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“I had the fortunate opportunity to work with Laura at a pivotal inflection point in my career. As I sought to both define and refine my next best career move, she systematically helped me to assess my strengths, and opportunities. Together we designed a strategic marketing plan which in combination with her compassionate, supportive coaching style, enabled me to move forward with confidence. Most important, I've come to consider Laura a trusted advisor and I'd recommend her highly to anyone looking for that rare combination of competence and compassion.”
Les Martel, Ph.D.

“Laura Powers was my career coach as I underwent the process of making a major career change. She has all the traits of a great coach in any discipline: being personally invested in the success of each client; possessing an extensive knowledge of what gets results; tailoring a strategy to the unique needs and strengths of each individual; and bringing intelligence, wisdom and singular talent every day. Her strategies and advice brought me better results than I ever would have anticipated, and far better than I could have achieved on my own. What could have been stressful and emotionally daunting became a very positive experience. That was of huge importance in finding career success and in my personal happiness and that of my family. Laura is just simply terrific at what she does."
Paul Fischer

"I had the pleasure of meeting Laura Powers in a job search networking group. As the group’s facilitator, Laura kept us all engaged and participating with innovative ideas and techniques as well as instruction to remain disciplined in our efforts. I also learned a great deal in these collaborative sessions from the interesting outside resources Laura brought in to work with us. Three years later when I needed to reorient my career compass, I called Laura. Her expertise, competent counsel and buoyant outlook made her my first and only choice."
Steve McDermott

“Finding oneself "in transition" is not often a purely enjoyable experience, especially during what is now referred to as the Great Recession, but it was always a pleasure working with Laura, who was my outplacement counselor at Ayers. Though I’ve been through the outplacement process twice before with another firm, my experience with her was certainly the most rewarding client-counselor partnership I've had.

Laura is kind and personable. She is a fantastic listener with laser focus; she paid real attention to what my concerns were, what my areas for improvement are, etc. She had the great ability to pull nuggets from between the lines of what I told her. She usually knew better than I did what I needed and gave me excellent feedback and advice, along with tons of morale-boosting. She was the perfect balance of discipline and loving-kindness. She was exactly what I needed. Laura enabled me to feel empowered, and she was a true partner and mentor in my job search process. It is my strong belief that her input directly contributed to my landing a new position in a highly competitive job market. I'm glad to still have her in my network, and could not recommend her more highly.”
Wendy Robin Stark

“Laura Powers has been my career coach for several years. She is intelligent, focused and empathetic and she is responsible for much of the success I have achieved. Laura combines an in depth knowledge of the business world with a unique talent to understand people and their motivations. She is someone you can count on to help you achieve maximum success in the business world.”
Matthew Mahoney, CPA, PMP

“I just received an offer from a Federal government agency as a Compliance Officer, and wanted not only to share the good news, but also thank you for your invaluable assistance. Working with you made me focus, and that, I think, was what I needed most. Our conversations and your homework exercises helped me collect and organize seemingly unrelated values, desires and experiences into a working document—a career oriented self-portrait that not only helped me learn a lot about myself, but which I used to plan my job search, stay on track during it, and even formulate talking points for interviews. It was a task that I couldn’t have accomplished without your guidance. I wish I had worked with you a year ago. Thanks again."
E. de Armas

“In two short sessions with Laura, I learned a full range of interviewing strategies, from how to demonstrate my value-added, to how to negotiate a higher salary. She even fit in a mock interview, complete with difficult questions that were asked at the actual interview. (P.S. I got the Job.)”
Don D., Journalist

“My wife and I both used Laura Powers to aid us as we went through involuntary career changes. Laura was very kind and insightful for both of us and helped us along our path to continuing employment. In my case, she helped me confirm that I should remain as an independent financial controller. After nine years, I am starting to work with my 47th and 48th clients this week. Her guidance and expertise enabled me to honor my past achievements, accept the present conditions, and trust my instincts for the future. These efforts were backed up by practice role playing and invigorating brainstorming that helped me become a more fulfilled and energized person. For my wife, Laura coached her to find her best path that led to continuous employment in the nonprofit field that she so loves. Both of us consider Laura Powers to be the finest executive coach we have used, and we continue to recommend her excellent services to anyone.”
Jim Ganung, President, JRG Controller, Inc

“After 25 years of rewarding employment in a creative field, major staff reductions made my position redundant. Laura Powers with her infinite stores of principled strength, knowledge, wisdom, and focus, helped me move from paralysis to positive action. She listened and caught themes, then set me working on the most important project of my life. Because of her interventions, I now have an outstanding resume and career plan—and the confidence to make it happen.”
Brian Hartnett, Creative Media Producer/Director

“Laura took the mystery out of networking and self-marketing to enable a successful career transition. Self-promotion is often not the sharpest arrow in the quiver for most of us who devote our lives to serving others. Laura helped me focus on what really works, while preserving my dignity and integrity during a difficult time. You can't really get that from a book.”
Charles Bagnal, Sales Executive, Fortune 500 Company