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We believe your professional journey will bring you success and a happy life. Sometimes, we have to overcome hurdles, burnout, imposter syndrome, job search, career change, developing leadership, and executive presence. Get the best career services tailored for your needs.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU – We help you recover, strategize, and excel professionally.
Career partner at every level . . .

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 conversation, we explore the concept of New Year’s resolutions and the psychology behind goal setting. They discuss the importance of focusing on the process rather than the end goal, the role of environment in habit formation, and the significance of self-reflection in career growth. The conversation emphasizes the need for sustainable habits, effective communication, and the impact of relationships on personal and professional development. They also touch on the challenges of impatience and the importance of celebrating small wins in the journey of self-improvement.
Takeaways
- New Year’s resolutions often fade quickly.
- Improvement should not be limited to the New Year.
- Focusing on the process leads to better outcomes.
- Sustainable habits are key to long-term success.
- Environment plays a crucial role in habit formation.
- Self-reflection is essential for career growth.
- Impatience can lead to burnout and frustration.
- Effective communication is vital for leadership.
- Incremental changes can lead to significant growth.
- Building relationships is crucial for personal and professional development.
Chapters
00:00 New Year, New Goals: The Resolution Debate
02:49 The Process Over the Goal: Building Habits
05:07 Impatience and Expectations: The Weight Loss Journey
07:42 Career Growth: Seeking Opportunities and Authenticity
09:56 The Power of Process: Insights from Atomic Habits
12:29 Modeling Success: Learning from Leaders
14:43 The Importance of Reflection and Long-Term Planning
21:17 Easing Into New Habits
22:42 Career Transitions and Goal Setting
24:51 The Importance of Habitual Change
26:26 Bingeing vs. Sustainable Work Practices
28:56 Finding Balance in Productivity
31:25 The Long Game in Business Development
34:39 Building Relationships and Community
40:19 Podcast Outro.mp4
Keywords
New Year’s resolutions, goal setting, habits, self-improvement, personal growth, career development, communication skills, incremental changes, sustainability, relationships
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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