develop a authentic personal brand

·         Project a powerful professional image

·         Obtain the “people skills” needed for career advancement

·         Increase positive interactions with colleagues

·         Improve communication skills

·         Build visibility in your company and community

·         Build an effective personal and business networks

·         Be seen as an expert

·         Command respect in the workplace

·         Learn the art of personal promotion

·         Consistently project confidence, capability, competence, and credibility

 

Targeted Coaching Programs:

 

Savvy 101: College to Corporate – a full professional savvy coaching program geared to college graduates transitioning to the corporate office.