First-Generation Professionals

A first-generation professional refers to an individual who is the first in their family to attain a professional or advanced degree and pursue a career in a specific field. First-generation professionals break new ground without the guidance and networks of family members who have gone through similar experiences. These professionals must overcome significant barriers to establish themselves, and are often disproportionately affected by racism, sexism, classism, and elitism. 

And yet, first-generation professionals are exceptionally well equipped for a thriving life and career. They can have high levels of aspiration, grit, emotional intelligence, and resourcefulness. They have a strong sense of internal control, values and vision. Immigrant first-generation professionals bring language skills and global networks; they are socially and culturally competent. All first-generation professionals have compelling life stories to continue to author. 

These experiences are a unique constellation of challenges and opportunities that are best supported by someone who has been there themself.  As an immigrant child of political war refugees,  I have first-hand experience with the often invisible barriers, both self-created and inherited, that we first-generation professionals navigate in our personal and professional lives.

My coaching partnership will help professionals express authenticity, release imposter syndrome, reconnect to purpose, establish leadership presence, understand trauma, master communication, gain emotional intelligence, and employ a positive mindset to thrive. scription text goes here

Hands down, you are the single most important asset for your success. Through knowing yourself, especially your mindset and strengths, you can leverage your unique intelligence and innate capacities in the direction of your most important goals.  Also important, is to know your blindspots, growth edges, and the parts of yourself you tend to avoid, which are likely interfering with your success. 

Working with a personality and leadership assessment is a confidential way to gain insight and build confidence and authenticity.  Likewise, when teams work with assessments, they significantly improve their relationships, effectiveness and performance. 

Assessments I am experienced in delivering include: 

Customized 360s - Process for measuring performance based on feedback from multiple people across a company or network. 

DISC - A model used to describe management and leadership style, based on four personality traits: Dominance (D), Influence (I), Steadiness (S), and Conscientiousness (C).

StrengthsFinder - Allows individuals to gain insight on their strengths and leverage them to achieve personal and professional success. When applied to teams, it helps members delegate work in areas of each other’s strengths.

Positive Intelligence - Assesses the capacity to respond to challenges with a positive mindset rather than negative mindset.

Emotional Intelligence- Provides a snapshot of overall emotional functioning and control when in relationships and when responding to pressure.  

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) - indicates your personality preferences in four dimensions: where you focus your attention – Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I) and the way you take in information – Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).

Psychological Safety - Identifies patterns and trends in how employees feel about taking risks and speaking up.

The Four Tendencies - Helps individuals better understand why they’re likely to act—or not to act—when trying to achieve goals or complete tasks.

Gene Keys - Provides a personalized map of your inner consciousness. It shows the archetypal patterns that block your innate intelligence and how to transform these patterns into gifts.Description text goes here