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WHAT WE DO
Next gen coaching for high-potential early-career employees, centered on workplace fundamentals, real-world soft skills and behavior change.
One-on-One Virtual Coaching
Professional Success Coaches create a personalized, supportive environment where individuals can ask questions, receive immediate feedback, build confidence, and practice through role play.
Retain Employees
Retention is a major challenge across industries, as many early-career employees prioritize growth, purpose, and flexibility over long-term loyalty. Supportive coaching helps keep them engaged, motivated, and invested in their roles.
Improve Competencies & Performance
Career advancement starts with strong soft skills & executive function skills. EF Skills are self-management skills, guiding decision making, critical thinking, planning and prioritizing, organization, and problem-solving. Since these skills strengthen in your 20s, coaching accelerates growth.
Meeting the Moment.
The pandemic disrupted internships and on-the-job learning, leaving emerging talent without critical hands-on guidance.
Today’s early career professionals want more than a mentor, they want a coach.
Our hybrid approach combines the traditional executive coaching model with practical soft skills and executive function support.
We meet early career professionals where they are developmentally, build accountability, and equip them with the confidence, abilities, knowledge, and support they need to thrive.
When technical skills are baseline, soft skills & executive functioning are mission critical.
Workplace Culture & Etiquette
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A practical guide to requesting and communicating PTO
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How to approach hierarchy & authority
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When, where, and how to get my questions answered
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Phone & laptop etiquette (notifications, distractions, Zoom norms)
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How to handle senior management when they struggle with technology
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How to ask for help and when to delegate
Communication Skills
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How to write professional emails
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Norms around communication (email vs Slack vs meetings)
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Communication with diverse personalities & across generations
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Conflict resolution
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Customer service & client relations
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How to be a "team player"
Executive Functioning Skills
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Using a calendar system & enhancing time management
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Prioritizing tasks when everything is urgent
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Presentation and public speaking skills
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Networking do's and don'ts
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Relationship building in the workplace without oversharing
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Emotional intelligence
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Managing ADHD in the workplace
Adaptability & Resilience
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Professionalism and accountability
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Problem solving like a champ
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Stress management & work-life balance
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Boosting critical thinking and productive brainstorming
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Feedback & performance reviews
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How to handle boredom or feeling stuck
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Managing up & task initiation
YES! We have outstanding employees who are getting in their own way because they don't know how to navigate the workplace. They need to know how to walk before they can run. The soft skill, communication focus is just what we need.
Michael S., NY, NY
OUR COACHES
Helping early-career talent grow with insight, skills, and guidance.
Approach
We meet individuals where they are in ability, knowledge, and workplace maturity. Using a strengths-based approach, we build confidence, address skill gaps, and provide gentle accountability that drives real behavioral change. Organizational goals and competencies guide our work, ensuring learning is relevant, measurable, and aligned with workplace expectations.
Credentials
WorkEQ coaches hold master’s degrees in science or education with a focus on student affairs in higher education. Many have also pursued advanced training and credentials, including ICF, iPEC, ADDCA, Certified ADHD Life Coach, and other internationally recognized coaching certifications.
Experience
Our Professional Success Coaches bring deep experience from college campuses nationwide, including Ivy League institutions, with senior leadership roles across Career Centers, Dean’s Offices, Disability Services, and Student Affairs. Many also come from the executive coaching space, working with leaders at all levels. At their core, they are educators who thrive on teaching and learning.
I like having someone I can ask my stupid questions to. (My coach would say that my questions aren't stupid!) For example, what did my boss mean when he said, "please let the team know about your PTO?" Apparently I wasn't supposed to send out a calendar invite for my vacation. I thought it would be easier if it appeared on everyone's calendar. "Parker in Hawaii" My coach helped me to craft a professional email. We deleted the invite. It was totally embarrassing. He went over how to plan PTO in advance, avoid major projects, craft an out of office, pro-actively work with my team/delegate, I get it now. I won't make that mistake again. #Parker in Hawaii might start trending.
Parker, San Jose, CA, Gen Z Employee
