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Coaching

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Free Career Coaching Service

Details

  • 10-20 minutes one-on-one coaching via Skype or by phone
    My Skype username is BeMyCareerCoach
  • All conversations are recorded, so I may rebroadcast it to help others (personal information will edited out)
  • 2 available slots per week
  • Anyone who is a subscriber of the career success newsletter can request for free coaching

How to request for free coaching.  After you sign up for the newsletter, reply to any of the newsletter emails you receive with the following
  1. One burning question you would like to discuss – the more specific it is, the more I can help.  Please note only topics that have NOT been discussed on my podcasts qualify for free coaching.  See my podcast topics here.
  2. Background info on what you want to discuss
  3. 3 possible times – pls provide me at least 3 days advance notice (Wednesday evenings pacific standard time are best for me).  Note:  I am NOT available weekdays during business hours as I work full time for a Fortune 100 company
I look forward to hearing from you.  I am always in your corner.
Lei

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Private Career Coaching Service

Note:  I unfortunately have to turn down more private coaching request than I accept  given I work full time in a Fortune 500 company.  With that said, I do coach 1 or 2 clients as time permits and there is mutual fit.  Thanks for your interest.
Profile of best clients
  • Team members, managers, directors, and vice presidents
  • Professionals ages 25 – 45 with at least a college degree
  • Want to accelerate your career success and make efforts to develop new skills as needed
  • Self motivated to do the hard work to change
  • see Client Testimonials below
My Career Coaching Philosophy
  • I believe you drive your own career and my role is to support you, not take over.
  • I believe in “teaching you how to fish instead of giving you the fish.”
  • I believe in constructive career coaching but no sugar coating.  I will be direct, action focused, and supportive.
  • I believe less is more.  I will limit our career coaching sessions to at most 1 hour a week.   I will give you many suggestions for action to do offline on your own to develop your skills and reach your goals.
  • My only goal is to help you reach your career goals.  This is my passion.  At any point, if you don’t think my services are helping, let me know and we can stop it.  While this is a business for me, I want the time we spend to be impactful for you.
  • Given I work full time, I am very SELECTIVE in who I accept as clients.

Career Coaching Session Details

  • Initial free 20 minute call to discuss my services, your career coaching needs, and determine whether there is a mutual fit (first time client only)
  • We both decide whether to go forward with a session.
  • If so, I will send questions by email prior to session to get context and detailed information regarding what career coaching you need.  You will need to answer these questions prior to our phone session.  The more detail you send before hand, the more I can prep and make the phone session the most effective for you
  • One hour career coaching phone call based on agreed time (30 minute half sessions are available after the first session)
  • Cost is $160 per full session.    All session cost must be pre-paid.
Contact me to schedule an initial free consultation.  I look forward to helping you with your career.  I am always in your corner.
- Lei

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Client Testimonials

CEO – Venture Funded Start-up

“As my formal coach/performance manager at Deloitte, Lei provided formative guidance that was instrumental to accelerating my career. My career path since knowing Lei has included management consulting, various roles at Google/YouTube, independent consulting and starting my own venture-backed mobile health company. Early on, Lei equipped me with tools and perspectives to help navigate and excel at a variety of “softer” areas of professional life — performance feedback, managing upwards, self awareness, goal setting, etc. that have carried me a long way. She is very effective and passionate about what she does, with a good dose of “tough love” when needed. I still meet with Lei regularly, and highly recommend her if you’re looking to thrive in and accelerate your career at any stage. Her advice is perhaps better than getting an MBA.”

Associate Director – Marketing Agency

“Lei has a passion for career coaching. As mentioned in many of her recommendations already, she cares about her staff and takes time to invest in the people. Over the years Lei has provided me invaluable career advice and expert opinion on career choices. She is a wonderful mentor to have.”

Ombudsman,  DES (Department of Economic Security)

“You are trully blessed and gifted! I just wanted to thank you for all you do. You provide invaluable information and insight that is real world. I have not had a chance to read all the free knowledge and wisdom you provide. I will continue to digest all you provide and participate at all the levels you have established. I have to get back to work, however you will be the number one site that I learn from!  Grace and Mercy to you!”

