Hi, there! Thanks for dropping by my workspace. I spent 8 weeks (March to May 2021) working on an end-to-end product development under the guidance of Noel Konagai (he, him), a UX Researcher @ Google. Noel and I were a match made through the Out in Tech Mentorship Program and…

For the past 3 weeks, I’ve completed two group coaching sessions — an initial overview of the Four Pillars of Career Fit + another one focused on teambuilding — then 6 initial one-on-one sessions. …

So far, I’ve completed one group coaching and spent last week doing one-on-one sessions for YouMap®. Now, the goal of the 2nd group coaching is to get participants to learn about the strengths of their peers and work collaboratively to emulate an actual productive work experience. Similar to how I…

Last week, I completed the first YouMap® group coaching session for Praxis participants. This week, I met with participants for a one-on-one deep dive and pulled compelling stories outta them to wow employers during interviews. The idea of bringing stories out of people one-on-one is my own addition to the…

Part 1 of this week’s blog covered the prep work that led up to the group coaching on Saturday, May 8th. In this part 2, I go in-depth about what happened during the session. First, I welcome the participants and reminded them to have the following items to work with…

Hi, there! My name is Anne-Marcelle Kouamé, and I am a Certified YouMap® Coach! For the month of May 2021, I created a micro-coaching program at Discover Praxis using YouMap®, a holistic self-awareness tool that helps people uncover their Four Pillars of Career Fit: strengths, values, motivating skills, and career…

In my two previous blogs, I went over how I sold participants on YouMap® as well as the breakdown of my coaching strategy. …

In my previous blog, I’ve covered how I went about selling others on participating in YouMap. Now, you might be wondering: how does the YouMap® process actually work? Here is how I plan to structure out the programming with learning goals for both the participants and myself. What is YouMap® and why you should care YouMap® is a…

For the month of May 2021, I’m on a mission to create a micro-coaching program at Discover Praxis using YouMap®, a holistic self-discovery tool that uncovers people’s strengths, values, preferred skills, and career interests. YouMap® equipped me with self-awareness and clarity to take charge of my career journey, so much…