This quote by Gail Sheehy perfectly fits advice offered by a mentor…that in life, career, or business, change is necessary for growth (and vice versa). Without it, we wither and die. We must constantly evaluate, dream, and reach so that we may achieve our potential, and more!
After 11 years owning and growing The Career Group, LLC – a company I started to focus primarily on career coaching – I felt deeply that a big change was needed. I just didn’t know what that change would be, or how and when it would occur.
I spend my days coaching my clients on all facets of business – from strategy to leadership; communication to conflict; from hiring the best people, to firing the toxic ones when necessary. The more I thought about my business, the more I realized that I had turned into the proverbial shoe cobbler – crafting beautiful shoes that all my clients could wear, while my children went barefoot.
This revelation, while painful, led me to apply to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program. The intensive, 13-week program helps entrepreneurs like me create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, capital, and business support services. It gave me the boost I needed to change what had become comfortable.
During and after the Goldman Sachs program, I began strategizing with my business and marketing advisors, and through this process, Pivot Growth Partners emerged. A name and a company that was more comprehensive, more focused, and more descriptive of the work that we actually do. Let me tell you more about the name.
The noun ‘PIVOT’ is defined as “a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.” The verb ‘pivot’ is defined as “to turn on or as on a pivot.”
Accordingly, executives, organizations, employees and aspiring professionals that seek to grow do so by pivoting, by shifting and moving from one point of strength – one foundation – to another. In this spirit, Pivot Growth Partners offers clients the insight, strategy, inspiration and guidance to pivot toward their goals.
What about ‘GROWTH?’ Growth is the end; it is the promise. Words like ‘strategy,’ ‘process,’ ‘coaching,’ and ‘development’ are the means – they’re the building blocks of our services. But clients don’t really buy strategy, or coaching, or development. Growth is what clients need and want, in whatever respect that may be – personal growth, professional growth or firm / company / organizational growth.
Finally, a word about ‘PARTNERS’. The pursuit of growth isn’t easy. Success doesn’t come easy. It’s tough sledding – we know that. We believe that growth is best achieved through partnership – through pulling together, working hand-in-hand with clients in pursuit of their goals. At Pivot Growth Partners, we encourage our clients, advise them, hold them accountable along the way, and celebrate their successes.
Together with my Pivot Growth Partners colleagues and associates, I am rededicating myself to the business of YOU. Coaching, training, guiding, advising, and supporting, helping YOU to do the work that you do, just a little bit better. More efficiently, more confidently, more strategically, and with more passion than you have in a long time. We work with leaders, owners, teams, and individuals.
Look around, learn more about what we offer in areas of Executive Coaching, Training, Talent Consulting, and Career Coaching, and check out our News & Blog section periodically – we’ll be adding timely and relevant content throughout the remainder of 2015 and beyond.
Whether we’ve stayed in touch through the years, or our paths have diverged over time, I would love to hear from you. Let me know your thoughts on this exciting new chapter of our journey; feel free to contact me if you have questions about our services, or if you know of organizations, professionals, and aspiring professionals who you think could benefit from our expertise and our services.
I want to thank the hundreds of friends and clients who have been a part of this journey thus far, and continue to inspire, support, and engage me and my team. Let’s keep going…there’s much more to see and do together!
Thank you!
Regina