Eden is the consummate professional. Our office has used her coaching and training skills for a session in interview preparation with a group of graduate students spanning a number of different cultures. Her background in International Relations, her cultural sensitivity, and her pragmatic advice made all the difference in making the program highly successful. Student feedback was extremely positive, as was the feedback from our own coaching staff in sharing best practices with her during her visit to campus. I’d strongly recommend Eden to any Career Services office serving undergraduate or graduate students, or to individuals seeking a well-qualified executive coach who knows her way around a wide variety of professions and hiring cultures.
Ron Lambert, director, Career Services
Johns Hopkins University - SAIS
Chief compliance officer, hedge fund
Jean, writer & culture consultant
Fashion journalist and trend forecaster
Toby Kovacs, sales manager, Axioma
Tara Cole, social media specialist, fashion design company
Art finance executive and independent financial advisor
Laura Aviva, founder, l'aviva home
Alice Schroeder, Bloomberg columnist and author, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Senior advertising director, Condé Nast
Amy Abrams, co-founder, In Good Company
Managing director, global investment bank
Senior program manager, policy and leadership non-profit (formerly in financial services)
Sharon Mosse, president, Strategic Marketing Group
Institutional equity sales director, stand-up comic, writer
What clients are saying
Ron Lambert, director, Career Services
Johns Hopkins University - SAIS
I am the Chief Compliance Officer at a large NYC hedge fund advisor. Several months ago, due to a change in control at the top of my old firm, I needed to begin the process of looking for a new job. Eden was literally my first call. That same night, Eden talked me through the process, discussing issues related to severance, timing of departure and references. Eden was a voice of reason and calm throughout the first few days. Shortly thereafter, I sat down with Eden to walk through opportunities and interview tactics. Eden knows the business well and is quite savvy.
One of the most valuable pieces of advice from Eden was "you can be choosy". She said you need to decide which place is right for you - while you don't want to appear over-confident, remember that they also need to impress you. I was happy to be able to find a new job quickly and seamlessly. I have no doubt that Eden's coaching helped to facilitate this positive result. Eden has common sense, wisdom and business savvy. I highly recommend her as a coach for anyone in the legal or compliance fields as well as anyone working or seeking a job on Wall Street.
Chief compliance officer, hedge fund
Intuitive, calm and intelligent, Eden is a natural coach. We worked together over the course of several months while I was navigating my career 3.0—a definite work-in-progress. During our sessions, Eden consistently encouraged me to remain authentic to myself while being realistic about my financial needs throughout the transition. One of the most helpful pieces of advice she gave me was that often you discover what you *don’t* want to do before you find out what you *want* to do.
I learned so much from our work together: how to network (something I was very loathe to do), how to negotiate my salary and title and, once I was working, and how to deal with problematic colleagues. I am still developing my career path based on our conversations. It hasn’t been an overnight journey and there have been bumps along the way, but I have benefitted financially and professionally from our relationship.
Jean, writer & culture consultant
Eden helped me land my dream job. I had been working on making it happen for almost a year before I enlisted Eden's help and within one month of our first meeting together, I had an offer. That was really the starting point of our relationship. The challenges that go along with stepping into a newly-created position in the satellite office of a small but rapidly growing company are considerable, and that is where the focus of our work together has shifted. Eden's calm, sage, and insightful advice is always spot on - whether it's about navigating company politics, preparing for difficult negotiations, managing up, down or sideways, I find that thinking things through in advance with Eden helps me achieve my desired outcome. She has a unique, almost theraputic quality of taking a situation that is seemingly mired in a tangled web and helping me make sense of it so that I can establish my priorities and then calmly figure out a straightforward, practical, and gentle solution. The gentle part is Eden's valuable gift for language. She can teach anyone how to achieve their goals, whatever they may be, by working with them to create a roadmap and then helping them craft the perfect story - direct yet diplomatic - to get where they want to go.
Fashion journalist and trend forecaster
I am a sales manager at an entrepreneurial software company. As my responsibilities increased and my goals became more ambitious, I felt, for the first time in my career, that I needed someone outside the company who I trusted and admired to help me formulate a focused plan. Eden started off by gaining a thorough understanding of my role and my company. At times, it seemed she knew my job better than I did! We discussed new skills I needed to develop and how to leverage my best assets. She also helped me stay focused on my company’s objectives and how I could best contribute to them. As a final project, we developed a one-year plan with concrete steps. Through my work with Eden I gained new confidence in my abilities. I also came away with a clear idea of my priorities and what I needed to do to reach my goals. Last year was one of the best for my company – we nearly doubled our revenue -- and my team and I have been recognized for our significant contribution. I feel very fortunate to have had Eden as my coach through a challenging career transition.
