Career & Life Coach in Tempe, AZ
Strategic coaching for Tempe professionals who did everything right and still feel stuck — helping you build a career that actually fits your life.
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You Did Everything Right. So Why Does It Feel Wrong?
You followed the plan. Got the degree — maybe from ASU, maybe you moved here for a company that recruited you with big promises. You hit your benchmarks, earned your promotions, and built a résumé that looks exactly like it's supposed to. But somewhere between the morning commute down the 202 and the evening scroll through LinkedIn job postings, the plan stopped working. Sound familiar?
X You Got Passed Over — Again
You've been doing the work of someone two levels above your title. You assumed they'd notice. They promoted someone else. And now you're sitting in the same chair wondering whether the problem is your skills, your politics, or whether this company was ever going to give you what you're worth.
X You Landed the Dream Job and It's a Nightmare
You fought to get here. Beat out dozens of candidates. Moved across the country. And within six months you knew: this isn't it. But you can't leave — not after uprooting everything. So you stay, and the gap between what you expected and what you got widens every week.
X You Moved Here for Something That Didn't Work Out
The relationship ended. The startup folded. The company restructured your role out of existence. Now you're in Tempe with a lease and a LinkedIn profile that tells a story you're not sure is yours anymore. Starting over wasn't the plan. But here you are.
X You Know the Window Is Closing
You're watching AI reshape entire industries. You're reading about layoffs at companies you thought were untouchable. You're not panicking — yet — but there's a quiet urgency that wasn't there two years ago. The skills that got you here might not be the ones that keep you relevant. And you're not sure what to do about it.
Here's What Changes When You Stop Waiting for Permission
If your chest tightened reading one of those, that's not anxiety — that's recognition. The professionals I work with aren't failing. They're stuck in systems that weren't designed to help them thrive. With the right support, the next chapter doesn't have to be a gamble. It can be the most strategic move you've ever made.
Meet Jeff
I'm a former tech executive turned career and life coach, and my path to coaching started with my own career blowing up. I scaled startups to billion-dollar valuations at companies like Apple, Target, LendingClub, and Upgrade. I hired over 1,000 professionals. I was the person making the decisions that shaped other people's careers.
Then I got fired. Twice in 18 months. I sat in a parking garage staring at my phone through tears, wondering whether I'd ever feel confident in my own professional worth again. I know what it feels like to question everything you've built — and I know the way through.
Rebuilding from that place — with a mortgage due and a family counting on me — is what made me the coach I am today.
What Makes My Coaching Different:
✅ I've Been Where You Are — I've been passed over, fired, and lost. I rebuilt from zero. I'm not coaching from theory.
✅ Corporate Credibility — 15+ years of tech leadership. I understand your industry, your politics, and your pressure.
✅ Evidence-Based Tools — Applied Positive Psychology certificate from the University of Pennsylvania, plus Myers-Briggs (MBTI) and Strong Interest Inventory certifications.
✅ Accessible Anywhere — In person at my Biltmore office (15 minutes from Tempe via the 202), virtually via Zoom, or home/office visits in the Tempe area.
Meet Jeff
The 4-Pillar Framework
1. Discover
We'll identify your Unique Genius using professional assessments (MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, CliftonStrengths) — mapping not just the skills you've been using, but the ones that actually energize you. Most people have never made that distinction. It changes everything.
2. Stablize
We'll assess your foundation — health, relationships, finances, mental wellbeing — and strengthen what's shaky BEFORE you make big moves. If your finances are tight or your relationship is strained, a career pivot isn't brave. It's reckless.
3. Strategize
We'll create your personalized roadmap with clear milestones and concrete next steps — customized to YOUR situation, your financial reality, your timeline, and your risk tolerance.
4. Execute
Together, we'll convert clarity into results through weekly 60-minute sessions, accountability check-ins, and honest feedback. Most clients see clarity in Month 1, foundation and strategy in Months 2-3, and execution — new role, raise, promotion, or pivot — in Months 4-6.
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Coaching for Your Specific Challenge
Career Transition & Reinvention — Whether you're pivoting after a layoff, outgrowing your current role, or realizing your industry is shifting beneath you. We build a strategic plan, not a panic move.
Professional Positioning — You're doing the work of someone two levels up but communicating your value like someone who's grateful to be there. We fix that.
Post-Achievement Emptiness — You hit the goal and felt nothing. We figure out what actually fulfills you — not what looks good on LinkedIn.
AI-Era Career Strategy — The professionals who thrive in the next decade won't be the most technical. They'll be the most adaptable. We build that adaptability into your career DNA.
Life Transitions — Relocation, breakups, identity shifts, or the quiet crisis that nobody around you sees because you're still showing up.
Coaching Grounded in Experience and Science
I've rebuilt my confidence more than once — through layoffs, betrayals, and moments when I questioned my own worth. I know the fear of watching your career stall and wondering if you'll ever get momentum back.
But I've also learned that what feels like a dead end can become a launchpad. Through my own journey and advanced training in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, I discovered how to turn setbacks into the foundation for growth.
That's why my work is never about quick fixes. I combine evidence-based tools, real-world leadership experience, and a direct coaching style to create change that lasts. Whether you're a Tempe professional meeting in person at my Biltmore office or connecting virtually, my role is to help you move forward with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Serving Tempe Neighborhoods Including: Downtown Tempe, South Tempe, North Tempe, Tempe Marketplace, ASU Research Park, Warner Ranch, Kyrene Corridor, and the Rio Salado District.
FAQs
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It's the best time. The professionals who come to me in their 40s all say the same thing: "I wish I'd done this 10 years ago." You have fewer financial obligations, more runway, and more flexibility right now than you will in a decade. Investing in clarity now prevents the mid-career crisis that most people wait until they're stuck in to address.
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Most of my clients don't quit their jobs. They redesign how they work within them — or they build a strategic exit plan with a financial runway so the transition is planned, not panicked.
My method starts with stabilization specifically because I know you have bills to pay. We don't make reckless moves. We make smart ones.
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That depends on whether the pass-over was about politics or performance — and most people can't tell the difference from the inside. In coaching, we'll figure out which it was, what leverage you actually have, and whether the right move is to position yourself internally or build your exit strategy. Either way, you'll make the decision from clarity, not frustration.
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Free advice is generic. It tells you to "update your LinkedIn" and "network more." Coaching is specific to your situation, your industry, your goals, and your blind spots. I'm not giving you a template.
I'm building a custom strategy with you, holding you accountable to it, and pushing you past the patterns that have kept you stuck. That's the difference between reading about fitness and having a trainer.
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Absolutely. Relocation is one of the most underestimated life transitions — especially when the reason you moved didn't work out the way you planned. Coaching helps you rebuild not just your career but your sense of identity and community in a new place.
Several of my clients came to me specifically because they relocated to the Phoenix area and needed to find their footing — professionally and personally.
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We start with what's most urgent for you that week — a conversation you're dreading, a decision you're avoiding, a pattern you keep repeating. I'll push you to get underneath the surface-level frustration to what's actually going on.
Then we build strategy around it and create specific action steps you'll take before our next session. You leave every session with something concrete to do, not just something to reflect on.
Ready to Stop Optimizing a Path You Never Actually Chose?
Your path forward is calling, and I'm here to help you answer it.
In our free 60-minute consultation, we'll clarify what's keeping you stuck, explore how coaching can support your specific situation, and see if we're a great fit to work together. Not a sales call — a real, strategic conversation. If we're a fit, I'll tell you. If we're not, I'll tell you that too.