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VantageShift Insights
Guiding Paths: Empowering Leadership and Career Insights


Doers to Leaders
VantageShift CEO featured in Founders Magazine Suzanne is helping leaders -develop a style that feels authentic -communicate with...
Mar 241 min read
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Leading Through Mud
When you’re in charge, doesn’t it seem sometimes as though everyone is waiting for your direction? Well, when you and your team are in...
Mar 172 min read
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Is There a Worksheet for That?
Overcoming New Task Paralysis How great would it be if all of life's challenges came with a roadmap or task list for meeting them? You...
Feb 183 min read
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The Gift of This Year
As I sit in my backyard contemplating the beauty and wonder of a sky filled with colorful storm clouds, I realize that this was a year of...
Dec 22, 20242 min read
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Burnout Relief
I recently took my first real vacation in over two years. When I say real, I mean going away, not a staycation, to someplace unfamiliar...
Oct 31, 20244 min read
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Building Your Community
Community can mean something different for each of us. For some, it's a place where you belong. For others, it's a feeling of...
Sep 24, 20245 min read
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Networking Tips for New Grads and Students
Building Your Network as a Foundation for Your Career When you are near graduation or have just graduated, it's an exciting time of life....
Aug 28, 20243 min read
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Seeking Serenity
Cultivating a Key Value for Growth Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely Ralph Waldo Emerson The Beginning Before I...
Aug 9, 20244 min read
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Discovering Something New in the Everyday
The Revelation It's been several years since my refrigerator was new. I had carefully researched my options before making the purchase...
Jun 25, 20243 min read
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Coaching Commitments
The VantageShift Way People often ask me about the commitment required for coaching. In coaching, commitment is a two-way street. There's...
May 18, 20243 min read
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The Rewards of Patience
The Tentative Start When our Rottie first came to live with us, she was quite apprehensive about residing in suburbia. We don’t know much...
Mar 18, 20245 min read
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The Power of Looking Up
I've long noted that most people do not look up. Their attention is focused down or forward with an occasional backwards look. They are...
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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The Cost of Doing Nothing
For most of us, decisions involving money are based on affordability and short-term value. If we're hungry, for example, we think about...
Feb 8, 20242 min read
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Why I'm Inspired by My Dog
As regular readers of my articles on Medium know, I am the proud dog parent of an adorable Rottie. She's a loving companion, intelligent...
Jan 22, 20243 min read
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Is This Your Year?
I get a kick out of being born in a Year of the Dragon. It's an auspicious sign of the Chinese zodiac. Those born in the Year of the...
Jan 15, 20242 min read
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Your First Coaching Session
The Beginning of the Coaching Relationship You've had the Intro Chat. You've decided to engage in coaching. What happens next? Now, it's...
Aug 1, 20232 min read
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What Happens During Our Intro Chat
Why We Have an Intro Chat Our Intro Chat is your time to discover more about coaching in general and about my coaching, specifically....
Jul 30, 20231 min read
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Are You Your Best Version?
Expectations If you were raised as I was, it was instilled in you that the best professional lives followed an established pattern. It...
Jun 27, 20232 min read
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Coaching or Advising?
When I first started looking into coaching, I thought that coaches teach and provide advice. The word coach evokes ideas of authority...
Jun 1, 20231 min read
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