Toby Kovacs, sales manager, Axioma
I started working with Eden at a time when I was feeling really insecure in my job search. She gave me a boost of confidence and told me that my dream job was not impossible to achieve. We were able to map out a course of action that took into account my career goals and passions. The next step was coming up with a "story" that combined my television and production experience with my love for working with children, which we tailored to make sure I came across as a strong candidate for all of the different jobs I explored. Eden also helped me accurately express my thoughts in introductory emails and thank-you notes. It was so helpful to have someone to bounce ideas and suggestions off of and arrive at a solution in "my" voice. I'm happy to say that I am now working in a job I really enjoy. It would have taken a lot longer for me to get here without Eden's help.
Tara Cole, social media specialist, fashion design company
Eden is a talented, successful, professional coach. She very effectively utilizes the building blocks to engaging communication herself, thus showing through example how it can be done - and communicating is probably the most important component on anyone's path going anywhere. Along with deep critical and empathetic listening, she helps filter out the emotional component(s) that cloud one's own process and provides such thoughtful and reflective feedback that next steps seem so easy to take because of how clear the path has become. My own experience was informative and transformative. I would not hesitate to recommend her to those on their own path to a more fulfilling future, and have already done so. An added bonus in working with Eden is that her heart is in it and she's generous - connecting clients with others in her personal and professional networks. How wonderful is that!
Art finance executive and independent financial advisor
I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to bring Eden into my life, and to be able to carry her sage advice and guidance along with me as I navigate my course. What I had initially envisioned as a finite series of sessions with a counselor quickly evolved into an ongoing relationship characterized by true collaboration. I am continually struck by how authentically and fully vested Eden is in my process, and in both my personal growth and my professional fulfillment. Eden brings a perspective that is both intuitive and informed to each of our conversations – and during those times in which I have felt overwhelmed by the choices before me, she has insightfully helped me to identify and parse my challenges, while continually pushing me to stay true to myself. Eden’s role in my continuing development is truly invaluable.
Laura Aviva, founder, l'aviva home
After working with Eden for a few months, I wish I had met her earlier! She did a remarkable job at helping me navigate through a very challenging career transition. Her creativity stretched my vision of the future and helped fill in the blanks. She quickly narrowed choices and defined alternatives out of an amorphous cloud of possibilities. Eden's empathy goes beyond simple understanding; she was sometimes able to articulate feelings I couldn't understand myself. Her background in psychology, combined with a deep understanding of the business world, give a significant edge to anyone she is advising.
Alice Schroeder, Bloomberg columnist and author, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Working with Eden has helped me in more ways than I could have imagined. She brings concrete business experience and along with it, a sharp sense of corporate politics and dynamics. Her approach is both personal and professional - she is highly empathetic, yet direct and candid. She has genuine curiosity about people and behaviors, and was able to effectively read and advise on any situation I brought to her. Eden's guidance always started in my shoes - she understood my personality, my core values and my perspective. Overall, I came away with myriad deliverables, including improved communication skills, a clearer view of my career path and goals, and the confidence that will take me there.
Senior advertising director, Condé Nast
Eden is a master facilatator. She is incredibly skilled at addressing difficult topics with tremendous sensitivity. I am always inspired by her ability to hear what people are really saying. While Eden is incredibly warm and genuine and exudes a wonderful energy, she also draws on her corporate background and is able to stick to an agenda and work within a framework. Overall she is a remarkable coach!
Amy Abrams, co-founder, In Good Company
Recently, I was looking for a new position as a senior technology manager in the finance industry during a period when the job market in that sector was really tight. Opportunities at my level were scarce, so I wanted to make sure I was putting my best foot forward. A friend recommended that I meet Eden. She helped me streamline my resume and refine my interview pitch. A few sessions with Eden ensured that I was totally prepared and equipped with the right skills to successfully navigate my interviews. In fact, I immediately landed a great position despite the very difficult and competitive market conditions at that time.
Managing director, global investment bank
Eden is a fantastic coach. She helped me identify and successfully transition into a new - and much more personally satisfying - career. Eden is a great listener with solid business experience and a deep understanding of corporate politics. She is empathetic and usually has a relevant past experience to shed light on the current situation. She is fun to work with and her passion for helping people succeed in their work is energizing and motivating.
Senior program manager, policy and leadership non-profit (formerly in financial services)
Eden really got me to stop feeling "lost" and start planning my future. I didn't realize it at the time, but forcing myself to sit down and develop that priority list was a pivotal moment in the process. Eden is an amazing coach who doesn't let you get away with your usual excuses!
Sharon Mosse, president, Strategic Marketing Group
Professionally and creatively, I have never felt happier, or more fulfilled. I credit this reality to having met and engaged the best hired-gun to help me make it happen: Eden Abrahams.
Institutional equity sales director, stand-up comic, writer