Marcella Nelson

Marcella Nelson is the president of Breakthrough Coaching and Consulting, which provides leadership and career coaching, organizational consulting and training services to corporate and individual clients. She works with leaders, teams, and professionals to remove barriers to success and accelerate the achievement of business and career goals. Marcella’s mission is to help people to have successful careers and companies to have successful employees.

Prior to founding Breakthrough, Marcella was an accomplished Human Resources executive with over 20 years experience in a variety of industries, including on-line information services, high tech, manufacturing and health care.

Marcella is a graduate of Smith College, has completed the Strategic Human Resource Management program at the Harvard Business School, MBA coursework at Babson College, and is a certified graduate of Corporate Coach University. She is a member of the national and New England chapters of the International Coach Federation and of the Society for Human Resource Management. Marcella is also a featured speaker and workshop leader on career, leadership, teamwork, and performance enhancement topics for organizations such as Bryant University, Northeast Human Resources Association, University of Massachusetts, Leading Women, Learning Connection, Southeastern Massachusetts Chambers of Commerce, and many other professional organizations, corporations and non-profits.

Visit Marcella's website at: http://www.coachbreakthrough.com

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The average person is likely to change jobs 10-14 times over the course of his or her working life, according to the Department of Labor. It’s not an option but essential, therefore, that we all develop the tools and techniques to manage our careers so we can recognize and seize opportunities, carve out our place and know when to change course, and keep ourselves engaged and productive for what may be a 50 year working life. We must, in fact, become the CEO of our own careers.

“Work doesn’t have to be grim. We can do better. We all want the chance to express the very best of ourselves and to be challenged to keep reaching for more. Our time at work affords us this chance – not the only chance but given we’re there 40-50 hours per week, it’s one of the best.” – Marcus Buckingham, co-author of “Now Discover Your Strengths."

"It's not what you know but who you know." When it comes to growing your business, advancing in your career, or finding your dream job, there's a lot of truth to that old saying. The connections you make with others will be invaluable in helping you to achieve business and career success. With the holiday season and all those social events rapidly approaching, it's a great time to sharpen your networking skills. Here are some tips to help you make the most of those networking opportunities:

Discovering and leveraging your strengths and the strengths of others is a critical pathway for fulfilling potential and achieving extraordinary performance outcomes and career success. Seems obvious? It's actually revolutionary.





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