Dragontree Life Coaching

Sacred Heart University

I help unfulfilled high achievers land jobs + launch businesses they love! ~ Career Coach, Talent Consultant, Best Selling Author of Job Joy

FIND YOUR JOB JOY is a group program to help you gain more clarity, confidence - and a personalized plan to go after your career goals, and be happier and more fulfilled in your work.

JOB JOY FOR ENTREPRENEURS is a group program for those with a corporate background who want to launch their own business - whether as a side hustle or full-time career.

In these programs, you’ll learn everything you need to:
✔️Be happier in your career now
✔️Set boundaries and earn the respect of your manager, colleagues, and clients
✔️Gain clarity and figure out your next career move
✔️Build your personal brand and confidently show off your experience and skills
✔️Create an online + offline presence and personal brand that is aligned with your next career move or business
✔️Establish yourself as a leader in your industry
✔️Learn networking and interview tools and scripts to stand out from the crowd
✔️Attract multiple job offers or clients and negotiate like a boss
✔️Set the foundation for success in your new job or business and
✔️Make time for everything else that matters in life outside of work!

JOB JOY isn't just about being happier at work. It’s about being fulfilled in your career AND also having the time, energy, space and resources to build a life you love – full of love, connection, adventure and lifelong memories.

What have JOB JOY students been able to accomplish?

✔ Land new jobs & launch new businesses where they feel valued and excited to go to work
✔ Completely change careers - without taking a major pay cut
✔ Increase total compensation by up to 94%
✔ Negotiate $10K sign-on bonuses
✔ Start their own profitable business
✔ Re-design their current role to fit their life
✔ Gain clarity on what they actually want out of their next role (and life!)
✔ Build the confidence to know they can tackle any problem - career or otherwise

Learn more at findyourjobjoy.com/program for corporates or findyourjobjoy.com/jje for entrepreneurs

findyourjobjoy.com

FIND YOUR JOB JOY + JOB JOY FOR ENTREPRENEURS Group Coaching Programs

Private 1:1 Coaching for high performing professionals who are ready for more clarity, confidence and a personalized plan to be happier and more fulfilled in their careers - whether that means staying put, landing a new job, changing careers, or launching a new business!

This option is best for those who are super motivated, want to move fast - and know they do best with the extra support, accountability and personalization that 1:1 coaching provides. 

By application only. Send me a message here on LinkedIn to see if this might be a fit for you.

Specialties: Career Coaching, Career Change, Job Search, Leadership Training, Entrepreneurship, Career Planning, Finding meaning (your "why") both at, and outside of, work

Find Your Job Joy, 1:1 Coaching

1:1, EXECUTIVE + LEADERSHIP COACHING 

CORPORATE WORKSHOPS + SMALL GROUP LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
I help companies to support their top talent to thrive in their roles, leading to more effective, happy, and loyal team members. Whether through small group leadership coaching programs, keynotes, or workshops, one of my favorite things to do is spread the message and tools to achieve career happiness.

My Executive Coaching and "Emerging + New Leadership" Coaching programs are customized to the needs of the company and team, but are generally between 6 and 12 months and include both coaching and training on topics like executive presence, managing people, self-leadership, and more.

Also, I’ve spoken all over the world (the U.S., Canada, Sweden and Singapore to name a few) and regularly host corporate workshops on a range of career-related topics including:

✓ How to be Happier and More Productive at Work
✓ Personal Branding for Career Success
✓ Burnout Recovery & Prevention
✓ Workplace Confidence and Empowerment for Women
✓ Establishing Influence at Work
✓ Finding Joy in Your Career, No Matter Your Job
✓ Networking for Introverts
✓ Leadership & People Management for New + Emerging Leaders

Past clients include, but are not limited to: Estee Lauder, TD Securities, Associated Bank, Creatives on Call, Havi, Together Digital, Ellevate Women’s Network Jam Session, World Happiness Summit, Miami, Young Professionals Conference – Bold Fusion: Happiness Hacks, Cincinnati


Specialties: Career Coaching, Career Change, Leadership Training, Career Planning, Finding meaning (your "why") both at, and outside of, work

Find Your Job Joy, Kristen Zavo, LLC

Corporate Coaching & Workshops, Keynote Speaker

During my time at this $50Bn Fortune 500 company, I honed my strategy, marketing and customer experience skills - which I now leverage and share with both my corporate & entrepreneur clients. (These skills are important no matter what you're doing in your career, as we're all selling something - whether it's going for a job, sharing an idea, or attracting ideal clients in your business.)

