121. From Manager to Director in 4 Sessions: A Client Story with Lexy Williams

This one was too good to only share once. I'm bringing back one of my all-time favorite episodes for everyone who is new here in Season 3, and for everyone who needs to hear it again. Lexy's story is exactly what this podcast is about.In this fan favorite episode, I'm sitting down with my client Lexy Williams, who went from feeling completely stuck in a manager role to landing her dream director position in just four coaching sessions.Lexy is a first-generation professional, daughter of Sierra Leonean immigrants, and someone who came into coaching already knowing she was meant for more. She just needed the strategy, the clarity, and someone fully in her corner to help her get there. What happened next is exactly the kind of story I live for.We get into all of it, the mindset, the resume strategy, the non-negotiables, the two promotions, and the moment she sat down in her director's chair and knew she had arrived.In this episode, we cover:→ How Lexy advocated for herself to find a coach who was a woman of color before we even started→ What four coaching sessions actually looked like and how she maximized every moment in between→ The resume and cover letter strategy that started getting her callbacks almost immediately→ Why she pushed past a senior manager promotion to keep going for the director role she really wanted→ What it felt like to sit in the director's chair on day one and actually believe she belonged thereKey Takeaways:– You do not have to have it all figured out before you invest in yourself– The work between sessions matters just as much as the sessions themselves– Getting specific on your non-negotiables keeps you from settling for close enough– Coaching is not about fixing what is wrong, it is about building what is already there– Nobody puts Baby in the corner, and nobody should put you there eitherChapters:00:00 Introduction and Meet Lexy04:15 Why Lexy Decided to Invest in Coaching07:30 How She Found Dani and Advocated for a WOC Coach11:00 What the Coaching Goals Actually Were14:20 The Resume Strategy That Changed Everything18:45 Maximizing Coaching Between Sessions22:00 Two Promotions and Why She Kept Going26:30 The Director Role: What It Feels Like to Finally Be at the Table30:00 Why Lexy Recommends Coaching (The Dirty Dancing Analogy)32:00 ClosingLearn more and stay connected:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.danitan.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/dani-tan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my weekly newsletter