Recent College Graduate,  U.C. Berkeley 2009

“Thank you for providing such valuable advice to the public, for free. I found your site through Focus, and have since bookmarked it. I have been job hunting for a long time now, and have read a lot of career advice of varying credibility. Woefully, Google had not led me to you earlier, despite the excellence of your website’s design, and the size, span, and quality of the information you provide . That you provide all this so freely, simply because you enjoy sharing your knowledge is truly inspiring. Thank you.”

Director, Financial Services Company

“I have been a client of Lei and find her career coaching tremendously useful. She has the unique ability to hone in on the heart of the issue. Her varied career experiences, keen intellect, ability to synthesize information and inquisitive nature make her a pleasure to work with. She asks the hard questions and helps one realize the hard answers but not in a way that is discouraging but rather insightful, helpful and strategic. If you really want to do some serious career work then I can’t recommend Lei highly enough..This is an investment in your future.”

Self-employed Business Consultant

“For someone with as much high powered experience as Lei has, she is incredibly humble and as open to learning as she is about giving advice. In particular she’s great at providing sound advice when it comes to navigating issues and relationships that impact my career. Her blog has also influenced some of my decisions e.g. I am not going to wait another year to take that trip out of the country and I’m leading a more productive and stress free approach at work. Both reactions are the results of advice she’s given on her blog based on her own experiences or people she knows. Lei is also open to any feedback or advice I may have to offer as someone who’s been an independent consultant for nearly a decade. She’s not only a good communicator she’s a great listener. I’m thoroughly enjoying getting to know Lei and benefiting from the advice she provides as a Career Strategist.”

Account Supervisor – Marketing Agency

Top Qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity

“I can’t say enough to do Lei Han justice-she’s simply a remarkable woman and career strategist. Two years ago, I was stuck in San Francisco, going through a major career and life transition. Lei sat down with me for over an hour and went over my career and life objectives; In addition, we talked about my skill set and my passions in life and how I could best meld the two.After our meeting, she analyzed my resume and gave it a major overhaul–I’m happy to say that two years later, I took the plunge (thanks to Lei!) and moved to New York. I now have my dream job and I couldn’t be happier!”

Strategic Director – Marketing Agency

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert

“Lei helped me not only land a job that I wanted but also helped me approach negotiating the offer. She listened carefully and provided guidance that was right for me and my unique situation. She helped set my job search expectations and was able to provide a wealth of knowledge which allowed me to approach each potential employer with great confidence. The skills that I’ve gained through working with her are invaluable and I continue to practice them in my everyday life. Working with Lei has been inspirational, both from a professional and personal aspect.”

Owner – Production Company

“I strongly believe that Lei is a very effective career coach. I recently went to her with a sensitive HR issue and within minutes, she was able to tactfully and empathetically suggest a more constructive course of action for me to take. Speaking with Lei gave me the clarity that I had been looking before and I certainly look forward to hiring her in future.”

Product Manager – Gaming Company

Top qualities: Expert, High Integrity, Creative

“Lei has provided me with invaluable advice on how to make the most of my career, post-MBA. She has also given me excellent feedback on negotiation and interview strategies.”

Senior Analyst – Utility Company

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert

“About two years ago when I considered changing jobs or going back to school for an advanced degree after working for a few years in industry, Lei has provided me with superb career advice. Since then, I’ve found Lei to be very encouraging, an excellent listener, and knowledgeable when it comes to making recommendations that fit my career goals. Most recently, Lei helped me land a job within a month of being laid off, guiding me through the initial job search process to accepting the offer. I couldn’t ask for a better career coach!”

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     Stanford engineer and  Wharton MBA |  Business / marketing  executive with 15 years of corporate experience | Mentored 100+ professionals | Screened / interviewed hundreds of candidates | Connect with me 
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