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November 4, 2025. Election Day: Choices, Choices, and more Choices. Today is Election Day in many communities throughout the U.S. How lucky we are to have choices. [PSA: Polls open until 7pm!]. Although sometimes having too many choices is counterproductive to meeting your goals. Perhaps a Coach can help you decide which options are best for you to move forward both personally and professionally. A coach can walk you through you scenarios and help you make a plan based upon objective information.Choose yourself and your future.
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October 22, 2025. Ever wondered what a 360-degree review is all about? It’s a powerful tool for personal and professional growth — you get feedback from everyone you work with: managers, peers, and even your direct reports. The goal? To get a full picture of your strengths and areas for improvement, so you can keep growing and becoming the best version of yourself! Just so happens that Jill Swartz Performance Design can personalize a 360-degree review for you or a valued member of your team.
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October 8, 2025. October is supposed to be SCARY. But new beginnings are scarier. Think about the first day of school, first dates, first day in your college dorm (ok, maybe that one was more fun than scary), or first day of a new job. Now try the first day of an early “retirement”. That’s super scary. You have the time – and hopefully the means – to make something out of the rest of your life. Quite the challenge.
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I thought I had more time to plan for my retirement. I expected to leave federal service in April 2027, after hitting the 30 year mark and I was going to open my coaching business then. Due to current events, I took advantage of the offer of a voluntary early retirement. And here we are. Retirement, but no real plan because I thought I had all the time in the world. The irony of it…needing coaching on how to open a coaching business. I’ve since learned that it takes vision, patience, creativity, smarts, and a vast network of friends, colleagues, and supporters. With a support system like that, turns out, there is nothing to fear. And I’m proof that coaching works!
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Are you looking at something scary? How can we turn the page for you and create the life you want with purpose and intention? Is there a project you want to tackle? A big decision you need to make? Do you want to engage a coach for a colleague or your team? Take the scary out of a big transition into or out of the workplace? Let’s chat and see what’s right for you.
July 16, 2025. I probably should call this post “First Update” and not latest update. So much to say and so little space. I have two thoughts to share if I may. One thought is grounded in gratitude to the people who helped me get to this moment. Gratitude for my tribe who listened as I planned this new endeavor, provided thoughtful advice, critical feedback, and made Jill Swartz Performance Design a reality. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. My second thought is about purpose. As I closed out my nearly 30 year government career I wondered what it was all for. There was the pin, the pension, and the plaque. But there was more: purpose. Those years provided me with situational experience I can now pass on to my JSPD clients. There was a purpose to all of those training events, leadership symposiums, projects to manage all taking place late at night or out of town. The purpose was JSPD! Welcome, glad you are here. How can I help?