Intentionally Directed Careers ®
Executive Coaching for Mid-Career Professionals
Intentionally Directed Careers ®
Executive Coaching for Mid-Career Professionals
Executive Coaching & Consulting Services
Career Development
Career Development
Career Development
Career Management: an intentional approach to managing your career, that proactively positions you competitively and with the connections you need for potential opportunities.
Career Exploration: usually employed, not sure what you want to do next but know you don’t want to keep doing what you’re doing now.
Career Transition: employed and
Career Management: an intentional approach to managing your career, that proactively positions you competitively and with the connections you need for potential opportunities.
Career Exploration: usually employed, not sure what you want to do next but know you don’t want to keep doing what you’re doing now.
Career Transition: employed and want to change jobs within or outside of your current employer or unemployed and searching for a new job.
Leader Development
Career Development
Career Development
Executive Leadership Role Entry: starting a new leadership position, need to effectively perform and show up powerfully in the new role, whether lateral or promotional.
Executive Skill Development: strong performer, potential development areas may include communication, influencing, negotiating, strategic thinking, collaborating, advocatin
Executive Leadership Role Entry: starting a new leadership position, need to effectively perform and show up powerfully in the new role, whether lateral or promotional.
Executive Skill Development: strong performer, potential development areas may include communication, influencing, negotiating, strategic thinking, collaborating, advocating and leading through others.
Executive Leadership Presence: understand and develop your authentic leadership presence by showing up confidently and being a leader in your career.
Your Executive Coach
Maria Kyriakos
I'm Maria Kyriakos, your Executive Coach!
I have a successful track record of developing and coaching leadership potential and effective career management practices in dynamic, high change Fortune 50 companies domestically and globally.
I successfully led development and implementation of HR programs and global leadership initiatives to enable top quartile business results. I incorporate this expertise into my services.
I'm a business leader, who held Executive Human Resources positions in global Technology and Health Services companies, prior to launching her Executive Coaching practice in 2013.
Working with me leaders learn to use their individuality as a leadership differentiator and career accelerator. I use my 3 Pillar approach to help leaders Career Intentionally™, while customizing the coaching program to the needs of each client.
I work with mid-career professionals who are Physician Leaders, Sr. Managers, Directors, Vice Presidents, Sr. Vice Presidents and CEO's.
Credentials: I have the ACC credential from the International Coaching Federation. I hold several certifications, Certified Executive & Leadership Development Coach, Certified Career Management Coach, Accredited Coach for the Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI), Certified Practitioner of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Strong Interest Inventory (SII). I use a variety of assessments and tools, inclusive of the StrengthsFinder to support my clients needs. I have a BA from the University of Washington and MA from Seattle University .
Maria's Philosophy
We all have a career story (whether we know it or not). Your job titles, employers, and accomplishments do not a story make!
During my corporate HR career, I observed many talented executives often taking a back seat while others drove them to their next professional destination.
I asked: Why outsource your most important professional decisions to a manager or a predetermined corporate structure? Why not lead an Intentionally Directed Career®?
I founded Leader-Assist to guide mid-career professionals to be intentional about their executive presence and career story, by better understanding themselves, their core values, future goals and their individual strengths. Together we develop and implement a customized approach that will boost their confidence, as well as their professional impact.
Every career path has its own unique twists and turns. It's one of the things that makes for an interesting life. You're not necessarily on a wrong path, but you may be moving in circles or stuck, rather than consistently propelling your career forward in a rewarding and powerful way.
If you're ready to convert your career mindset from one that is based on what's available--to one that is intentionally directed--let's work together so you can become the leader of your own career.