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An Incredible Journey

Announcing: Rebrand to Close Cohen Career Consulting Interesting pandemic isn’t it? I recently surveyed a group of middle-aged professionals (sometimes […]

  • 11 Feb 2021

AFGO

It took at least fifteen minutes to find my running shoes, they should have been in the shoe rack. Once I finally got them...

  • 30 Mar 2020

The Outcome

This past month a wonderful client of ours –a senior female software engineer, sent an email to us titled “The Outcome.” As you can...

  • 22 Mar 2020

2019 Year in Review

2019 was an exciting year, we nearly doubled the number of clients served from 2018. Two dedicated staff were hired to uplevel the customer...

  • 31 Jan 2020

Pick a Fight

The key to a great, successful fight that moves your strategy forward is to pick the overlooked, undervalued or forgotten aspect in your landscape...

  • 21 Oct 2019
Laura Close Career Consulting Executive Coaching Career Coaching

We are For People who Love to Work

We are for people who love to work. People who always need a mountain to climb, for people who know […]

  • 13 Oct 2019

The Book We Love To Hate

The book Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff is a secret weapon in our arsenal of senior and executive level career coaching. But […]

  • 26 Aug 2019
Measure What Matters book review Laura Close Consulting Career Counseling, Performance Coaching, Women in Tech

“Measure What Matters” –Align your teams or die trying

Measure What Matters will make you want to go disrupt something nearby --like inefficiencies and broken team alignment at work. Riot like a middle...

  • 29 Oct 2018
Laura Close Consulting, Career Coach, Career Transition, Leadership Development, Executive Coaching Seattle San Francisco LA New York City Vancouver BC

Book Review: Radical Candor. Great for managers and directors

After noticing an uptick in inquiries from managers wanting to lock in their growth trajectory, I started hunting for a great, fresh book we...

  • 14 Aug 2018
Laura Close Executive Coach, Career Coaching, Seattle, WA, Vancouver BC, Leadership Development for Women

Multiple Glass Ceilings

glass ceil·ing noun 1. an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities. […]

  • 10 May 2018
Laura Close Consulting Leadership Development and Career Coaching Seattle Managers Directors Executives

Talk Senior to Me

How do you think Zuckerberg prepared for the congressional hearings? By skimming his resume? No. He wore fabulous clothes, had an A-team grill him...

  • 24 Apr 2018
Laura Close Leadership Development, Career Coach Seattle, Washington, Online Sessions, Business Consulting

3 Causes of Success Aversion (real talk)

I'm curious if you can articulate your own success? After hundreds of client intake sessions, I've identified these three root causes of success aversion.

  • 1 Mar 2018
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