Our values are uniquely ours. Sometimes we can identify them easily, and sometimes we need a little help. Knowing our values and finding work that aligns with our values is critical for happiness and job satisfaction. If you’re not sure what your values are, or what your right work situation is, there are techniques like mining for values that might help.

In this episode of Evolving Working, Catherine Morgan and Susan Eckstein talk to Angie Rome Gonzalez about the importance of living your values at work. Gonzalez is a certified professional life coach through Coaches Training Institute who has been coaching clients for 16 years, and is currently partnering with Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. to serve clients more deeply.

How do your values show up at work? If you like to build deep relationships with customers, you may not feel comfortable in a company with a transactional business model. Instead, you may prefer a company that builds deep relationships with customers and considers the lifetime value of a customer.

It’s not a right or wrong thing, it’s just about alignment.

If you’re overworked and under resourced in your job or business, you might think that is just the way it is.

Kristeen Barth says, “There is so much we can do as individuals and we have more power than we realize.” Kristeen Barth began her career in IT and later pursued coaching certification. Over time, she was able to move to HR and work in leadership development. She coaches clients on having a healthier relationship with work, including identifying limiting beliefs and inner “saboteurs” that can block forward progress.

Career transition expert Catherine Morgan and women’s empowerment expert Susan Eckstein talk with Kristeen Barth about:

• What stories you may be telling yourself (and how you can write a different story)
• How to set boundaries at work with your boss and team
• How to improve employee productivity
• How to stop “shoulding” and “wronging” yourself
• How to design a life that works for you

How to ask for what you want In short, we don’t get what we don’t ask for.

Learn more about Kristeen Barth at www.KristeenBarth.com
Learn more about Susan Eckstein at www.thesusaneckstein.com

We work with the best professionals.

Truly.

So grateful for this incredible recommendation on LinkedIn.

I can’t believe it, but I am starting on year 13 of having my own business, Point A to Point B Transitions Inc.

I won’t lie – it’s been a rocky road with some giant potholes and landmines, and while it sometimes feels like I have been doing this forever, some days it seems like a brand-new adventure.

What has changed over the years? My confidence in getting great results for the clients I am meant to serve is unshakable. I am proud to share I have an enviable success rate of getting driven professionals back to work (even after years in transition).

For better or for worse, I have always judged the success of the business by the results I get clients, and not on revenue.

I have taken pro bono clients when I didn’t have enough revenue coming in because I knew I could help them and it seemed like bad karma not to help.

I have taken time off when I was cooked, but really needed to be doing business development.

I have invested in coaching or training when I didn’t have the money many times. Sometimes this worked out very well, and sometimes it was a total waste.

I wouldn’t necessarily recommend anyone else do any of these.

However, here are some things I would recommend:

• Follow your curiosity – what is interesting or exciting?
• Try to make things fun (yes, even the boring or scary things)
• Connect with other entrepreneurs and support each other
• Invest in yourself, but don’t use training as a block
• Take a nap if you need it (you’ll be more productive later)
• Interact with people who are further along than you are
• Don’t be afraid to reach out to famous people
• Refer clients who aren’t ideal for you to someone else

The idea of being a solopreneur and digital nomad was incredibly appealing to me when I started. All of my personal stuff was in storage for years as I spent time in Chicago, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and New York.

Now, I find I get totally sparked by partnering with other professionals for webinars or media projects. When I partner with someone, I actually do the thing I was talking about because I won’t let them down AND I usually have to up my game because I know some super-smart people.

Over the years I’ve learned to give myself permission to stop doing things that flat-line my energy or trigger anxiety, even if they can bring in revenue. I have mostly stopped doing resumes because I am tired of fighting with people. In some cases, I need to do a resume for a client (usually an entrepreneur to employee), but in many cases, I will refer the client to someone else and sleep better that night.

In short, your business is YOURS, and you get to decide what you do and who you want to work with.

That’s probably one of the reasons you started your business in the first place.

Every woman I have ever coached needs to watch this. Catherine Johns says, “If you are not willing to be seen, you’re going to be overlooked.” So, while you might want that job or promotion or speaking gig, if you are not showing up, it is going to be difficult to make that happen.

Catherine Johns is a Chicago radio legend who spent 25 years in the public eye, but even with that experience, Johns struggled with getting comfortable on video – just like all of us do. She was a pro behind the mic, but the camera was different. She shared this cost her many opportunities earlier in her career.

In this interview with career transition expert Catherine Morgan and women’s empowerment expert Susan Eckstein, Catherine Johns shares strategies and pro tips that will make you look (and feel!) more confident on your next video call or presentation.

When was the last time you invested in your mindset?

Yes, mindset!

It’s that thing that affects your overall well-being and success – personally and professionally.

You’ve probably been under a lot of stress over the past two years, and things may have shifted for you.

You might know what you want to create for yourself (but might feel like you need a permission slip) OR you might have no idea what you want to do next (but you know that whatever you’re doing now isn’t working).

For a very limited time, we are offering a 55-minute life coaching session with Angie Rome Gonzalez for just $97 (regularly $147). This may be exactly what you need to get back on track with your life – or career.

Angie is a certified Professional Life Coach through Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and earned a MFA in Theatrical Design from Tulane University and a BFA from the University of Louisiana in Theatre/Art.

Angie began her career in costume design and pattern making. Later, she focused on non-profit arts management. She is a true people person and relationship builder, empowering clients to see possibility, and name and claim their dreams. If you’re in the business of financial planning, you may also want to check out Jerome Myers financial planner coaching program here.

Here is Angie’s scheduling link.

We’re #1 here in the United States!

SO exciting to be internationally recognized as a very small business.

What is even better is seeing what clients and colleagues are saying.

Please join me in welcoming Angie Rome Gonzalez! She offers custom-tailored coaching, helping clients create a sustainable and successful professional and personal life.

Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. is thrilled to have Angie join us in supporting our amazing clients in career and life transitions. Angie is a certified Professional Life Coach through Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and earned a MFA in Theatrical Design from Tulane University and a BFA from the University of Louisiana in Theatre/Art.

Angie began her career in costume design and pattern making. Later, she focused on non-profit arts management. She is a true people person and relationship builder, empowering clients to see possibility, and name and claim their dreams.

First we’ll take on Manhattan, and then we’ll take on the world!

I am excited to share that Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. was named “Most Innovative Career Transition Coach – North America 2021” by Corporate Vision magazine. Woot!

This award means a lot to me because the way we work with professionals in career transition is very different (and yes, innovative). We look at the person and professional to help them determine their right next step. One size doesn’t fit all.

Read the full-page article on Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. in the January 2022 edition of Corporate Vision News that was sent to 155,000 business leaders across the globe here.

In addition, we work to mitigate the anxiety and depression that necessarily comes with the uncertainty of career transition, even if the client hasn’t experienced much of it previously. This is our differentiator, and my book, This Isn’t Working – Evolving the Way We Work to Decrease Stress, Anxiety, and Depression will be released in fall 2022.