Coaching for climate & purpose-driven careers
Tired of doing everything “right” and still feeling invisible in the green job market?
I’m Lisa Saxe. I coach early- and mid-career professionals who want to move into climate and purpose-driven work — and take them from overlooked applicant to confident contender.
Free and no obligation. We’ll talk about where you are now and whether the program is the right fit.
- 22+ years in high-tech salesSo you’re coached by someone who has actually sold for a living.
- MBA, Sustainable EnterprisePlus certified coach and career strategist training.
- Built for climate workA program designed specifically for the green economy.
- Terra.do FellowActive in Work on Climate and Women in Cleantech & Sustainability.
The job board is not the job.
Most people trying to break into climate work send the same applications as everyone else and wait. The program changes what you’re doing — not just how your résumé reads.
Clarify what you actually bring
Guided exercises that inventory your known and forgotten strengths, so you can name your value out loud instead of guessing at it.
Pick organizations worth your energy
Rather than fixating on job descriptions, you identify the organizations you genuinely want to work for — and why you fit them.
Think like a consultant, not an applicant
Ask what problem each organization has that your specific background can solve, and walk in with a value proposition instead of a plea for a role.
Get in front of real people
Networking and outreach guidance, with messaging that makes you visible to the humans doing the hiring and earns a reply.
What the eight weeks look like
A structured, one-to-one coaching program. Not a course you watch alone, and not résumé polishing.
It’s science-based: neuroscience-informed practices that help you stay grounded and think clearly, combined with the practical networking and outreach work that actually gets you in the room — including when the search gets discouraging.
The goal is simple. You should end it able to answer three questions without hedging: what you’re great at, which organizations need it, and how to reach the people who decide.
- Career strategy — a plan built around your background, not a generic checklist.
- Strengths and goals work — exercises that get you clear on direction.
- Networking and outreach guidance — who to contact, and what to say.
- Your value proposition — the one thing that makes you hard to ignore.
- Career visioning and gratitude practice — so the search doesn’t wear you down.
What it’s like working with me
Rather than fixating on job descriptions, Lisa pushes you to identify organizations you genuinely want to work for and think like a consultant, asking what problems they have that your specific background can solve. This reframe alone was worth the eight weeks: instead of trying to squeeze yourself into someone else’s requirements, you’re walking in with a value proposition. Lisa also brings a deeply human dimension to the process, weaving in daily gratitude practices and career visioning exercises that help you stay grounded when the search gets discouraging. If you’re looking for someone who will help you optimize your resume, look elsewhere; if you want someone who will help you think bigger and search smarter, Lisa is the one.
Nisha J.If you’re on the fence about making a shift to climate work, let me just say … Lisa has a gift for helping people see their own experience in a completely new light. She helps you connect the dots between what you already do well and what’s possible as a next step.
Camille L.Lisa is delightful to work with. She has great ideas for networking and outreach and gave me practical suggestions that helped me feel more confident connecting with people in the industry. I truly appreciate the time she took to research my areas of interest. She’s supportive, encouraging, and genuinely invested in helping people find their place in climate work.
Donna B.As someone that is new to the process of looking for a job, Lisa has provided a good structure of processes, tools, tidbits of knowledge and helpful resources to make the process not only less daunting but fun. She offers exercises that were helpful for me to have a starting place with inventorying my known and forgotten strengths and begin to explore a vision of what my next role would look and feel like. All of this with the intention of finding opportunities that align with me, my strengths and what I desire next.
Marcie
Hi, I’m Lisa.
I built Green Career Shift after navigating a difficult job market myself. I had spent more than two decades in high-tech sales and had an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise — and I still had to learn that getting hired into climate work is a sales problem, not a résumé problem.
So I built the program I wish I’d had: the strategy, the clarity about what you bring, and the outreach that puts you in front of the people who decide. My mission is to help put people with relevant skills into the roles that advance climate solutions.
- Certified coach and career strategist
- MBA, Sustainable Enterprise
- 20+ years in high-tech sales
- Terra.do Fellow; member of Work on Climate and Women in Cleantech & Sustainability
Let’s explore the possibilities together.
Book your free discovery session and we’ll look at where you are, what you bring, and what a move into climate work could look like for you.
Prefer email? Lisa@GreenCareerShift.com