Testimonials

Carrie has the gift of being able to help people realize their career goals and what "makes them tick" by using something I call the "Carrie method" (just like the Socratic method). She does this by asking the right questions and providing the right insight into a career or life situation. She gives honest, candid feedback in a very caring way. I would highly recommend her to anyone in their career journey, whether just starting out, or career professionals who want to better understand their career drivers. Carrie truly looks out for her clients through thoughtful conversations as well as analytical tests and tools to help people become their best selves not only at work, but in life!

Carrie is just the right person to help anyone looking to jumpstart or refresh a career. Her breadth of expertise is evident in the effectiveness of the assessment tools she provides, as well as her tailored approach to the individual. Her expertise combined with her empathy, kindness and receptiveness made it a joy to work with her. I came away from career coaching with a fresh understanding of my work style and what environments could offer me the most fulfillment.

Bottom line - If you are looking for an Executive Coach who can actively listen and quickly pivot her coaching style to best support your professional development and subsequent success – Carrie is it!

I had reached a plateau in my career, and I wasn't ready to accept this. I was in a rut, so I decided to work with an Executive Coach. This decision did not come lightly for me because, in the past, the coaches I had were very autocratic. It was more about their agenda versus what was best for me. I liked Carrie’s LinkedIn profile and decided to call her. Our first conversation will always stick out in my mind. She was personable, professional, and clearly understood my situation. The rest is history.

Carrie helped me realize that for years I have been surviving versus thriving. I had lost sight of my “authentic” self, which was why I had previously been successful. I was placing all of my energy and emphasis on performance and outcomes at the expense of my signature strengths. I was no longer tapping into my strengths. Carrie helped me get back on track and begin to thrive again. I can’t thank her enough.

I was put in touch with Carrie through a relative of mine. My 22 yr old with high functioning Autism, was trying to find his path and we had no luck with the couple of state agencies we worked with. He had a part time job at a cafe which promptly ended when he could no longer take credit courses at a community college. Finding Carrie was like finding a guardian angel. She talked to me, went through his reports and assessments and starting working her magic with Zaid. He opened up to her much more than he ever did with us. Carrie showed compassion and listened to what Zaid said and needed. She coached him and after only a few sessions, started reaching out to her contacts to help him get a job. One of them worked and just recently my 22 yr old homebody started working at a specialty kitchen store. The day Carrie took over, I felt like I could breath again. Like a heavy weight had been lifted off my shoulder. Now, I talk about Carrie Morris wherever I go and whoever I talk to. If I knew having this angel in my son's life would help him this much, I would have reached out to her instead of trying to chase the bureaucratic process of state agencies. Yes, someone like Carrie comes with dollars but the service like hers is priceless.

I arrived at Carrie's doorstep in a bind. I had been working with another career coach and it became clear that I was being ushered through a system. Carrie's approach is uniquely crafted to each client. She took the time to understand who I am, what I have to offer, and how I'm presenting myself. She provided thoughtful guidance and insights that I hadn't heard before but make total sense. Carrie is wise, realistic, and friendly. She truly wants the best for her clients and has the experience and dedication to help them achieve their goals.

Carrie is amazing to work with. She offers insight, simple - genius - solutions to complex tasks, and lots and lots of encouragement and support. She has helped me get over my over-thinking paralysis and complete tasks and projects without waiting until the last minute or spending way too much time on the minutiae. I'm excited to continue our work together!

When I first met with Carrie I was in a very difficult place, a bit disheartened by the career search process and unsure of where to go next. From the very first call we had I could tell how much she cared about her work and her clients' well-being. Carrie helped me work through a lot of the uncertainty I had about myself and my direction at the time, gave me some really solid advice and tools for how to approach the career search, and also helped me to develop skills to better manage my day to day tasks, both professional and personal. She checks in regularly and advises in a way that is empowering and helps guide you, while not feeling invasive or overwhelming. It's very clear that she loves what she does and that she wants what is best for her clients. I fully recommend that anyone who finds themselves in a place of serious uncertainty about their career consider working with Carrie, you will not regret it!

I’m grateful to have found Carrie. With her responsiveness, understanding, experience, and keen coaching skills, this was a great journey. I was seeking a career change that would enable me to engage my strengths and passions. Carrie helped me to uncover my strengths and embrace them too. Through this discovery, my professional preferences became clear. Each meeting was filled with crucial conversations and often cleared the smoke of the day so I could focus on the session and tasks at hand. Carrie’s timely notes of encouragement and resources helped me to continue my journey and excel. I must mention Carrie’s dog, Murphy – a compassionate and beautiful being. At times, he put his head on my lap and always made me laugh.

Carrie was wonderful helping me prepare my resume. She helped me focus on my strengths and gave me "gentle yet direct" feedback on how to re-word and re-format my resume and cover letter. When I got an interview for my dream job, I called Carrie for help preparing for the interview - and I got the job! I really appreciated that she was kind but really told me the truth about how I could present myself better. I would recommend Carrie to anyone looking to polish up their resume and cover letter and/or preparing for interviews.

I highly recommend Ms. Morris as an executive function coach for teens struggling with executive function and attention issues. Ms. Morris understands the needs of students with these challenges, particularly those with different learning styles. She has been so helpful for our teen son, who is bright but struggles with the multiple demands of high school work and who has had difficulty keeping up with the pace of school life. Once he began working with Ms. Morris, we have seen improvements in his ability to manage the work expected for his grade level. She has really helped in a positive and motivating manner – helping to provide tools that will carry him beyond high school. By helping him enhance his organizational and time-management systems, my son works more efficiently. He is learning to prioritize all of life’s demands. It’s a relief to remove ourselves from the “nagging” role as he learns to work more independently.

