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I Help Rock-Star Admins (Like You) Who Are Excited to Create a Career Pivot

do you feel Like You have a ton of potential that's not being tapped by your organization?

Though I loved my organization, my colleagues, and especially the managers I supported, I definitely felt the same way sitting in my admin seat doing my admin work. I knew there was a different contribution I wanted to make, and I just didn't know how to get there.

Where it Started....

In 2005, I transitioned from my admin role to the role that eventually became my dream job as a Learning and Development Senior Manager.

In 2012, I was asked to create a development platform for admins, which led to hundreds of coaching conversations supporting admins' career goals and aspirations.

In 2017, I inherited responsibility for a rotating admin team, a function I transformed into a development program that ultimately transitions admins to new roles and careers.

What I Discovered

From my experience as an admin, and my years hiring, managing and developing admins, I know that there are still significant barriers to making a career transition.

From strengthening your own belief in yourself, to changing perceptions about what admins are capable of, to understanding what you want to do and how you best thrive - without a process and a plan, you might give up before you reach your goal.

How I Can Help You

With my experience and proven approach, I can help you create a career pivot from the admin role without burning bridges or spinning your wheels.

My process helps you avoid throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. With intention, courage and hard work, together we can discover the next right role for you and help you get there.

Why I do what I do

Historically, admins have been a vast source of untapped potential. Given the opportunity, admins can and have made a wide range of substantive strategic contributions to organizations.

Knowing that there's opportunity to grow and advance their careers creates an engagement and drive for excellence that benefits both the admin and the organization.

Admins I've seen successfully make the transition from their roles have gone on to have highly rewarding careers. YOU deserve that. And nothing brings me more joy!

Why Work With a Coach?

If you've attempted a career pivot, you've probably experienced one or more of these roadblocks:

Not sure what roles you qualify for

Struggling to get an interview based on your resume

Getting the interview but not getting the job

No support from your manager

No encouragement from your organization

Unfortunately, so many of the admins I interview today are still conditioned to say they're a career admin.

It's their implied promise to their potential new organization that they won't attempt to advance, that they won't seek new challenges, that they'll stay in the admin role.

With the deck stacked against an admin's career opportunities, it's important to have someone who can help you navigate the mine fields and help you reach your goal before you get frustrated and give up.

my proven Approach

My Approach is for you if:

You know you want to make a change

You're not sure if there's another role for you

You've attempted a career transition and failed

You're willing to work hard but need a guide

You feel there's no career path where you are

Yes! I'm interested

My Approach is NOT for you if:

You're looking for a magic bullet

You're expecting someone else to develop you

Admin is your dream job and you're thriving

You expect overnight results

You're not open to new possibilities

no! I'm not interested

My Journey to AdminNoMore

Joined an amazing organization and quickly decided I would never leave to be an admin elsewhere.

Transitioned to my first non-admin role in the marketing department after six years. Liked the work, loved my manager, didn't love the department.

Got trained as a life coach and left my organization. Within a year, I recognized I hadn't been ready to go into coaching full-time and returned to my organization supporting my original managers.

Two years later, I transitioned into a peer supervisor role, inspired the contribution I thought I could make to my peers.

The first four years of the role were HARD. But I decided to go back to school to pursue a Masters in Organizational Management and Development.

After the first four years, my role and team were restructured. I was in a Project Analyst role, and my first project was designing an onboarding program.

The following year, I was asked to create a career development platform for our department admins, which led to me providing ongoing coaching and support.

I decided to go back to school part-time for a Graduate Certificate in Evidence Based Coaching, and also got certified by Gallup as a strengths coach.

Four years later, I was asked to take over responsibility for a small team of rotating admins. The entire team left within a year, at which time I completely redesigned the role, creating a finite role focused on development, leading to a new role and/or career path.

Launched a coaching practice helping high-performing executive and administrative assistants excited about creating a career pivot without burning bridges or spinning your wheels. I've developed a proven approach that helps admins chart a new direction for themselves.

Not sure?

How about a Discovery Call?

Before I started dating my partner of 14 years, a mentor introduced me to the concept of 'being ready' for a partner. Being ready has been an important part of my success in relationship, and the thought had never occurred to me before.

It can be hard to know if a career transition is right for you. But it's also important to know if you're ready.

In a free Discovery Call, I will listen and reflect back what's important to you, which can be edifying and create clarity.

There's never any obligation, and you can always continue to enjoy all the free resources here at AdminNoMore.

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