Career Coaching
I help people in career transition, no strings attached.
I’ve learned how important it is to get closure and move ahead. Career transitions can shake more than your resume - they can shake your sense of direction and identity. That's why I offer practical career transition guidance to help people in these situations take their next step with confidence and intention.
My Story
I didn't set out to do this work.
It found me.
Before starting Open Door, I ran a small HR consulting business for an absentee owner. He liked to joke that he was the money partner and I was the working partner. I used to joke that I was an entrepreneur with someone else’s money.
Eventually, the business was sold. Then sold again. The new owners decided they didn’t need me anymore and that my protégé - someone I believed in then and still do - could run the Colorado operations instead, at half my salary and twenty years my junior.
That’s how these things sometimes go.
I know what it feels like
With a non-compete around my neck, consulting in the Rocky Mountain region wasn’t an option. I took a VP role with a startup software company in Littleton. It was hybrid. They gave me a car. The commute was still brutal.
When the company went under, I was relieved - at least on one level.
By that point, I had lived through exits that weren’t my choosing or my timing. I knew what it felt like to be laid off. To work hard for a company that didn’t make it. To have to find your own closure, reinvent yourself temporarily, and figure out how to move forward without bitterness.
I learned a lot during that season.
From students to next-stage career transitions
It didn’t take long before others started reaching out.
I found myself talking with people who had experienced a sudden need for reinvention, or a transition in their careers. I understood what some of that felt like, and I understood how important it was to close the door on the past so you could walk through the next one.
People who had been laid off
People displaced by technology
People who had been fired
People whose companies didnt survive
Stay-at-home parents re-entering the workforce
Veterans transitioning from specialized roles
What I can and can't do
I don’t have all the answers. But I do know how to make a resume stronger, how to get visible, how to answer hard questions, and how to move forward without carrying the weight of a difficult exit. I don’t do long-term career coaching, but I’m happy to offer clear, practical direction to people who need it.
This is my give-back, and there's no obligation.
How this works
If you’re local to Northern Colorado, and I am available, I’ll meet you at a coffee shop for an hour and see how I can help, I'll even buy the coffee! I always have ideas. On occasion, I can make a useful introduction. If you’re not in the area, I’m happy to meet virtually - though you’ll have to provide your own cup of joe.
This is my give-back, and there's no cost.
