Joan Tabb, M.A. is an experienced career coach, author, and speaker with over 20 years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley. She is the founder of Greatin8Coaching.com and a strategic career advisor at JoanTabb.com. Joan has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, studied Theater, Architecture, and English Literature at the University of London, and has a Master of Arts from the University of Oregon.

Her approach involves increasing client's self-awareness and skills for advancement and impact at work. Joan has helped hundreds of people one on one, and many more through seminars, books, and 100+ articles of Dear Coach Joan: Career Advice blog. She focuses on bringing the BEST of YOU to all stages of your career, starting with where you are.

Joan's 20+ year Silicon Valley leadership career in management of global marketing, branding, communications, and training at Apple, 3Com, Intel, and start-ups enables her to bring a seasoned eye and ear to help her clients identify their strengths and blind spots while addressing gaps in their way of moving forward. Unlike most coaches, Joan has sat at every seat in the conference room: as a hiring/firing manager, a strategic leader of start-ups, a builder of marketing programs in large companies, a communications consultant to global executive teams, an award-winning trainer at Apple, and a noted blogger and speaker.

Joan is an expert in managing life transitions, a sought-after career, and executive coach, blogger, and speaker. Her clients range from executives looking for a strategic thinking and coaching partner to mid-career transitioners looking for clarification and fresh ways to apply their talents. Joan provides a positive, strength-based approach to help clients identify their talents, values, and goals and positions them to match capabilities with opportunities.