Hi! I’m Dalia

I’m a transformation consultant, speaker and coach. I help women and executives and senior leaders live their best life by pivoting a career they love without sacrificing their income or starting over.

As a leader at top professional services firms, I’ve advised health care organizations and their leaders for over 20 years on how to grow their companies, their careers, and position both for long term success!

What I found fascinating, was that good performance was almost always rewarded with bigger roles and more responsibility, often at the expense of our personal time and commitments.

Like many of my corporate clients and colleagues, I sacrificed a lot and eventually, I burnt out.

It was hard work, but ultimately, I discovered my Career Bliss.

I wanted everyone to have that, so I created the Own Your Best Future programs to help others like me on their journey to Career Bliss.

Some have shifted in place, transitioning into new or advanced roles, or finding joy and balance.

Others have change their careers or industries entirely.

Still others have started their own businesses.

While each person’s Career Bliss may look different, by following a proven approach and framework, it’s certainly achievable, even without having to take a pay cut or start all over.

I believe life is too short to be miserable in your career. And I believe, as an accomplished professional, you’ve solved for bigger challenges personally and professionally and can ABSOLUTELY transform your career and change your life.

My approach is different

It’s not therapy. It’s strategic!

I believe career transformation should be strategic, intentional and structured.

I will lead you through a step-by-step, proven methodology for transformation – the same one I’ve used for 20 years to position my corporate clients for success!

My programs are designed for the senior-level accomplished professional.

The strategies that work for early careerists, often aren’t as effective for mid-career professionals.

I’ll help you achieve your career bliss without risking your income, lifestyle or professional reputation.

There is no one-size fits all path to Career Bliss. It’s tailored for you!

Your Career Bliss will be customized to reflect your unique goals and needs – whether that is career advancement, finding joy, balance, meaning and purpose, or changing your career entirely.

And…I’ve transformed my own career – TWICE!

My first transformation was in search of work I love and am amazing at…

It was 2009. I had already spent 10 years at top professional services firms working specifically with health systems. I learned a lot, moved up the ladder quickly and achieved so many of my goals. I had taken on bigger leadership roles and more responsibility when I finally burnt out.

I looked around and thought, “Is this it?” I couldn’t keep doing what I was doing for the next 20 years. (I couldn’t keep it for the next 20 weeks.)

I didn’t feel connected to a sense of purpose or meaning in my career.

I was spending less time on work that was fun, and more time on work that had, over the years, become “part of the job.” You know, that mind-numbing kind of work that makes you want to gouge your eyes out.

So I packed my bags and headed to rural Uganda. I was going to volunteer at a clinic. Without any clinical training, I would be happy just wiping down tables, mopping floors and contemplating my future.

But something unexpected happened. They’d read my resume and asked me to help them develop a strategic plan. (It was the last thing I wanted to do. I’d gone there to get away from my work.) Still, I agreed. I followed my usual strategic planning process, and then we gathered out in a beautiful field around some chopped down tree trunks, our tables, and began.

It was incredible. It was fun! It felt meaningful! At that moment, I knew I needed to restructure my career around exactly that.

My second transformation was in search of joy and balance…

I’d been a managing director at a firm I loved for 5 years. I loved the work. It felt meaningful and fulfilling. I loved my clients and my colleagues. They’d become my friends. There was so much career bliss.

We welcomed our first child. That changed everything.

Until then, I’d spent 15 years on the road – 4 days a week. I didn’t hate it, to be honest. I was fun. I’d worked in some incredible places, met amazing people, and had some of the greatest adventures of my life.

So I put together a business plan for reduced travel, because I didn’t want to do that anymore. I even had it approved by senior leaders at the firm. I sent my last email from the hospital bed and stepped into motherhood.

Well… the firm went through a major change in senior leadership. Upon my return, my well laid out plan had vanished.

I just jumped to the first opportunity that came my way and didn’t require travel. It was miserable. It was a terrible fit professionally.

I was bored and frustrated, and mourned the career I’d spent 15 years building.

Ultimately, I discovered what I needed to achieve career bliss.

Today, I get to do work I love without sacrificing what matters most in life. And I’m loving every minute of it!

Once I had experienced Career Bliss, I wanted everyone to have it!

AND SO…the Career Bliss Project was born!

Schedule a call to explore the Career Bliss Project 👉