WOMEN LEAD

WOMEN LEAD LLC was founded to prepare women for solid career advancement and the assumption of leadership positions. Its President, Anne Dewey-Balzhiser, is herself a successful executive who has a wealth of experience with workplace issues. She has experience coaching executives as well as counseling individual clients on effective career transition strategies, including mothers re-entering the workforce.

Career Counseling

 Ø      Are you stuck in your job and don’t know where to go?

 Ø      Have you learned all you can from this job and are ready for your next challenge?

 Ø      Have your colleagues moved up into the management ranks and you’re still at the bottom rung?

 Ø      Do you wonder whether your applications for managerial training help you to stand out from the competition?

             Women Lead career counseling will help jump start your career. Through one-on-one sessions, Women Lead will conduct a “needs assessment” to help you to: review your experience (at work and through volunteering); assess your skills and strengths; and explore job possibilities. You will receive a written report laying out your short-term and long-term goals and specifying next steps to take, which may include: revising your resume; creating a job application package; developing a job search strategy; and practicing your interviewing techniques. Women Lead provides you with customized advice and training targeted to your situation.

             Women Lead can also review your executive program application and provide targeted advice on improving your chances of selection. Whether you are considering changing jobs or are competing for executive-level training, Women Lead can help. Please contact us for further details.

 Transition Counseling

Ø      Have you lost interest in your job at mid-life and are considering a change?

 Ø      Do you wonder whether to continue working until you qualify for retirement or strike out in a new direction?

 Ø      How do pay for your children’s college educations if you change careers now?

             Many of us have pondered these very questions. Women Lead will help you to systematically explore: your experience (at work and through volunteering); your skills and strengths; and your future work plans (exploring your highest aspirations and factoring in your family responsibilities). We will then brainstorm future career possibilities.  You will receive a written report laying out your short-term and long-term goals and specifying next steps to take, which may include: revising your resume; creating a job application package; developing a job search strategy; and practicing your interviewing techniques. Women Lead provides you with customized, one-on-one transition planning and can assist you in implementing your plan.

Moms Re-entering the Workforce

Ø      Are you a stay at home mom who’s ready to re-enter the workforce but wonders whether the workplace is ready for you?

 Ø      Has a recent divorce or change in family finances disrupted your plans to stay at home, leaving you unprepared for a career shift?

 Ø      Do you cringe when you consider how much you do at home and wonder how you’ll ever fit in the full-time job that your family’s lifestyle needs?

             Women Lead provides individualized career counseling with special packages for moms re-entering the workforce, helping you to: assess your skills, accomplishments and experiences to catalog those learned in the workplace, acquired while managing your household, and gained through your volunteer efforts; reformat your resume so that it no longer screams “Mommy track”;

tailor your application to specific job openings; develop a job search strategy;

launch creative job searches; prepare for unwelcome interview questions; and

successfully negotiate your salary and benefits package.

 Through personalized coaching sessions, you will learn to approach potential employers with regained confidence.  Contact us for further information.

            Trust me – most of us women have faced career challenges and nagging questions about achieving work-life balance. Do something about it today.