Working from my Strengths: Leaving a Job I loved to Create a Business I Love Even More with Jennifer Vancil

About this episode

Jennifer Vancil shares her journey from a career in higher education to founding a coaching business focused on strengths-based development.

Jennifer Vancil, founder of Communicating Strengths, a strengths based career and executive coaching business that helps professionals and teams work from their strengths to find work they enjoy and build workplaces people want to stay in. Through 1:1 coaching, team training, and leadership development, Jennifer supports individuals and organisations to align talent, purpose, and performance in a way that actually lasts. Now, Jennifer’s journey from a 25 year career in higher education to building a thriving coaching business during the pandemic, while raising two teenagers as a single parent, demonstrates what is possible when you bet on your strengths and back yourself fully. And while helping others navigate change, uncertainty, and career transitions, she is proving that meaningful work and sustainable success do not have to be mutually exclusive. Here’s where to find more: www.communicatingstrengths.com www.linkedin.com/in/jennifervancil ________________________________________________ Welcome to The Unforget Yourself Show where we use the power of woo and the proof of science to help you identify your blind spots, and get over your own bullshit so that you can do the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark, Katie

Guest: Jennifer Vancil

Topics covered

• career transition
• strengths-based coaching
• entrepreneurship
• work-life balance
• personal development

Keywords

• career coaching
• strengths
• entrepreneurship
• single parent
• pandemic business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Communicating Strengths

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