I’m proud of my clients’ success.

Ann Johnson connected with me in February 2023 at a time when I was two years into a journey to discover my highest potential. I made little progress on my own and was frustrated with my branding and positioning in Corporate America. After one session with Ann, I felt enlightened; I felt heard. After the second session I regained confidence. The third session made me poised and aware of decisions necessary to achieve my goals. And finally, with Ann’s expertise and guidance I am empowered and have complete control over my success, my brand, my corporate culture, and my financial future.

Ann showed me how to leverage my 20 years of corporate experience and education to build my own enterprise through entrepreneurship. OUTSTANDING.

Dr. J. Payne – Client/New Business Owner

I began considering a career change after almost 17 years with the same company and was honestly not too sure how to go about trying to secure a senior level position with a new company after so many years of not looking for a job.  Ann Johnson and I connected via LinkedIn and she provided me with very helpful career counseling and many practical tips that really helped me figure out what I wanted to do next and how to go about finding the right job.  With Ann’s help, I was able to navigate my way through challenges such as networking, resume and cover letter writing, finding the right jobs to apply to, dealing with recruiters, and getting successfully through a thorough and lengthy interview process that ultimately resulted in getting a job that suits my skillset very well.  Ann also helped me explore business ownership opportunities, although she never pushed me in that direction and was ultimately very happy for me when I chose to remain in the corporate world.  And the most amazing part is that Ann provided all of this coaching to me free of charge and has offered to work with me again in the future if the need arises.  I can’t recommend Ann highly enough to anyone in need of excellent career coaching!

Kevin Grant – Client

It was a great experience to work with Ann Johnson to help me through the process of career analysis and direction finding. Ann was extremely helpful and supportive throughout the process. She applied useful tools and offered valuable insights to help me navigate. Ann’s patient and thoughtful approach made me feel comfortable to proceed at my own pace. I never felt pressured throughout the journey and in the end, Ann supported my decision without hesitation. I would highly recommend Ann as a career coach for anyone who may not be completely satisfied in their career and wants to do some thinking about a change or may be wondering about having more career control through business ownership.

Kent Zimmerman – Client

Ann is truly interested in finding the right career opportunity at whatever stage you are in life. She takes the time to get down to the specifics of your goals and more importantly how to achieve them. She does all this with zero pressure and gives you the time and space to make a quality decision for you and your family. If you’re looking for what’s next in your career you would do well to have a conversation with Ann. A year ago, I would have never believed that I would be starting a new journey in franchise ownership, but Ann helped me see it was exactly what I needed to do next. Thank you, Ann!

Todd Carpenter – Client/New Business Owner

Ann helped me discover my vision of what a meaningful career means to me. I have a much better sense of the motivating factors that specifically pertain to my values and what I want in my professional career. It is refreshing to work with someone who is willing to listen and provide such valuable feedback at your pace. I am thankful for the connection we have made and would highly recommend Ann for anyone who is unsure of what the next step is in their career development.

Ryan Brown – Client

Ann is an amazing career coach. Her combination of warmth, sincerity, and expertise in career assistance is truly remarkable. Ann reached out to me and during our first phone conversation it didn’t take long to recognize her genuine commitment to supporting me on my job search journey.

Ann not only provided invaluable encouragement, but her profound knowledge of the human resources industry and her awareness of the current job market challenges were instrumental in guiding me. I am genuinely grateful for the connection I made with Ann. Her guidance has been a beacon of light during a challenging period in my life, helping me in numerous ways and maintaining my positivity throughout. Ann is an invaluable asset to anyone seeking career guidance and support.

Brittany Barbour – Client

Ann is your guiding light in the challenging journey of career transition. With a unique blend of clarity, empathy, and data-driven insights, she empowers you to discover your true potential and chart a path forward.

Starting with a personality test, Ann helps you uncover your strengths and areas where you can shine even brighter. She’s your go-to source for invaluable insights and resources on everything from nailing interviews to chasing promotions or launching your own business. Ann’s network includes valuable connections, such as organizations offering small business mentoring and alternative health insurance solutions.

Ann is not just a career coach; she’s your personal and professional cheerleader. I wholeheartedly recommend her for her unwavering support in your career transition.

Gina Ahern – Client

Ann stands out as a phenomenal career mentor and expert, playing a crucial role in the interviews I underwent. The wisdom and proficiency she offered are unparalleled! Those fortunate enough to collaborate with Ann are sure to gain significantly from her profound insights, commitment, and steadfast encouragement. More than just her professional expertise, it’s Ann’s genuine compassion and sincere investment in one’s achievements that truly distinguish her in the industry.

