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Grace Judson
Grace Judson Quick Facts
Main Areas: It's not magic. It's just positive workplace politics.Career Focus: Executive coach, business consultant, author, and speaker
Affiliation: CoachVille, ASTD San Diego, ODNet San Diego, WITI San Diego, Workplace Evolution, UCSD Extension
Hi. I’m Grace Judson ... and I love what I do!
For over 25 years, I worked in many levels of the corporate world. I did everything from mission-critical project implementations to strategic planning as a member of Senior Management, and a whole lot more in between. As a team leader and department manager, I developed my ability to help people be and do more than they ever expected. Helping people develop their careers and stay on track when things got rough was always the best part of my job.
I also gradually became aware that this wasn’t enough. I realized that my ability to help people develop was limited by my ethical obligation to prioritize corporate objectives and needs ahead of the individuals I wanted to help. Also, creating department plans and budgets, managing projects, assessing corporate and client needs — all of the familiar day-to-day work of running a department was becoming less and less meaningful to me.
So I took a week off to do some work around my house — and to think. As I tell my clients, there’s nothing like doing uncomplicated physical labor to free up the mind to put puzzle pieces together in new ways and come up with insights.
My decision was obvious. I know, from my own experience and that of my mentors and those whom I mentored — and now those who are my clients — that corporate politics can be real, honest, and heartfelt, and that it is possible to grow your career without losing sleep or your values. What else could I do but take this deep conviction and my skills and talents and go to work?
In the years since then, I’ve worked with many individuals and groups, guiding them to look past their current situations, discover where they want to go, and take the practical action they need to get there. I’ve greatly enjoyed refining my skills through classes and one-to-one work with top coaches and coach training specialists, including CEO Dave Buck of CoachVille, the world’s largest online coach training organization.
I understand from personal experience what it’s like to be in my clients’ shoes. There is nothing more joyful to me than seeing my clients revitalize their careers and regain their trust in their own integrity!
Other Programs & Highlights
Would you like to achieve your career goals without having to compromise your integrity and values by "playing" corporate politics?
The term "corporate politics" is highly loaded with negative images of slick opportunists, sneaky backstabbing employees, brown-nosing subordinates, and assorted land-mines and traps for anyone who doesn't Play the Game.
If you're like many of my clients, you struggle with how to succeed *and* remain true to your values and your integrity.
It doesn't have to be that way. There's a different definition, a different approach to politics that really works, and works with integrity and compassion. I've helped many people transform their understanding of office politics and bring their values and heart to work with them, instead of leaving them at the door. Their careers improve AND they sleep better at night.
If this sounds interesting to you, for yourself as an individual or for your team, department, or organization, I invite you to browse through my website and sign up for my biweekly newsletter.
Let's tame some elephants together!
Contacting Grace Judson
The best way to reach me is through my website's Contact page at http://www.svahaconcepts.com/sub_pages/contact.html
