Free Elevator Pitch & Networking Event!

Last week I was on a call with a potential client when she told me a story that made my day...correction...my month. With her permission, I’m sharing today...mostly because it gave me the warm and fuzzies and also because it reminded me...yet again...the power of the pitch.

Her husband was in one of my Elevator Pitch Workshops a couple of months ago. I remember him because he was the only man. He was engaged, curious gracious...my kind of guy. Apparently, his wife was listening in the background and took a few mental notes.

After the session, they chose a Friday night to put their toddler to bed early. They opened a bottle of wine, sat down on the couch with their respective laptops and used my Nail Your Elevator Pitch Workbook to create their pitches. They then sent their pitches to each other, provided feedback and finished their vino feeling both accomplished and supported.

I stopped her here to ask, "Wait...so you’re saying you had a Pitch Date?"

I mean, how did she know my love language is Elevator Pitch?

She then continued to tell me her husband got a new job using his pitch and she is moving on to the second round of an interview process for her dream job after using hers. As you can imagine, this coach was/is feeling all the feels on this one. It’s working!

Crafting a pitch is not just about the words or getting the interview or even the job. It’s about discovering the confidence to know who you are and the freedom to share it with the world, unapologetically.

With that mission in mind, I’m excited to continue supporting women who are returning to work with a free Pitch and Networking Session TOMORROW!

Register Now!

On June 30, 2021, 5:30pm - 7:00 pm CUP in partnership with Bank of America will host CUP Connections Part II Women in Financial Leadership Talking About Beginning Again - Returning to Work.

Moderator:
Shirley Lamm

Speakers:
Rose Marie Blackwood, CFA (she/her)
Sheila Peluso
Sonnia Thomas Shields
Regina S.

Leadership Coach & Power Half-Hour Structured Networking Session Moderated by:
Rachel Garrett, ACC, CPC

I’m so honored to be collaborating with these accomplished leaders in this powerful event.
Join us and register here!

For more information on how I can support you in your career transition or job search, reply to this email or reach out at rachel@rachelbgarrett.com.

Let's Change the Change Conversation

I was talking to a friend who was leaving his company of ten years for a new exciting gig.

He was recruited for the new role and yet was thoughtful about whether it was the right move for him and his family in this moment.

After a thorough review, he actively chose...

Uncertainty. Trust. Curiosity.

He chose his intuition and hunger to learn above a need for sameness and safety.

He chose adventure, possibilities, growth, a yearning to broaden his impact, a call to do the work he was meant to do.

This is the perspective of change that often is lost in job searches and career transitions.

Instead, we focus on failure. We find a way to make ourselves wrong.

I’m no longer happy in my role AND I’m supposed to have this figured out by now.

It’s my fault that I don’t love my "good on paper" job.

My boss is being an asshole because of the mistakes I’m making.

We must change the change conversation right now.

Moving towards change is moving towards your needs, your priorities. It’s choosing you.

Whether it’s in my 1:1 Coaching or Career Command Membership—this is the work I’m here to do.

I will help you choose you.

I create a safe space where we honor the self-respect it takes to make a change while providing the career-pathing tools to go after what you want—all within a community of women who are also choosing themselves.

If you’re ready to re-think your next change, to drop the shame and explore what’s possible when you trust yourself—sign up for a 30-min complimentary call.

Let’s work together to help you find the freedom and confidence on the other side of choosing you.

Drawing Boundaries in Uncharted Territory

Are you finding it as exhausting as I am to emerge from your cocoon and be in the world with other humans again?

I’m drawing boundaries in places I didn’t know you could have them because I must protect my energy at all costs. I don’t have a lot of it right now. And there’s a world of women who need help with their careers. Stat.

I’m hungry to get to work AND I must reconnect in a way that feels energizing for me.

My approach is to be:

✔️ Honest – I’m going to be me, and I don’t have the time or desire to be anything but.

✔️ Imperfect – I can’t pretend that I remember all the subtleties of living in the collective. How quickly we forget!

✔️ Curious – Truly being in the moment and learning about that person in front of me. I'm a nerd when it comes to understanding new people.

✔️ Boundaried – Saying no to intro’s and connections that feel like should’s. No thank you.

What does it look like for you?

If you feel like you need to shift how you’re re-engaging or you need a kick in the butt to get out there at all, come learn and be you with us!

Our next Career Command Networking Event is on the 24th at 12pm ET, so, if you...

• Identify as female or non-binary

• Are hoping to make a career transition in the next year

• Or you're currently bumbling about social gatherings like you forgot how to be in the world. I see you, friend.

Register at rachelbgarrett.com/networking

My 3 Truths About Transitions

Most of the women in my Career Command Membership, 1:1 coaching programs and in my community in general are in a spectrum of career transitions. They range from feeling the tug that they should do something different to actively working a job search to returning to careers after taking time to care for families.

When I dive into conversations with them, there’s one feeling that comes up again and again.

Shame.

They think:

I should be farther along by this point in my life and career.

There’s something wrong with me for not having “the answer” yet.

Everybody else has found their own perfect path.

I’m defective because I can’t make my current path work.

When in reality, they’re on the edge of discovering their power.

Change is the stand you take for yourself. The acknowledgment that you are worth having something different. The thing you truly want.

Here are the 3 Truths About Transitions I share with clients so they can move out of the shame that is keeping them stuck and into the possibilities that are waiting for them.

1. Every single fulfilling career includes transitions.
It’s as simple as that. Change is a constant variable in life so it makes sense that careers would be rife with twists and turns to match it. Having a fulfilling career does not mean every moment is fun or easy. Careers that feel true to who you are, include taking risks, figuring out the hard parts, learning, growing, and building the resilience skills to weather the next change. Because it will be upon you before you know it!

2. Your transition means you are advocating for yourself (if you make it mean that.)
Whether you chose this transition or you’re reacting to a life moment, this is your opportunity to ask yourself, “What do I want?” It’s your time to resist the traditional formulas we are sold that promise success if we remain on one path. You can share this moment with confidence and pride in the agency you have over your life, or you can stay in shame. The story you tell about your transition is your choice.

3. Most (and not all) of your people will support you during your transition.
Some of your people will support you in your transition and some won’t. A few of the people who don’t support you are not actually your people. Recognize that and act accordingly. While others who don’t support you truly do love you but can’t get around their own fear. There’s no need to cut them out completely but know that you don’t need to share the updates on your transition with these people. Conversely, you MUST talk to your advocates, your supporters, your ride or die people through this moment. You need them and the more you can share with them, the more they can help you!

When you’re living these truths during a moment of change, know that the quickest way out of shame is seeing for yourself that you are not alone. The women in my Career Command Membership are floored when they realize—wow—all of these ambitious, inspiring women are going through what I am, and I would NEVER think the things about them that I’m currently thinking about myself. Choose power during this change and find the people who will help you continue to fuel it in yourself.