Ron Morgan – Client

Ann has been my career coach for over a year. I’ve had a great experience with her. She is very methodological and patient with me. Given me time to reflect on which path I needed to take based on my own goals and desires. She wasn’t trying to sell me a business, but her goal was to enlighten me on the opportunities available to me. Since she has been talking to me, and with the resources she provided, I have more clarity on what I need to do meet my goals. I highly recommend her if you are in need of career direction or need clarity on how you want meet your goals.

Kareem Masha – Client

Ann has a genuine desire to help people. From the first call, it was clear that this was a mission to help me find the proper career path, not just close a deal. She was even there with me after my decision was made…just to make sure the transition was going well. She was always there to hold me accountable, yet allow me the space to make my own decisions. Thank you Ann!!!

Donnie Ingram – Client/New Business Owner

I will confess that at first I was skeptical when Ann connected with me on LinkedIn to offer her services as a professional coach. Her role as a business owner of a career coaching franchise created more than a little bit of doubt about the end goals. Was I going to be pushed towards something I really did not want to do? Was this a scam? After our first conversation I decided to trust my intuition and engage with Ann as a business coach and I can honestly say it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. From her down to earth but kindly direct approach, to the way she walked through various assessments and topics with me, I found every minute with Ann to be incredibly rewarding. She helped me to see how I was not being the absolutely best version of myself that I can and should be, and helped me to strategize a plan to get reconnected with that person. I know that our work directly contributed a rise in my self satisfaction, enthusiasm, and confidence not just in my work environment, but in my personal environment as well. And no, I was not even remotely pushed or prodded into changing careers, or investing in Bitcoin, or any of the other hijinks that went through my mind at first. If you are interested in a professional coach, I strongly encourage you to consider using Ann’s services. You will not regret that you did. (feel free to DM me if you would like more information, but I will just gush even more than I did here!)

Christopher Blake Carver – Client

Ann is a professional career coach who has made a positive impact on my professional journey. Ann’s patience and dedication to her craft are unmatched. She took the time to really understand my needs and wants and provided me with valuable guidance that helped me make informed decisions about my career path, including franchise opportunities. Her ability to actively listen and provide constructive feedback was impressive, and it was clear that she had a wealth of knowledge and experience as a career coach.Through our work together, I not only gained a better understanding of my strengths and weaknesses but also developed a clearer sense of my goals and how to achieve them. While I did not end up pursuing a franchise opportunity at this time, Ann’s guidance was invaluable in helping me identify new opportunities and doors that can be opened when the time is right for me. I would highly recommend Ann to anyone seeking a professional career coach. Her patient and personalized approach truly sets her apart, and her expertise and insight are invaluable to anyone looking to take their career to the next level.

Dave Braet – Client

Ann was simply the best career coach that I have had the pleasure of working with. She offered great advice and insight that helped me map out my career and land a great new role. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking a positive change in their career.

Jonathan Gilad – Client

I highly recommend Ann as a career coach. She’s an honest and open listener, and really took the time to understand what I was communicating and provide feedback that is helping me now, and will continue to help me on my career journey. I would also add that she’s very easygoing and easy to get along with. It was a pleasure working with Ann!

Rachel Lawal – Client

Ann took me on a journey that helped me understand how I could break out of my old ways, and she led me down a path of self-discovery. If you asked me a year ago if I had ever considered owning a business, I would have laughed, because nothing could have been further from my mind. Ann gave me the confidence to step out and take control of my career path and imagine more than I previously thought possible. I am excited to now be a business owner, and I have the confidence that I have found the freedom to go forward without having to rely on the whims of the corporate world for my income. If I had never met Ann, I doubt any of this would have happened. As a career coach, she has my highest recommendation.

Gary Eaker – Client/New Business Owner

I highly recommend Ann Johnson as a career coach and mentor.

If you are considering a career change, a move to a new industry or thinking of becoming an entrepreneur, she is someone to consider helping you through that process.

Ann has the experience to provide insight into the obstacles, challenges, and rewards that you may face during your career transition. She is easy to talk to and she makes you want to share your thoughts and ideas. She is super open and not judgmental, at all! She is a wonderful source of encouragement.

I was at a crossroads in my job. I was very unsure of what my next steps should be. She was open to letting me set the pace of our partnership. She ensured I was comfortable with the process of working with her. She kept everything simple and uncomplicated-which I needed at that time.

She was there to listen to me and provide insight into the state of the job market. She thoroughly explained what opportunities may be available to me, based on my work history, background, personality, and life experience.

She helped me find the confidence to take a chance and try something new. She was a true cheerleader, too.  I am better for it and happily working in a new role with great potential for growth.

Thank you, Ann!

