Individual Executive Coaching & Career Transition Coaching
Executive Coaching for Leaders Who Can’t Afford to Get This Wrong
Some of the most important career decisions you’ll make happen outside of a performance review cycle.
If you’re stepping into a bigger role, rethinking your path, or simply ready to invest in how you lead — you don’t need permission from an L&D budget to do that well.
Professionals preparing for their next leadership role.
Leaders navigating a career pivot, layoff, or industry change
High-performers who’ve hit a plateau and can’t quite name why
Founders, consultants, and independent professionals without a built-in development structure
Anyone who wants a confidential, candid thinking partner — not a cheerleader
What Coaching Looks Like
This isn’t a course. It’s a structured, confidential partnership built around where you are and where you’re trying to go.
A clear-eyed assessment of your current strengths, blind spots, and patterns
A defined plan — not an open-ended series of “check-ins”
Real strategy for the conversations, decisions, and transitions in front of you
The same caliber of coaching we provide to C-suite executives at major enterprises — built for your timeline and your goals
Engagement Options
Single Session Strategy Intensive
For a specific decision, negotiation, or transition moment.
Focused Engagement (8 to 12 Weeks)
For a defined goal: a promotion, a pivot, a specific pattern to shift.
Ongoing Partnership
For sustained leadership growth over a longer arc.
FAQS
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Individuals navigating a career transition, considering a pivot, preparing for a promotion, negotiating an offer, or simply feeling stuck and wanting outside perspective. This work is personally funded (rather than organization-sponsored) and tailored entirely to the individual's goals.
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Common focus areas include clarifying career direction, resume and positioning strategy, interview preparation, negotiation strategy, building an executive presence, and navigating a difficult workplace dynamic while deciding on next steps.
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A recruiter's job is to fill a role — their incentive is tied to placement. A career coach works only for you, with no conflict of interest, helping you think clearly about what you actually want and how to position yourself to get it, whether or not that involves a job change at all.
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Karen Hilton holds a PCC (Professional Certified Coach) credential through the International Coaching Federation and is a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), backed by 30+ years of HR leadership experience across healthcare, technology, finance, higher education, and entertainment.
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Most engagements start with a short discovery conversation to understand your goals, context, and constraints. From there, we recommend the right scope — whether that's 1:1 coaching, team work, career coaching, or an advisory engagement — rather than defaulting to a one-size-fits-all package.
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Yes. While T.A.P. is based in Woodstock, Georgia, engagements are conducted virtually as well as in person, and clients span multiple industries and regions.
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Pricing depends on scope — coaching engagements are typically structured as monthly retainers over a defined term, while advisory work can be scoped as monthly retainers or project-based fees depending on the complexity of the engagement. Specifics are discussed during the discovery conversation.
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Healthcare (including physician and anesthesiology practice leadership), higher education, government and municipal agencies, and enterprise organizations across technology, logistics, and entertainment.
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Reach out to schedule an introductory conversation. We'll talk through your goals, answer any questions, and map out the engagement structure that fits your needs.

