About
Your career is too important to be left to performance, timing and hope.
I’m Lisa K. McDonald, founder of Career Polish, executive career coach and author of I Just Lost My Job - Now What?
I built Career Polish to help accomplished professionals manage their careers more deliberately - define what’s next, position the value they have built and create the strategy to be seen and chosen for the roles and opportunities they want. That means moving beyond age-old advice: Work hard. Deliver results. Stay loyal. Let the work speak for itself. That advice can help build a career. It cannot manage one. Since 2009, I have helped Directors, VPs, executives and senior professionals make consequential career decisions and move forward with greater clarity, visibility and control.
Background
since 2009
Executive career coaching and strategy
Experience
Over 2,000 clients served
Featured in
Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, TIME
Credentials
LinkedIn Top Career Management Voice Certified NLP Practitioner Award-winning Resume Writer
Author
I Just Lost My Job — Now What?
Speaker
Career strategy and transitions Executive presence and visibility Self-advocacy and influence
How I work
Clarity first. Everything else follows.
Most career coaching starts with tactics — the resume, the LinkedIn profile, the interview prep. I start earlier. We begin with who you are, what you have built, what is no longer working and where you want to go. The tactics come after, and they are sharper because there is a strategy behind them.
I work one-on-one with a select number of clients so the work stays close to the decisions, conversations and actions that matter. I help make your value unmistakable to the people shaping what comes next, build the strategy that creates movement and stay with you from decision through execution.
Your next move should be a decision, not a reaction.
30 minutes. You describe the situation. I tell you what I actually see — including if you don't need coaching. Most people leave with one thing they hadn't considered.
Schedule Your Consultation