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Strategic Career Development: Because no one teaches you this in school!

You are probably on the Greatin8Coaching.com web site because you have a career issue; often clients come to me when they are dealing with difficult managers, peers, politics, frustration with getting a job, getting promoted, dealing with complex issues, or life transitions impacting work. 

Did you know that 70% of the time when there’s a separation between employee and employer, it has nothing to do with the job skills and everything to do with relationship and people issues?

That’s where a seasoned and experienced coach like me comes in – to work with you 1:1, to understand your unique situation, your unique set of strengths, values and goals and to identify your gaps. To help build awareness, skills, and a roadmap for career development, advancement and success.

Why go it alone when you can have an experienced expert by your side guiding you for career and life transitions?

“Joan is everything I could ask for in a career coach: insightful, inspiring, and most of all, effective."

Irene Suzuki
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Define your goals, create your action plan, and work with Joan to pursue and achieve your goals.

More than a Coach

Your Personal Guide to Career Knowledge, Skills, and Navigation

I’ve helped 100s of people in navigating their career and given seminars to 1000s and written two books and 100+ blog articles… all giving me the insights, patterns, knowledge and perspective to help you.

I’ve also been a corporate leader/manager and have hired, fired, and built teams at large and small companies.

Along with my 15+ years as a coach, there is a good chance I can help YOU!

From top execs to college launchers, I’ve worked with people at every career stage.

Let’s have a phone conversation to see if I can help you.

(650) 759 7386 or joan@Greatin8Coaching.com to schedule.

“Joan quickly saw what was blocking my success and honed in on teaching me the exact skills I needed. Her help was invaluable. Joan is a top notch career coach. I know I’ll return to her again and again as my career develops. She’s a lucky find!”

ABOUT JOAN TABB, M.A

Joan has worked extensively as a strategic coach with start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. She uses her corporate leadership experience, coaching skills, and creativity to help executives realize their full potential and to develop an action plan to address the challenges they face.

Joan brings a 20+ year dynamic Silicon Valley career to Great in 8 Coaching, starting with a decade in management at leading companies, including Apple, Intel, 3Com, and several notable start-ups, and a decade running a successful marketing and communications business before dedicating her professional life to the field of career development.

