What career is best for you? How can you be a more effective manager? How should you ask for a promotion? Is it time to move on to another job or organization? Can you carry your strong work identity into retirement, and if so, how? If you don't work in retirement, how will you continue the sense of accomplishment that you've experienced for years?
You've come to the right place.
I'm Joel Dietz, an experienced leadership and career coach in Houston, Texas driving outcomes for the professionals who work with me. From first-time managers through senior executives, for more than 20 years, helping others create their own solutions to all things "work" has been my superpower.
Joel Dietz, PCC, ACTC, SPHR
My clients seek coaching for career transition, to land a dream job, survive a horrible manager, lead a challenging team, bring purpose into retirement, or discover an encore gig. I give career guidance tailored to each client, extraordinary individuals looking for more out of their work. I bring a business mindset to our conversation, having worked in corporate Human Resources leadership roles in public and private companies ranging from 3,000 to 13,000 employees in energy, telecom, business process outsourcing (BPO), and full service staffing.
I founded Orange Door so I can further enrich the lives, careers, and retirement of others. I take great pleasure in observing others discover joy, satisfaction, and achievement in their work.
I'm a Professional Certified Coach, credentialed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). My work aligns with the ethics and core competencies of ICF, reflecting evidence-based coaching. I also hold the ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC) having demonstrated my ability to effectively coach teams and groups.
I completed a MS in Human Resource Development at the University of Texas at Tyler, post graduate academic studies in Executive and Professional Coaching at the University of Texas at Dallas and further applied studies in organizational team coaching at the University of California at Davis.
If you need one more reason, dogs everywhere immediately adore me. Mine sometime makes an appearance during online coaching.
I invite you to work with someone who has an active ICF credential, or ICF member actively pursuing their ICF credential. There are also fantastic coaches who are not ICF-certified. Ask for referrals from their clients. Literally anyone can call themselves a "coach." Ours is an unregulated field and most professional coaches have not completed the rigorous training and proven demonstration of coaching competencies required to earn ICF credentials.
Orange is optimistic, enthusiastic, friendly and happy. As is Cecil. Then again, he's happy to run through any door.
While someday far in the future I will want to retire, I'll forever want to do this work that I find so gratifying. Orange Door is a bright portal to that future.
Joel Dietz, PCC, ACTC, SPHR provides coaching for career, leadership, and non-financial retirement planning. Serving clients locally in Houston, and virtually, everywhere.
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