"Joanne Dennison has the unique gift of understanding your underlying needs and wants when you yourself can't identify them. When I am at a crossroads, Joanne counsels me by listening and asking me very direct questions (those that I was afraid to ask myself) and the answer which I was seeking soon becomes obvious."
Angela Aubin, CMP

"I wanted to thank you for all your help and guidance.  After working with you, I now have a clear direction and goals.  You saw qualities in me I didn't realize I had.  You recognized resources that I had forgotten about and shared with me your own resources as well.   You certainly are instrumental in my success and I thank you."
Chris Schmieder, CMP, CMM

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR FOR GROWN - UPS

Ready for the next step, but can't get started?

Though as adults we are not assigned a Guidance Counselor as we were in High School, sometimes we need someone to guide us in the right direction and advise us on how to move forward and get to our goals.

Joanne will work with you to set your goals and vision for your personal and/or professional life. She will help you to establish a doable, realistic plan of action to get you where you want to be.

Usually designed as a one-hour, once a week telephone or in person session, combined with email and telephone correspondence, it is tailored to meet the individual needs of every client. Face - to - face meetings can be arranged in accordance with client's preference. Client contracts vary in length of time and number of weekly meetings is based on each individual's goals.

Joanne is an expert on getting people moving forward in a positive and productive way, leading ordinary people to extraordinary results. She has been affectionately tagged the "Guidance Counselor for Grown-Ups" by the individuals she has motivated and lovingly pushed as they went kicking and screaming toward their goals.

Known for her straightforward and sometimes humorous style, Joanne has been called a "lightning rod of inspiration" and "someone you want in the room when you have a problem to solve."

From Joanne:
I have been mentoring for longer than I can remember. As an RA in college, I served as an advisor to undergraduate residents in my halls. As a College Associate Dean in Student Affairs, I worked with students in achieving their short-term and long-term goals. In 2004, for the third year in a row, I was awarded " Mentor of the Year" by the New Jersey chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI).

Not being the athletic type, the term "coaching" didn't work for me personally. Every time people would say I should be doing this I would fight it. Finally after years of just doing this, out of instinct, people started trying to hire me. I still kept insisting that it wasn't me. The irony was I was supporting and encouraging others to find their talents and take risks to reach their goals and dreams. So now I walk my talk!