Carrie is an exceptional and a very detail oriented professional. I worked with Carrie on several candidate searches and she always demonstrated and produced strong and qualified individuals. Carrie will go over and beyond the task at hand and has a genuine talent of human connection. A '"nose" of prospecting the best of the best! She is a strategic and out of the box thinker and works with high integrity and purpose. She will add tremendous value and support to any company, you can't go wrong with Carrie...trust me!

I have had the opportunity to work with a great number of search professionals during my tenure at Wolters Kluwer and I would rate Carrie among the very best. Her ability to immerse herself in our business and rapidly come up to speed on our recruiting objectives, proved to be invaluable. Rather than trying exclusively, to sell us on the virtues of any particular candidate, she applied the same critical process to evaluate suitability as would any of our hiring managers. In addition to the foregoing, her strengths in networking, sourcing and even improving the content of our postings, enable me to recommend Carrie without hesitation to any organization seeking both a partner and trusted adviser in the field of talent acquisition.

An excellent coach and extremely accommodating to your specific needs. She makes me want to try new things that I'd avoided like the plague in the past, and she has a genuinely upbeat persona that always improves my mood. Bonus points for Murph the dog! He should be your mascot!

I first went to Carrie with an existing job, looking for a new job, when I was unexpectedly laid off. Carrie has been invaluable to me during my career search, providing sound advice beyond what the multitude of “How to Interview” books cover. I’m confident that I will find a job suited for me. After that time, I intend to get Carrie’s help to improve my performance and find better fulfillment in my work.

Carrie was recently engaged to assist a colleague of mine who was in the midst of a protracted job search and career transition. I witnessed how caring and thoughtful she was in her support, consultative approach, and expertise in showcasing the client's unique skill sets, professional profile, while offering intensive interview coaching. She adopted a collaborative approach while applying her expertise as needed to help the client progress with his job search. She is able to look at the whole person and apply her skills, supports as needed, and is adaptive to different personalities!

My history with Carrie Morris spans 5 years. She was my academic coach in high school and is now guiding me in my transition to nursing school. I recently set up a LinkedIn Profile and Carrie assisted me in how best to position myself, highlighting my strengths and relevant background experience. I have truly enjoyed having Carrie by my side as a tutor/mentor/life coach, and most importantly, my friend. She is patient and ensures everything we do is crystal clear before our session is complete. I’m not sure how I would have survived high school without her!

As a recent college grad our daughter has really benefited from a strong coaching relationship with Carrie Morris. Carrie has a great depth of experience as a life/career coach combined with a keen understanding of young adults with learning challenges and ADD/ADHD.

Carrie is a great communicator and an excellent listener. She is skilled at reflecting back while moving her client’s thinking forward.

Carrie was extremely well-prepared for our first session. We had sent her a report from a prior vocational assessment and she had read it thru more than once, had highlighted various things, pulled from it appropriately in getting to know our daughter.

Carrie is upbeat and encouraging, and brings with her energy a very grounded and solid presence.

Carrie is flexible. She has worked on a variety of things with our daughter, ranging from resume re-write to interview presentation and practice etc. She quickly helped our daughter identify and prepare to interview for a substantive volunteer position (which our daughter was chosen for). Over the summer Carrie was also able to support our daughter in an upper level online course she took at the University of Maryland.

Our daughter has a great relationship with Carrie, and I can highly recommend her as a life/career coach.

Carrie has been an invaluable member of my professional development team during the past half-year and I am genuinely blessed to have found her when I did. At that time, I had been working in a well-paid, highly respected position, that I had always thought would be my dream job; the pinnacle of a carefully crafted, successful military career. It was not. But not being one to give up easily, I stayed long past the point of any return on investment for me both personally and professionally.

Once I realized I was in need of a career transition, I spent an embarrassingly long period of time trying to make the pivot from the government sector to the private sector on my own. Having successfully held positions at senior and executive levels, I thought the transition would be relatively easy. However, I seemed to repeatedly miss the mark in making successful connections, application submissions and interviews.

When I found Carrie I was stuck at the bottom of a dark, personal and professional sink hole, swimming in the muck of self-doubt. She threw me a rope and showed me how to climb out! Together, we sorted through the muck to find my true core values, reset my professional goals, aligned those with my unique skill sets and interests, revamped my resume and cover letter, discussed and practiced interview strategies and follow on negotiations. I expected the hunt for a new position to take six months or more. It took six days after sending out the first resume and letter. And the interview prep was spot on. In truth, I did not get the position I applied for, but one that the company had not yet advertised, that was better suited to my skills sets, with better pay and benefits. That position has exceeded my expectations of what a dream job should or could be!

Not only does Carrie have the experience, dedication and professionalism that you would expect from an executive level coach, but she also has a unique talent for developing an accurate, tailored path forward for her clients based on their specific circumstances and career goals.

My work with her was focused but flexible and set to a pace that worked for me. My whole work-life balance is exponentially better and I owe that to Carrie.

Carrie is one of the most thorough and professional recruiters I've met. She asks the tough questions and challenges you, which is not only effective in screening but is great in guiding your thinking when interviewing with other team members. She always ensured I knew exactly what was ahead and the expectations I would face in interviewing. It was a pleasure going through the interview process with her.

Carrie is an excellent executive functioning coach who my clinical practice routinely recommends to adolescents and young adults for help with organization, planning, and juggling academic loads.