About Linda
The only impossible journey is one you never begin…
career strategy and life coachLinda Baker
Throughout my life, my superpower has been in listening, encouraging and acknowledging the strengths of others.
Early in my career, I stepped into leadership and was inspired by managers who brought out the best in their people. I coached individuals on work-life balance and mentored many colleagues as they navigated their careers. Later I realized, I was leading with a coaching mindset.
After a successful 25-year career, a layoff in 2010 became a turning point and led me to earn my professional coaching certification. Today, my passion is 1:1 coaching with women navigating mid-to-late career and life transitions. Watching their productivity, energy, and happiness grow is deeply fulfilling, and I love helping them create meaningful outcomes aligned with their unique vision and circumstances.
Outside of coaching, I enjoy staying active with yoga, pickleball, and running. I’m inspired by flowers, travel, journaling and quotes, enjoy amateur investing, love animals and am always up for learning something new - my latest pursuit is how to play Mahjong.
“Working with Linda has helped me grow, opened my eyes to thoughts, ideas and goals that I didn’t even think of when I started. You are thoughtful, genuine, caring, helpful, resourceful and inspired me to trust you even when I felt vulnerable. You allowed me to start from where I was at and personalized questions to help me find my way.”
- Tammy
My Background
25 years of business experience in sales management, new business development, marketing, project management and customer service.
My experience included working with Fortune 500 companies, business franchises and non-profits which each gave unique insights into company cultures and styles of leadership.
I have interviewed, hired, trained, mentored and managed a few hundred people during my career. I always enjoyed coaching the many direct reports that I had with their individual strengths, challenges and motivation levels. I remember early in my career realizing how many people would seek me out for both career and life advice. My ability to help others without judgement became my trademark. I decided to formally study coaching and became certified in 2020.
My specialty is working with people in any types of career or life transitions. I help women navigate career and life transitions with clarity, focus, purpose and confidence.
“I just wanted to take a minute to let you know that you were wonderful and an inspiration. I want to thank you, I think you have touched a lot of lives and the world is a better place because you are in it. I just thought that you should know how highly I thought of you... I simply want to say God Bless you!”
- Laura
My Approach
I’m not a cookie cutter coach - I listen to each client and use my intuition, curiosity, and listening skills to choose the right questions that will help guide them to unlock their own keys to creating the life vision they dream about.
I specialize in 1:1 coaching with women who are navigating career or life transitions. Common themes include – being laid off, terminated, or hating their job, feeling stuck, wanting to change careers or jobs, feeling stressed or burnt out, lacking purpose or direction, and struggling to get started on changes.
REFLECTIVE LISTENING
One of my favorite things to hear when I am coaching someone is the gratitude that they have for really being listened to…without interruption, without someone trying to say I know what you mean and then telling their story, without someone trying to problem solve or correct whatever they have said.
CLIENT EMPOWERMENT
I’m passionate about hopefully helping you to develop your self awareness to coach yourself. I want to empower you to coach yourself at some point and to not rely on me.
NON-JUDGEMENTAL
I’ve always been the person people turn to — a friend, colleague, and leader who offers a safe, judgment‑free space to share their struggles, challenges, and the complicated parts of life. Being that trusted place for honest conversation has been a constant thread throughout my life.
You don’t have to have it all figured out, just take one step.
There’s no commitment, pressure or obligation.
A Gift to Get You Started
Wheel of Life Assessment
My gift to you! One of my most powerful, yet simple tools to begin the process of getting in touch with what matters most. In this easy to use, downloadable pdf, I will walk you through the Wheel of Life Assessment and offer prompts to help you begin creating the life of your dreams.
