
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...
People in this episode
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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