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Executive coaching enhances leadership skills and personal growth, focusing on individuals, their teams, and organizations. Each executive need focused on the individual, organization, and industry, to create high performing workspace for everyone within their leadership. Leadership support starting at $1,195.
Developing organizational leadership skills: Leadership, Communication, Strategy, Systemic Change, Culture Creation, Negotiations, Influence and Impact, etc.
Define, design, and foster a organizational culture that creates high innovation, creativity, efficiencies, and greater profit margins while navigating the ever-changing economic needs.
Ideally designed for individuals in current Director or higher role advancing to Senior leadership and Executive positions.

Mid-career professionals fall into three pillars: Career Pivoting, Career Accelerator, and Leadership Development. Each offer unique challenges that need tailored support for every individual, making complex changes easier. Coaching packages starting at $297.
- Career Pivoting is tailored for individuals looking to make a change in their career to better align with their future roles, adapt to changing economic needs, and avoid career stagnation.
- Career Accelerator is tailored support for individuals seeking career advancement that better align with their ambition, avoid career stagnation, and gain additional responsibilities.
- Leadership Development is designed for mid-career leaders (pre-Director level) to lead themselves and their teams to accomplish unimaginable goals while fostering a healthy work environment.

Career Starter program is designed to support the college to career gap. Where so many feel overwhelmed and lost with their options and feel ill-prepared to start their career. Packages starting at $249.
- In career starter we focus on helping college students gain clarity about their future, how they’ll take their unique knowledge and degree and bridge between their degree to their salary.
- The program is developing job search skills that’s beyond submitting resumes and hoping for the interview, or how to make the most out of job fairs, or school programs to support their career development.
- Creating robust and adaptive career plans that get them from Career starters to having more flexibility and control over their mid-career journey and accelerating their climb to the executive level.

