SPEAKING AND WORKSHOPS
It’s time to stop doing what you think is “right” in your career and start doing what’s right for you.
When people feel aimless or dissatisfied in their career, it’s often because they have no idea what they’re looking for. Without a clear idea of what they want to do, they get antsy about leaving their job, focused on external measures of success and distracted by shiny jobs. How are they supposed to stop doing what they think is “right” in their career and start doing what’s right for them? If they’re not clear about what they want, there’s no way they can convey it to anyone else.
As a company, how much of your regretted attrition is due to employees feeling restless and thinking the grass is greener somewhere else? How many didn’t know the answer to your question “well, what do you want to do?” and you had no chance of helping them find the right fit at your company?
Lindsay is a Forbes award-winning career coach and international bestselling author who has helped thousands of people get clear about what they want in their career, confident in their decisions, and able to effectively communicate their value to interviewers, managers, and colleagues to find jobs that are a good fit. She takes away job anxiety and uncertainty by giving people a clear picture of what they’re looking for in their career and makes it easy for employees to have a conversation with their leadership to get them into the right role.
Watch Lindsay in action
Lindsay helps people:
Relieve the pressure they place on their career
Assess and understand what works for them in their current role
Identify actions to mold their current role into a better fit
Learn how to stop worrying about making the right decision and avoid getting distracted by shiny jobs that aren’t a good fit
Gain new mindsets for how to think about their long-term career
Retain and engage their employees by getting them clear about what’s right for them
Lindsay has spoken to audiences at:
Women in Networking Summit at Google 2021
The Re-Define: Elevates Virtual Summit 2021
Speaking Topics:
How to design a career that fits for you
Getting clear about what is right for you in a job
Communicating your strengths and abilities to job prospects and colleagues
Creating the framework you need to confidently make decisions, while feeling good in your own skin
How to stop feeling stuck, aimless and dissatisfied in your career
Why your employees want to quit and how to fix it
2024 Corporate Pilot: Retain and Re-Energize
TESTIMONIALS
“Lindsay is an exceptional talent! Her ability to mentor, coach and teach our early talent cohort through workshops and speaker guidance has been wonderful to witness. Not only does Lindsay have a keen insight into the career pathways in tech but she also understands the unique nuance of needs within the subsets of tech and non-tech talent navigating success within a tech company.
At Workday, we have been lucky enough to have Lindsay deliver workshops for early in career full-time talent as well as our North America interns. Each session was built to address the unique needs of the audience and has created waves of ongoing career conversations and exploration. Lindsay has become our top go-to presenter and we are always excited to witness her engagement with our employees.”
- Kate Dey, Manager of Talent Development at Workday
“Recently, I had the opportunity to host the Women’s Professional Development Virtual Luncheon for the A&WMA 2020 Annual Conference where Lindsay Gordon, Career Coach and Founder, A Life of Options LLC was the keynote speaker. In a word, I thought Lindsay was fantastic. Lindsay utilizes an interactive presentation approach encouraging everyone in the “room” to engage and participate in the self-reflection exercises. She is excellent at debunking the traditional thoughts around career advancement and presenting an approach that focuses on one’s self, the strength’s you as an individual bring to bear for an employer, and promotion of your accomplishments within your organization. If you or someone you know is seeking career guidance, I recommend speaking with Lindsay Gordon.”
- Liz Foeller, Waste Management, Area Environmental Protection Manager for the Florida Market Area
“Lindsay Gordon was fantastic! Her balance of 1:1 interaction and big group work really hit the mark. She challenged attendees to hold each other accountable as we swapped stories and goals. I left feeling energized, engaged and empowered to take action. "
- Natanya Montgomery, Knowledge Coordinator at First Round Capital
"Lindsay Gordon has that sixth-sense empathy that all fantastic career coaches wield. But what really impressed me was how she brought an engineer's precision to her coaching and exercises. I left with more than warm, fuzzy feelings — I had frameworks, concrete tactics and changes I wanted to try."
- Shaun Young
“I liked the interactive nature (vs. lecture) of the meeting. Loved our speaker! Learned new things about myself and loved hearing other people's insights. Loved the idea of breaking vague and immeasurable things like "happiness" or "fulfillment" into categories that are easier to work with.”
- Meetup participant
“Your session on Design Thinking Methods for Career Planning was one of the highlights of my day! Thank you for the interactive, well-articulated and thought out session that applied design thinking methodologies to charting our own career. “
- Grace Hopper Conference participant