✨ Growing up the daughter of a working, full-time-student mom whose mom and dad turned less into more-than-enough, Barbara firsthand experienced the value career development brings to the table. You deserve to experience this value, too. ✨
~ Because Career Investments Make a Difference ~
Barbara blends a person-centered, strengths-based, + inclusive approach by leveraging her
Master’s studies in Education, Career Coaching courses and certification, wellness courses, and very real life experiences. In fact, while employed in HR from 2021-2023: she created + ran virtual career development sessions where 50% of career pivoters + job seekers landed, within 3 mo. of completing workshops + coaching!
40% of these job seekers secured a higher pay-grade, within 3 months
Barbara is a Mindset Career Coach who works with individuals + small businesses and customizes strategies to career goals, values, learning, and communication styles. Unsure if this is the right fit? Start with a Career Consult. Ready to proceed?? Book an Individual Session, review Packages for the best pricing, or take a look at BECD Courses + Workshops!
Barbara is especially known for her:
Empowering Mindset Career Coaching
10 Core Job Search Best Practices
5 Secret Strategies to Resume Writing Excellence
Natural Networking
Authentic + Strategic Interviewing
Next Level Negotiating
In addition to successfully navigating career pivots + transforming her own invisible disabilities into superpowers, Barbara holds a Masters in Education (MSEd) from Nazareth University, preceded by studies at Columbia University Teachers College, and completed a 2022 New York University (NYU) Career Coaching course. Barbara has 10+ years as a Career Advisor + Coach, Facilitator, and Program Coordinator working with diverse professionals in various industries.
She specializes in:
career pivots • job search • career enhancement • career growth
~ Helping you do the work you love + I love doing it! ~
A note from Barbara:
Everyone deserves the opportunity to love their work, and we do have the em- power -ment to design our own success. Sometimes, you just need a great Career Coach along the way … And a Mindset Career Coach at that! A Mindset Career Coach who’s built a career transforming her own invisible disabilities into superpowers and successfully career pivoting. Becoming a young professional during the Great Recession of the late 2000’s, I had to career pivot. And did so effectively from: teaching to mortgage advising to career advising … the rest is history! I knows what it takes to successfully:
~ market yourself • rebrand • renegotiate • choose values-oriented career paths ~
It is my joy to help guide you in doing the same.
Cheers to being your best you! ✨
(Pssst: ENFJ | Enneagram 4)
Overview of Expertise:
Features
ACCES-VR NDEAM Awards: The Stigma & Superpower of Invisible Disabilities, Keynote - October 2024
Home Publications: Women Run Issue, Interviewed for Print Publication - September 2024
Bold Journey: Meet Barbara Ellen Leicht, Featured in Online Magazine - August 2024
Sparked Podcast: How To Use Your Inner Whispers to Find Your Way, Interviewed by Jonathan Fields - August 2024
Pro-ROC, National HR Association: Recruitment in the Realities of our Post-Covid World, Conference Speaker - June 2024
DisruptHR Rochester: Employee Engagement + AI = a Win Win, Event Speaker - April 2024
Credentials
Empire State University: Internship Coordinator & Career Coach, State University of New York (SUNY) - July 2024 - present
Nazareth University: Career & Professional Development Chair, Alumni Advisory Board - 2023, 2024
New York University (NYU): Career Coaching Course, School of Professional Studies - 2022
Handshake Access: Higher Education Career Development, Conference Attendee - 2021, 2022, 2024
Yale University: The Science of Wellbeing, Coursera - 2020
NAMI Ed Con: Mental Health + Wellness, Conference Attendee - 2019
RochesterWorks: Certified Career Coach & Facilitator, 5 Steps - 2015, 2018
Nazareth University: Masters of Education (MSEd), Inclusive Adolescent Education - 2010
Columbia University: Masters Program + Career Services Support, Teachers College - 2007
University of Pittsburgh: Bachelor of Arts, English Literature - 2007
University College Cork: Irish Studies, Ireland - 2006