The Career Readiness program was designed to help High School Seniors gain clarity, confidence, and skills to navigate the ever-changing career landscape. Packages starting at $195.
- High School juniors and seniors aren’t getting the support they need to make informed decisions about their major or career, feeling exhausted and overwhelmed by their choices.
- The Career Readiness program offers 3-years of support via educational content, 1:1s, group coaching, life and leadership skill development, internship and job search, etc.
- The program is designed to help guide high school students through the turmoil of choice paralysis and exhaustion, build life skills, and mental well-being resilience training.
Select your path. . .
Build Confidence. Attain Happiness. Live Purposefully.
Why Choose Balanced at Last
97% Success Rate
The best career coach service, with 15+ years of experience, helping thousands of individuals, we’ve been able to deliver ~30% salary increases, resulting in roughly 25x ROI. Additionally, receiving promotions within 2 years, better team dynamics, more enjoyment, taking more vacations, leading teams, and increasing passive income, to name additional successes.
- YOU MATTER and we increase your value
- CONFIDENCE is king/queen, and we build it
- BALANCED life brings more joy, success, and wealth
25 x Return on Investment
Podcast: Beyond The 9-To-5: A Balanced Career
Summary
In this episode, Simanto Khandaker and Ian Schonberg welcome Jeremie Mani, an entrepreneur turned philanthropist, to discuss his journey from the early days of the internet to his current work in nonprofit podcasting. Jeremie shares insights on the evolution of email marketing, the power of storytelling in podcasts, and the importance of creating awareness for charitable causes. The conversation also highlights the impact of Burt’s Big Adventure, a nonprofit that supports families with children facing health challenges, and offers advice on how listeners can contribute to meaningful change in their communities.
Visit Podcasthon.org to learn more about the initiative and support podcasters and their non-profit.
Visit our non-profit, https://bertsbigadventure.org/, to donate, volunteer, and support this cause.
Takeaways
- Jeremy’s journey began in the early days of the internet.
- He co-founded an email marketing company in 2000.
- The importance of storytelling in podcasting for nonprofits.
- Podcasts create intimate connections with listeners.
- Awareness is key for nonprofits to grow and thrive.
- Burt’s Big Adventure supports families with children facing health challenges.
- The role of community in supporting charitable causes.
- Podcasting can amplify emotional connections to causes.
- Future growth for Podcast On requires more structure and resources.
- Generosity can start with small, daily actions.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest
01:55 Jeremy’s Entrepreneurial Journey
10:12 Transition to Podcasting and Social Impact
17:09 The Power of Podcasting for Charities
19:33 Burt’s Big Adventure: A Heartwarming Initiative
25:07 The Emotional Impact of Charitable Work
31:15 Future Challenges and Growth for Podcast On
38:11 Building Your Own Luck: Insights and Advice
Keywords
entrepreneurship, podcasting, nonprofit, professional development, email marketing, social impact, community support, personal growth, storytelling, charity
How we get you to the next level in your career
We are here to meet the client where they are and devise a plan that work for their time, energy, style, and budget. We want to ensure that our clients are receiving the most up to date and professional service we have to offer. With 15+ years of experience working with thousands of individuals, groups, and organizations we know everyone and every client’s need is different. We focus on delivering four levels of support:
We focus on your executive presence
Executive coaching help you reach and create systemic changes that support your organizational growth by focusing on team development, organizational strategies, emotional intelligence, technology adaptability, and executive presence. This process is unique for every executive and is tailored specifically for the person, team, and industry. We coach, facilitate, and leverage your and your team’s strength to help you achieve your organizational goals.
– Personal/Personnel executive coaching for your to build your influence and impact
– Team coaching to build team cohesion, improve morale, increase collaboration, and jump start innovation.
– Group facilitation to support your departmental/organization needs in communication, stress, culture, productivity, etc.
– Organizational and Leadership retreats to decompress, build community, and innovate.
We focus on your career recovery
Professional development is tough, sometimes we’ve faced layoffs, burnout, hiring freeze, imposter syndrome, employment gap, toxic workplace, etc. This can destroy our confidence, feel traumatized by our past, feeling hopeless, depressed, and/or anxious. We help you recovery from negative experiences and rebuild your confidence.
– We support your recovery based on mental health and marriage, couple and family counseling techniques
– We offer counseling-style sessions to help you unearth unhealthy patterns and help you manage through them.
– We heal self-limiting thoughts and beliefs to support your recovery.
– We develop executive-functioning skills to ease your tensions
We tailor to your specific needs
We tailor your approach to building career strategies that is uniquely yours, backed by your strengths, aligned with your goals, and crafted with actionable steps. It’s your playbook to getting the most out of your career while leveraging compounding strengths to avoid costly barriers to your success.
– We coach you to become unstoppable force while making it seem easy.
– We hone your leadership skills so you’re more impactful in your current and next roles.
– We develop your career plan so you know when and how to get to your next 2-3 positions.
– We support you until your goals are met
We focus on career foundation
After supporting thousands of individuals, we offer career advising programs that are self-paced foundational knowledge for career progress and development starting with High School students and upwards to mid-career professionals. Each program is designed to support the clients at their experience level, with different time and budget commitment.
Career Advising Programs:
– The Career Readiness program is designed for High School students transitioning to College and Career.
– The Career Starter program is designed for college students in preparation for their career search and career planning.
– The Mid-Career programs are designed for career switchers, career accelerators, and leadership development.
About me: Simanto Khandaker, M. A.
15+ Years of Coaching Experience
- Executive Career since 2019
- Mid-Career since 2015
- College students since 2009
- Career Readiness since 2024
20+ Years of Professional Experience:
- Global 500 Companies (JP Morgan, Home Depot, Adecco Group, etc.)
- Higher Education Institutes (UCF, GSU, General Assembly, DeVry)
- U.S. State Department
Educational Background:
- Masters in Marriage, Couples and Family Therapy
- Master in Mental Health
- Bachelors in Psychology
- Career Counseling Certificate
Accomplishments:
- Multi-Year recognized Coach in Georgia (2x)
- National and Global Award Recipient (10x)
- International Conference Presentations (4x)
- National Conference Presentations (8x)
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