career encore.

Awakening purposeful service

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After making the decision to leave my corporate role to embark on a year of reflection, I began the search for a coach to help me pivot my career.  The other coaches I interviewed were focused on career change. I was drawn to Elaine’s approach that helped me realize that the whole self has to be taken into consideration. 

Elaine’s questions are hard questions, and not always comfortable, but it was key in arriving at what I am calling “the pyramid” expressions of my authenticity. Elaine helped me stay true to me and reflected back when I was being dishonest with myself, or inauthentic. And that I think is the biggest value of the process.

I loved this idea of being in a creative process with Elaine. I finally settled in and stopped making spreadsheets, stopped being focused on analysis of what I should do, and went into that sensing part of the self. She encouraged me to be in my body, to increase my yoga and meditation practices, to use my hands...do new things and also journal.  

I refer back to my core pyramid that I designed with her guidance. Again and again and again, at least several times a year and sometimes for a month or so I'll look at my pyramid daily. Not one has changed. They are so authentic to me that, when I go back to these expressions of self, they are fully in line with my soul’s purpose. It has changed the way I approach projects and what kind of impact I want to bring into the world. I'm still in the process. I have gained tools for self-reflection that are different than I knew before in meditation, and these skills I continue deepen, thanks to Elaine. 

The work relationships that I cultivate now, and all new relationships, are those that enable learning, growth with generative dialogue—what an energizing pleasure! I'm very grateful to Elaine for the work. It is still a powerful influence in all of my life.

Working with Elaine is a gift.  To be in partnership with another  trusted human in a safe space means you are not alone on that journey. She listens.

Michelle Moore
Former Corporate Global Partner now Founder MindEquity, Management Consultancy