Pivot To Joy

In this episode, Coach Kooley is joined by Roxana Tanase, the HR Director for Scale and Talent Management Programs at Microsoft. Roxana shares her career journey, starting from college, where she discovered her passion for peace and human potential.  She talks about the importance of finding joy and purpose in one's life and how it guided her choices. Despite facing setbacks and difficult exp...

Welcome to another exciting episode of the Pivot to Joy Podcast! In this episode, Coach Kooley shares her mindset shift that led to finding balance and setting herself up for a successful summer while still savoring quality time with her family. She explores the concept of sowing seeds for a fall harvest and shares practical strategies to accelerate your personal and professional growth during the...

Join the conversation as Dele talks about creating boundaries in the workplace. Reflecting on her career journey, she shares her struggles with setting boundaries and how it led her to the brink of burnout. She discusses women's unique challenges in corporate settings when establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries. Dele introduces her favorite tool for setting boundaries and obtaining suppor...

Many of us experience this when we start a new job or get promoted. We feel grateful for the opportunity, but that gratitude can shift into complacency if we're not careful. "Just happy to be here" can become an obstacle that prevents us from fully embracing our potential. But there are ways to break through this. In this episode, Coach Kooley addresses the issue while revealing its potential to h...

We have always found ourselves in situations where we want to ask for a pay rise or promotion but are always afraid of the outcome. Join Coach Kooley as she shares some tips to help you negotiate effectively.  In this episode, Coach Kooley talks about some of the challenges women encounter in their places of work and the strategies one can adopt to overcome them. She also shares some of her b...

In this episode, Dele talks about using KPIs to achieve job search goals faster. She shares her personal story of the tips she used to find a job after leaving the military. Dele advises listeners to define their job search goals and identify their KPIs directly related to the job search.  She shares insights on how KPIs can provide structure and focus in areas you control and explains how to...

In this episode, Dele discusses the importance of networking and curiosity conversations. Drawing on her experience from attending a recent conference in Philadelphia, Dele shares how making a career change or pivot often relies on the strength of our professional network. But what if you don't know what your next move should be? She offers practical tips on conducting a curiosity conversation, a...

In this episode, Dele talks about being the CEO of your life by applying business strategies to your personal life. By setting clear goals, creating a mission statement, and developing a strategic plan using SMART goals, you can take a proactive approach to managing your life and achieving your goals.  Dele discusses how managing your resources, including time, money, and energy, is essential...

Are you ready to fast-track your way to success? In this episode, Dele shares the secret to advancing your career: ownership and feedback. She explores the manager's role, the importance of feedback, and how to leverage it to take action and achieve your desired outcomes.  She talks about how to work with your manager to establish clear goals and expectations, have regular career conversation...

In this episode, Dele talks about the power of "Who, Not How" and how it can help listeners accelerate their growth and overcome blockers to their success. Dele emphasizes the importance of having a personal board of directors, including coaches, mentors, and sponsors, and its benefits in achieving our goals. She breaks down the differences between coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring, highlighting...

In today's episode, Dele discusses the secrets to creating a roadmap to success, emphasizes the need for clarity on what you want, and suggests a four-part process. Dele provides a worksheet for listeners to download to follow the exercise and advises listeners to set a timer for 15 to 20 minutes for steps two to four of the process to give their brains enough time to generate new ideas. She gives...

Welcome to another episode of Pivot to Joy with Dele Downs Kooley! In today's episode, Dele shares her insights on the connection between our thoughts and the results we see in our lives. She talks about how understanding this connection can help us take charge of our lives and create the outcomes we desire. Dele uses managers as an example of a data vs. drama conversation and explains the three r...

Hello, and welcome to the first episode of "Pivot To Joy," a podcast focused on empowering leaders to be their most effective selves. In this episode, Dele shares her background and what you can expect from future podcast episodes. She also talks about what she gifted herself for her birthday and how it ties into the theme of finding joy in our lives. Are you looking to take your leadership skills...