Danielle N. Custis

Raleigh, NC

Danielle Custis – Client

I recommend this process with Ann if you’re willing to be honest with yourself and bring that to the conversation. Ann helped me discover what I want and need from both a career and lifestyle perspective. That self-learning enabled me to better define what my next steps could be. Before making my next career decision, I considered many options that I learned were far more interesting and accessible than I ever considered. Ann encouraged me to consider options without pressuring me to one direction or another. Time will tell whether my recent decision is the best one for me in the longer term, however, I now know that there are many options available if you’re open to some self-discovery and redefining yourself. In this way, Ann has been an excellent coach.

Chad Hicks – Client

Ann has been very helpful and wonderful to work with. I always look forward to talking to her and value her advice with my career/business opportunities. I highly recommend her for any entrepreneur advice, and it is an added bonus to talk with her and get to know her! She has given me a new positive outlook on my business opportunities.

Rhonda Venable – Client

I highly recommend Ann’s services. She is thorough, attentive, and respectful. She was able to help me get clarity in regarding my next steps in my career while keeping in mind what is important to me. I am forever grateful for her as she helped me gain the clarity required so that I could land my great new opportunity.

Loren Patton – Client

I had the pleasure of working with Ann as I searched for a career change that better fit my life and professional needs. Ann gave great advice, helped me to focus on my priorities and then to pinpoint career opportunities that led me to a job that fits well for me. I’ve already recommended Ann to friends and colleagues and would certainly call her up when my next career job seems in the picture. Thanks Ann!

Caroline Smith – Client

Ann is an excellent coach. She will help you get to the core of what you are trying to achieve. I was having trouble defining what was driving me in my career. She will help you clarify what you know about yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, and ultimately facilitate clarity in your values and where you see yourself fitting. She is kind, a pleasure to talk to, and always keeps your intentions in mind. I never felt pressured or uncomfortable talking with Ann. Our conversations were direct. Ann was transparent and full of candor, which is refreshing. Likewise, I was able to be forthright, and honest in ways that I don’t often get to be professionally, and this was a good experience. If you are a professional, seeking direction, I would recommend reaching out to Ann to help you find your feet.

Matt Durante – Client

It has been a pleasure working with Ann. She took the time to get to know my interests, what my strengths were, and what areas I should to be aware of. After discussing the possibility of franchise ownership, Ann provided me with a few recommendations. After learning more about these opportunities and what was involved with starting a franchise, it became clear that starting a franchise was not the right thing for me at this time. Ann understood and respected my decision, and offered to assist me in the future, should I choose to consider franchise ownership again.

Chuck Jaynes – Client

I had the incredible luck to have worked with Ann during a pivotal time in my life. Ann’s patience, communication, and ability to understand my real goals helped me remember what drives and motivates me, and what I truly want in a career. Through lots of conversations and evaluations, Ann created an incredibly useful (and actually uncomfortably honest) assessment of my skill set. Because of Ann’s encouragement, I made the decision to step away from a twenty-year career that was not fulfilling for me, and to seriously pursue a career that I have been thinking about for many years. I am writing this almost a year after I first met Ann, and I am so grateful. I really believe that I would not have had the courage or vision to be where I am right now without her. I highly recommend working with Ann if you feel that you need some guidance or feel ready to make a shift.

Tamar Oded – Client

Ann has provided me with an opportunity to achieve a dream of mine that was somewhat “planned” over fifteen years ago but had no action taken. When Ann reached out to me I was in a period of transition looking at several employment options. Through a series of virtual conversations with Ann, she helped me redirect my attention from working for others to owning my own business. Her positive attitude, professionalism, and patience were invaluable in helping me make this life changing decision. Ann has proven to be a skillful coach and an invaluable partner on the path to entrepreneurship. I would urge anyone searching for assistance in fulfilling their dream of working for themselves to partner with Ann.

Ronny Schumacher – Client/New Business Owner

I worked with Ann over the course of several months from when I was deep into a long career in the alcoholic beverage industry and during the period of time that I decided to pursue other career interests. Working in the same industry for 16+ years had me feeling that I was in an inflexible position; good pay, familiarity in a field that I knew very well, and frankly very scared of not knowing what other options were available to me despite having developed myself professionally with multiple organizations. Ann was a catalyst in helping me explore what opportunities were out there in an area that I had given little consideration to: franchise ownership. Ann’s process was much appreciated – I never felt rushed, she asked thought provoking questions, and her demeanor was warm and encouraging. Transitioning from working for various organizations for my entire professional career to entertaining the idea of owning my own business was not something that I would have explored or thought possible without Ann’s coaching and caring.

Lee Hill – Client

Ann is an amazing coach! She took me from lost in the woods when it comes to starting/finding a business, to identifying what type of business fits my personality and goals. She is a very patient and resourceful coach and I wouldn’t have been able to start my business without her help. Thanks Ann!