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"I highly recommend Joan to anyone who is looking to move forward in their career! She is an amazing person! Her coaching helped me redirect my work experiences into the career I have wanted my whole life, even when I wasn’t aware of it. She helped me grab the bull by the horns and I know will do the same for you. Some people are just perfectly suited for their profession, and Joan is one of those people. She is an absolutely passionate and inspiring coach. Thank you, Joan!!”
Alex KaneOutbound Sales Manager at Revel Systems iPad POS
“Joan worked with me to advance my career to the next level. She was great from the initial meeting where she helped craft a plan based on what I wanted to achieve, how to ensure I covered every base to get there and finally to make sure I negotiated the best possible package for myself. Joan is very intuitive, has a great ability to see through the unimportant ” noise” quickly which means you get results fast. I really liked her high energy and unbridled optimism no matter what the seemingly unsurpassable obstacles were on the way to achieving success. She has an innate ability to empower you forward!”
PETER BURNETTSenior Account Manager at Oracle
“I wholeheartedly recommend Joan as a career management coach. She has practical and effective methods to help clients advance in their career. In my case, I went to Joan to help me close business. I knew I needed more insight, awareness and skills to develop more effective and persuasive communication skills. Joan very quickly helped me to identify and address my issues. Immediately following our work I had a much more successful interview! Joan is meant for this work; she has a tremendous ability to help people figure out what it is that really motivates them, and drives them to build on their strengths and activate their passion! She is compassionate and really “gets” it without requiring a lot of explanation and rehashing.”
KAMRAN RAFIIAssociate Director, ZS Pharma
“If you’re in a career transition, the best thing you can do is hire a career coach. Once you make that decision, I have two words for you: Joan Tabb. Joan has been an absolute goldmine of information and inspiration for me. Because I’ve always been extremely right brained, she has provided the all-important left brain activity that I sorely lack. Not only did I leave each of our coaching sessions pumped up and excited about the possibilities awaiting me in the job market, but I had very concrete assignments to help me achieve my career goals. Joan would not let me stagnate, but instead pushed me gently forward, encouraging me to venture out of my comfort zone. I cannot recommend Joan’s Great in 8 Coaching program highly enough.”
MARK HOEHNERVisual Designer, User Experience at Restoration Hardware
“Joan coached me to wisely translate my career story and platform into powerful tools and impactful conversations with influencers and employers. Working with Joan is an investment that will hold good for your entire career and lifetime. Simply what she taught me about negotiations paid for itself many times over! It doesn’t matter where you sit in your career, if you are ready to put in the work, Joan will help steer you in the right direction. Get ready to level up.”
KEVIN LUFKINAssociate Visual Designer at Benjamin & Bond
“It is rare to come across a talent like Joan! She has the unique ability to know just when to bolster your sense of personal empowerment and confidence throughout the roller coaster ride of a new career search. She applies her practical real life professional experience to mapping out your career search development plan and keeps you on track every step of the way. I found her to be instrumental in assisting me to successfully and confidently bring out the best possible version of myself. I could not recommend Joan more highly!”
KERRI MESALogistics Project Manager at HGST, Inc.
“Joan is the quintessential can-do, exuberant professional with whom anyone would want to work. Joan spoke at a daylong career transition conference I hosted, and her presentation was over-subscribed, although attendees had multiple tracks from which to choose. She was prepared, well organized, thoughtful, and empathetic to her audience’s interests and needs. I highly recommend working with Joan!”
JOHANNA WISECEO, Career Transition Expert Empowering Professionals to Find Work They Love
“Joan’s coaching is spot on. I hired Joan to maximize my impact at the top level of organizations. In the first consultation alone, she was able to identify the critical gaps between where I am and where I want to go. The techniques she recommended and modeled had an immediate effect on how I was perceived by C-Level Executives, opening me to new opportunities to advance my career and objectives. Joan brings a wealth of experience and insight, evidenced by the creative approaches she brings to her executive coaching. She has an uncanny way of motivating and giving just the right advice at the right moment. I highly recommend Joan as a strategic partner for those motivated to take control of their career development.”
RYAN WITHOPSr. Manager Analytics Electronic Arts (EA)
“I highly recommend Joan as a strategic partner to anyone who wants to enhance their career. She brings deep expertise in career development and management, as well as the corporate business arena. She is perceptive, insightful, passionate, and focused on making a difference in her client’s careers. She is both a coach and a skill builder. Joan helped me with a unique 360 assessment, working closely to give me new insights and strategies. She has helped me chart my career forward. Working with Joan has been an excellent career investment and I will return to her as I move forward.”
ANITA KAPADIA, PMPSenior Technical Program Manager at VMware
"Joan is everything I could ask for in a career coach: insightful, inspiring, and most of all, effective. Working with Joan has been a transforming experience. I sought out Joan when I was at a crossroads, first to seek career guidance and then to upgrade my self-marketing skills to thrive in today’s arena. While working on these relatively concrete objectives, I also evolved into a better manager and worker from the heightened consciousness I developed through Joan’s discovery process."
IRENE SUZUKISupply Chain Development at Hewlett-Packard
"I would highly recommend Joan as an executive coach for any mid-to-senior level professional who is at a critical career juncture…Joan operates as a true partner—she’ll keep you “on your toes” and share with you proven leadership development strategies that will better help you maintain your “A game” while navigating the complex and challenging professional relationships that increasingly reflect today’s highly complex and competitive corporate environs.”
LAURA ZOBKIWExecutive/Corporate/Employee Communications Professional