Strategy, Marketing, Customer Experience:
• Led newly created center of excellence team, responsible for retail growth across all brands and disciplines, primarily through consumer experience and affiliate partnerships
• Partnered with brands to determine marketing, messaging and promotional strategy for specific customer types
• Built cross channel, multi-brand calendar, strategy and marketing plan to drive traffic and improve customer experience
• Collaborated with marketing, CRM, operations and IT to ensure seamless customer experience
• Piloted new concepts, targeting and promotions and measure effectiveness of campaigns to determine success and recommendations

Strategy, Innovation, Product Development:
• Partnered with senior leaders to identify, develop, evaluate, prioritize and deliver strategic initiatives across the organization
• Leveraged internal data, external research plus sales and account management experience to develop consumer insight, and drive sales and marketing strategy by industry
• Led concept and product development stages including discovery, definition, design, development and deployment 
• Implemented new products and programs, worked cross-functionally with sales, design, IT, operations, etc. to execute

Market Research:
• Transformed market research into an insights and action-driven function, an integral part of strategy and innovation activities
• Led market research function, management and execution of 8+ ongoing and ad hoc quantitative and qualitative studies
• Managed $800K budget, streamlined studies and cut costs by 20% in first year

Luxottica

Director - Strategy, Marketing, Customer Experience

Gained experience advising (and implementing for) Fortune 500 companies on their business, financial and strategic plans. Worked across multiple industries including retail, finance, manufacturing, logistics, entertainment and more.

Beyond the tactical experience, I also saw firsthand the inner workings of all-sized organizations (startups to Fortune 500s) - what worked, what didn't, best practices for both employee growth and retention.

 • Provided interim financial, operational and change management, leading complex business analyses and creating strategic and long-range business plans with key metrics
• Determined key operational performance drivers, developed and maintained dashboards, built and managed multi-national budgets and forecasts, and established ways to maximize corporate resources and minimize low value expenditures
• Developed and implemented strategic plan centered on product mix, pricing, staffing, promotions and advertising recommendations for broadcast/online home shopping retailer
• Increased EBITDA through merger integration, vendor savings, quality control and streamlining of headcount, technology and inventory mix for merger between two consumer products companies
• Managed and trained internal teams and client staff

Alvarez & Marsal

Senior Associate (Strategy & Management Consulting)

•	Performed multifaceted financial and market analyses (key solvency and operating ratios, benchmarking, cash flow, budget vs. actual forecast scenarios, trends and industry comparisons)
•	Prepared reports and presentations for lenders, creditor committees, clients and senior management
•	Negotiated with vendors on contracts and claims, and determined penalties for non-compliance

FTI Consulting

Consultant, Corporate Finance & Restructuring

•	Managed portfolio of 17 real estate (REITs) and energy companies, providing assistance with maintenance and renewal of credit facilities (focusing on credit worthiness and solvency)
•	Performed due diligence, underwrote transactions and reviewed contracts for loan renewals, debt acquisitions, letters of credit and credit agreement amendments (from $20 to $100 million)
•	Conducted monthly portfolio analyses and quarterly/annual business risk review, utilizing financial modeling, benchmarking and industry and market trends

Bank of America

Financial Analyst, Portfolio Management (Global Corporate Investment Banking)

•	Taught classes and workshops and provided private tutoring services for graduate and undergraduate admissions exams (GMAT, LSAT, GRE, SAT and other specialty tests)