My coaching journey began in the late 1990’s on Wall Street. No coaches at fassforward are career consultants/coaches. We’ve all had corporate leadership experience that informs our coaching. I started as an analyst at Morgan Stanley on a trading floor with 600 people. It was right out of the movie Wall Street. As the junior guy who was thrown all of the thankless work, including running to get breakfasts, lunches, and coffees, I learned an early leadership lesson: it doesn’t cost anything to be nice. My father had a great way of teaching me leadership lessons in a way that I could easily understand. One lesson that stood out was to treat the janitor in my elementary school the same way I treat the principal — with respect, humility, and gratitude. My coaching journey began by... [Read more here]