Sean Harrell – Client/New Business Owner

Our experience with Ann has been extremely pleasurable; she is thorough, patient and willing to take whatever time it takes to serve your needs. The process is informative and enlightening. She will get you thinking about possibilities and expanding your horizons beyond what most would consider as the “normal”. I would recommend her to anyone looking for help along the way in seeking possibilities. Thanks Ann for your time and patience with us….Dale and Jody

Dale and Jody Beaton – Clients

Ann helped helped me tremendously as a career coach. Her coaching and the exercises she put me through helped me considerably as I learned about myself and what is most important to me. She happily devoted her time and assistance to helping me in my journey while asking for little in return. I cannot emphasize enough how much I recommend Ann and her services for anyone looking to start a new career. I know you won’t regret it.

Jeff Voelpel – Client

Ann came into my life at a time when I was a mix of profound self-doubt and fear. Like tens of millions of others, I had been derailed by COVID from a promising and established career path and sustained a heavy case of shell-shock from the job market. With great patience and skill, Ann set about rebuilding my sense of myself and the future. Her process opened a new and exciting world of possibilities that I had never considered. They were tangible, valuable and attainable success and everything was carefully presented in such a way that I never felt as if I was being sold something. I see Ann as a critical thinker and strategic problem solver with the empathy, vision and dedication to treating her clients’ future as her own.

Of all the things to fear about being unemployed in America in 2020, my biggest was that I would settle for the wrong thing. That the grind of looking would wear me down to the point where I’d cave and just take anything. Had Ann not stepped in when she did, that was all too likely to happen. After we began working together, it was all but impossible. The tools she uses are rock solid but her mastery and intuition in applying them is what sets her apart and, I believe, delivers outcomes that elevate and enrich people’s lives.

I wound up pursuing an opportunity that was just too alluring to pass up. She was nothing but thrilled for me and there is no Earthly way it would have happened without her partnership and help.

Martin Pacino – Client

I wanted to write this letter to say Thank You for supporting me through the decision-making process of becoming my own boss. I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit and my family and friends have always said you should own your own company. However, fear, money, family obligations, and the list goes on always hindered me. Also, when I considered it at various points in my life, the same folks above never showed the support. I do not blame them. It is scary to believe in yourself and throw it all on the line. This is the #1 reason why you need a coach like you! Someone that can help you navigate through the emotions and explain to you what is needed to move forward. The reality is that we all must work hard. It is also fine to put your best foot forward whether it is for your own company or for someone else’s. I have finally made the decision to build my own dream. After you and I determined my Personalized Vision Statement, I was determined to follow through. I look at my Statement many times throughout the day. 2020 has been an interesting year for many of us. I am using my experiences from this year along with my past 20 years to be the best business owner I can be for my family and the community. I appreciate your efforts and want you to share these thoughts with others that you coach.

Matt Daniels – Client/New Business Owner

Ann is one of the most knowledgeable and genuine career coaches I ever worked with over the years. She is very methodical and understands how to assist people in determining their strengths and challenges and what they want to do with their careers. I would recommend Ann as a coach to anyone.

Saul Grossel – Client

I was thrilled to find Ann to help me during my journey to find entrepreneurial opportunities that align with my personal and career goals. Ann is knowledgeable and a good listener. I was able to define my personal mission statement during the discovery phase which helped me reach my goals! I would highly recommend Ann.

Annette Linder – Client

Ann is wonderful to work with. She listens well, summarizes brainstorming into straightforward concepts, and always asks the most powerful question at exactly the right time. Ann provides space and a tremendous amount of value.

Greg Woods – Client

Thank you so much Ann for all your help, you have an incredible way of communicating and understanding so many different situations, and I am sure mine was VERY different. I hope we can keep in touch, thank you again. Erick

Erick Nevels – Client

Ann is very professional and assisted me in my career change search. Her methodology and insight was extremely helpful in determining my future plans. I enjoyed her coaching techniques and the opportunities that she was able to recommend and provide. I would recommend her services and appreciate her knowledge.

Eric Metheny – Client

I can’t thank Ann enough for the help and support she gave me while going thru the trying times of being laid-off. She kept in contact with me making sure I remained positive with a focused goal in mind. She lifted me up when I was down; reminding me of my strengths along with the hard work of getting a university-level Bachelor’s degree while working full-time. I truly and sincerely appreciate the support, effort, and help that Ann provided me without asking for anything in return other than keeping her updated. I feel blessed to have worked with Ann. Thank you!

Evan Kondrad – Client

Ann was very helpful and motivating during my franchise discovery process. She is a very thoughtful Career Ownership Coach and provided a positive experience during our sessions together.

Gabe Wood – Client

Ann Johnson’s career coaching helped me focus on my goals and set me on the path to taking my next step professionally.  I appreciate her knowledge of the job market and straight-forward, friendly guidance. Highly recommend.

Carol Ward – Client