A Message from Dana

A Message from Dana

Coaching hundreds of people into success and through new jobs at every level, I understand that career development is never-ending. This wasn’t necessarily how I personally thought of it for a long time. If only I’d had someone to give me career coaching advice!


Explore the  resources below for some of my best advice on how to manage your career at every stage. And good luck! In this program you'll find tips and advice in the following areas:

  • personal branding

  • leading & managing teams

  • managing stress & difficult people

  • career planning

  • looking for new opportunities

  • interviewing, offer negotiation & negotiating with your boss


HOW TO USE THIS MATERIAL: There is a whole lot here and you don't need to take it in all at once. I suggest to peruse what catches your interest today and plan to come back to participate in community discussions and explore some of these lessons in more depth every few weeks (or days, depending on what catches your interest!)

WANT THE PDF? I've downloaded this entire program into a single eBook document. Download it now.

Need more personal advice? Let's talk live! Here's a link to get on my calendar for a brief call so we can figure out together how best to get you where you want to go!


~ Dana Theus, Executive & Career Coach




Career Coaching & Personal Brand Advice

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Introduction

  • A Message from Dana
  • PDF Download

Building Your Personal Brand

  • What is a Personal Brand?
  • Why invest in Your Personal Brand?
  • MISTAKE: Networking
  • TIP: Build Your Network into a Business Asset [Susan's Story]
  • MISTAKE: LinkedIn
  • Tip: Evaluate Your Success by the Opportunities it Creates for You
  • MISTAKE: Competing with your employer's brand
  • TIP: Align with Your Employers Brand [Amy's Story]
  • MISTAKE: Career-only Goals
  • TIP: Blend Your Personal Brand/Career Goals with Your Life Goals
  • MISTAKE: Your Comfort Zone
  • TIP: Dance Strategically in Your Stretch Zone
  • How Ali's Personal Brand Accidently Got Him His Dream Job
  • Personal Brand Checklist. [PDF]
  • Personal Brand Coaching Webinar

Leading & Managing Teams

  • Why Everyone Should You Become a Transformational Leader
  • 3 Keys to Transformational Leadership Success
  • MISTAKE: Anxiety
  • TIP: Detrigger Your Emotions
  • MISTAKE: You're Too Good
  • TIP: Engage Your Team [Joe's Story]
  • MISTAKE: Stop Looking to Role Models
  • #3 TIP: Challenge Yourself
  • MISTAKE: So Serious...
  • TIP: Humor & Gratitude
  • MISTAKE: The Wrong Stretch Zone
  • TIP: Find The Right Edge
  • Case Study: How Simon Snatched Victory from the Jaws of Overwhelm
  • How to Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Others
  • Transformational Leadership Guide [PDF]

Managing Stress & Difficult People

  • How to Use Workplace Stress to Create Career Success and Build Healthy Lifelong Habits
  • 3 Keys to Dealing with Stress & Difficult People at Work
  • Common Mistakes when Managing Stress and Difficult People
  • MISTAKE: “Venting” and Complaining When You Have the Right to
  • TIP: Detrigger – Early and Often
  • MISTAKE: Locking in Your Bad Habits
  • TIP: Reframe Success - Live
  • MISTAKE: Letting Your Overwhelm Overpower You
  • TIP: Revv Up Your "Right Brain"
  • MISTAKE: Getting Dragged Down
  • TIP: Let Difficult People Be
  • MISTAKE: Believing You Can Tough it Out
  • TIP: Manage Forever with Today
  • Pat's Trip From the Frying Pan into the Fire
  • Career-Life Balance Checklist [PDF]

Career Planning

  • Why Do Career Planning?
  • 3 Keys to Career Planning & Work-Life Success
  • Common Mistakes & Tips for Career Planning
  • #1 MISTAKE: Not Staying Competitive
  • TIP: Always Be Looking
  • MISTAKE: Overestimating Your Marketability
  • TIP: Job vs. Career
  • MISTAKE: Ignoring the Hidden Job Market
  • TIP: Focus on Exactly What You Want
  • MISTAKE: Under-Aspiring
  • TIP: Directed Dreaming
  • MISTAKE: Ignoring LinkedIn
  • TIP: See Your Next Job
  • Career Planning Checklist
  • What Cindy Learned the Hard Way

Looking for New Opportunities

  • How To Get Your Dream Job
  • Common Mistakes & Tips for Job Search
  • MISTAKE: Looking at Job Boards
  • TIP: Go for what you want
  • MISTAKE: Finding What You Don't Want
  • TIP: Don't Look Backwards
  • MISTAKE: You Updated Your Resume
  • TIP: Art & Science
  • MISTAKE: Feeling Desperate
  • TIP: Make a Counter Offer (or Just Say No)
  • MISTAKE: Paying the Bills vs. Being Happy
  • TIP: Believe in “both/and”
  • Sammi's Job Search Lesson
  • TIP: To get your dream job, you have to dream
  • How to Use Online Job Sites
  • Top 50 Job Sites InPower

Interviewing & Negotiation with the Boss

  • How to Interview for a Job & Negotiate Your Job Offer
  • 3 Keys to Ensuring Your Confidence in Interviews & Offer Negotiations
  • Keys to Interviewing Success
  • #1 MISTAKE: Expecting a Competent Interviewer
  • TIP: Walk in With One Piece of Paper
  • MISTAKE: Not Talking About Money
  • TIP: When to Talk About Money
  • MISTAKE: Not Making a Counter Offer
  • TIP: Do Your Homework--and Ask
  • Offer Negotiations Advice From Liesel
  • Interview & Offer Checklist [PDF]

Getting the Help You Need

  • Executive Coaching FAQs