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It's not just about seizing the day... it's about learning to make the most of the rest of your life.

What clients have to say about Alexandra Duran's coaching and counseling:

"Alexandra Duran's advice and coaching was indispensable to me in my transition from attorney to business executive in a media company."
- Media Executive

"Alexandra has been tremendously helpful in assisting me in focusing on and attaining tangible objectives. I highly recommend her."
- Partner in a New York City Law Firm

"Alexandra's skills helped me identify my strengths and develop a strategy that enabled me to succeed."
- Business Development Executive

"Alexandra Duran has helped me better understand and adapt to a politically challenging corporate law department environment. She combines the compassionate listening skills she honed as a psychiatric social worker with the practical sensibility and political savvy she developed from her human resources and legal work experience. As a career coach, Alexandra devotes herself wholeheartedly to serving as a professional partner, understanding and analyzing the dynamics of my office and colleagues better than I can! Most importantly, her impressive skills and positive, energetic personality have helped me develop the "critical distance" to more calmly and productively evaluate my work life and better cope with its stresses and challenges. Her counsel has been invaluable in increasing my optimism, confidence and effectiveness."
- Corporate and Securities Attorney, Financial Services Law Department

"Alexandra Duran is an invaluable business partner for anyone who actively manages their career and work relationships.

I have worked with Alexandra for over eight years, and she has become an important and close personal advisor. Alexandra has an uncanny ability to understand one’s skills and talents, and over the course of our eight-year relationship, she has given me valuable advice to position myself for success. Alexandra understands the individual; her approach is highly individualized and positively motivational.

Alexandra understands my industry, investment banking, from all perspectives. I have benefited from consulting with her at every rung on my ascent up the corporate ladder."
- Investment Banking Executive

Read Alexandra Duran's bio.

It takes a lot to succeed in the sandbox. Alexandra Duran coaches professionals, helping them to develop tools to advance and gain new insights and optimism. Her counseling practice is for individuals who want to grow in their present positions or transition to new opportunities for personal and professional growth and enrichment.

Alexandra Duran's counseling and coaching is geared toward helping people:

: Clarify their professional goals
: Address the psychological aspects of career management
: Identify barriers to success
: Overcome obstacles and disappointment
: Understand change and benefit from it
: Communicate effectively
: Develop networking skills
: Comprehend organizational dynamics
: Formulate strategy to achieve their goals
: Restore meaning and purpose to their careers

Sessions provide a specific, practical, and individualized approach to the client's career, tailored to each client's personality and factual circumstances. The process is designed to be efficient and leave clients energized, optimistic, and motivated to succeed and find fulfillment in their professional lives.

Some of Alexandra Duran's Seminars,
Forums, and Speaking Engagements.