Tabatha Jones: Building Your Corporate Escape Plan

Tabatha Jones: Building Your Corporate Escape Plan

From Your Next Success by Caroline Sangal, PhD, SHRM-CP

June 9, 2026 · 54 min · Season 1 · Episode 72

About this episode

Tabatha Jones shares her journey of leaving a corporate career to build her coaching business while still employed.

Send us Fan Mail How to Leave Corporate and Build a Business Before You Quit | Tabatha Jones Tabatha Jones — Executive Director turned Corporate Escape Sherpa — built her coaching business one hour a day while still inside corporate, and left with a plan already in motion. In this episode, she shares how she navigated four mergers, learned to negotiate after a decade of waiting to be recognized, and finally walked away from a Fortune 50 career when her body made the cost undeniable. If you're...

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Host: Caroline Sangal

Guest: Tabatha Jones

Topics covered

  • corporate escape
  • business coaching
  • career transition
  • negotiation skills
  • personal development

Keywords

  • corporate escape
  • business coaching
  • career change
  • negotiation
  • mergers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fortune 50

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