"I observed Joan’s leadership skills when she initiated and developed a community employment program to help people in our community get back to work during the economic downturn. The program was intelligently designed to connect the well employed with job seekers in the same industry. It led to many successful outcomes, and along the way Joan organized seminars and led training programs on positioning, interviewing and provided extensive networking opportunities within the community. Joan is both a strategic program builder and a most effective trainer and one on one coach. Joan would be an asset to any organization or corporation that is looking for a smart, dynamic, creative leader.”
JAY STRAUSSMarket Director at Automated Financial Systems, Inc. (AFS)
“Joan was an invaluable asset on my first real job search. Coming straight from graduate school she helped me prepare for and navigate through a very new and difficult process. My confidence going into job interviews was always highest after just a single phone call with her. Joan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her work, in addition to a desire to really get to know her clients and teach them the complexities of career building. In addition to being a great career coach Joan is a creative, amazing and fun person to work with! I plan to turn to Joan at key points in my career ahead.”
BENJAMIN WAGNERSenior Economist at Compass Lexicon
“I highly recommend Joan as a career coach. She did a great job helping me to identify my strengths and key accomplishments and then put it all together into a concise and compelling story. Joan was also a constant cheerleader through the highs and lows of the job search process and was very helpful at keeping me on track with my outreach week after week.”
STEPHEN BRONSTEINSVP IT & Strategy at Fuze
“I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Joan since the beginning of my career, when she hired me as an intern at 3Com. Over the past 20+ years, she’s been an amazing friend and mentor. She actively listens, seeks to understand my perspective and the other variables at play, then provides keen insight and actionable advice. Her guidance is especially powerful, given it is based on a combination of personal experience and theory. I highly recommend Joan to anyone looking for that additional boost to drive his/her career forward with purpose.”
SUE COAKLEYMarketing Leader, Customer Acquisition & Retention
“Taking into consideration my past experiences, education, values, and preferences, Joan not only helped me elucidate a long-term career plan, but was also excellent in assisting me with aligning my goals and ambitions with the relative choices in front of me at the time I was deciding on my first job offers. Augmented only by her powerful combination of people skills and business business expertise, Joan’s practice of genuinely empowering the client is a significant asset. Based on my experience and her stellar reputation and track record, I’d suggest that if you want expert coaching, Joan’s the one to see!”
TASMIN SINGH Mobile Developer Evangelist | Flurry Mobile Analytics at Flurry from Yahoo
“Joan was referred to me when I found my company was closing operations and I would need to find new employment, and fast. I hadn’t needed to interview for several years, and I engaged with Joan to assist me with interview preparation. She helped me think about how to position myself and respond to the tough interview questions that I hadn’t needed to think about in such a long time. I was able to get several on-site interviews, leave good impressions, and land a great job shortly after working with her. I highly recommend her services.”
DAN KALLMANSenior Product Manager at Veeva Systems
“I found Joan to be a wonderful and knowledgeable speaker, presenting in an engaging and interactive style. She presented to the Project Managment Institute Silicon Valley Career Management group all that she promised in her talk, “Eight Strategies Toward Career Advancement”. Joan provided stimulating ideas and challenges to action! She clearly demonstrated her expertise in career coaching and developing leadership and communication skills. Joan really connected with the audience, listened and responded fully to all questions, and provided an evening of real value to the group. I highly recommend Joan to organizations looking for a great speaker on the topic of career development and coaching.”
KUNTAL THAKORE, PMP, CSMPMP certified Technical Project Manager
“Most recommendations of Joan Tabb focus on how she SEES a client and ACTIVATES them to pursue their various missions in life. This is true for me since I have used Joan’s services as a client. I also have seen Joan develop a concept from the ground up: to identify the need, measure available resources and activate new concepts into reality. She brings a sense of style and a global view along with her intense focus and immediate feedback. When you absolutely need a fresh approach, Joan will prepare you or your team for the challenges and opportunities you face. Joan’s value add in the field of career development and management, leveraging her 20+ corporate leadership career and creativity, is fresh, unique and highly effective.”
JOHN DUHRINGVice President of Marketing at Cogswell Polytechnical College
“Leveraging off Joan’s marketing expertise, she was able to wisely position and differentiate me for the job market. I never would have known how to brand myself given my disparate background and varying strengths and capabilities. She helped me integrate and communicate what I bring to the employment arena in a strong way. I feel I am a much more confident and compelling candidate as a result. I plan to return to Joan and Great in 8 Coaching for professional coaching as my career journey continues. You’d be fortunate to leverage off Joan’s corporate leadership and powerful coaching capabilities, too!”
RUSSELL S. RICCISALES PROFESSIONAL -Specialist in Building Long-Term Relationships and Increasing Bottom Line
“Joan is masterful at career empowerment. She brings tremendous insight, knowledge and dedication to her work and focuses, laser-like, on YOU. Joan is amazing, and I’ve returned to her at several career crossroads. I’ve recommended three people to her, and they have all benefitted tremendously. You definitely want a career partner with Joan’s passion and energy—she is a motivating force, indeed!!”
MICHELLE BACCIGALUPICisco
"I hired Joan in the summer of 2010 because I wasn’t getting through to the later rounds of the interview process. Joan helped me realize my strengths, create a framework around my answers, and project myself in a professional and confident manner. Within three sessions of working with Joan I was offered the job of my dreams in consulting and was able to negotiate a 12.5% raise in my starting salary. I know I could not have done this without her help and I will continue to work with her in the future to guide my career!”
JASON SCOTT MILLEREnterprise SaaS Sales & Customer Success
“Joan is an incredibly intuitive career coach. She is personable, highly knowledgeable and to the point. Her insights are meaningful and well directed and I found her assistance to be fantastically helpful.”
WENDY GOLDENGlobal Retail Marketing Project Manager, Apple

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