Nancy Leighton: From Brooks Brothers to Building a Coaching Practice | EP 194
Nancy Leighton traded a Brooks Brothers buying job for a classroom at Columbia — and never looked back. This episode digs into the messy middle of a career pivot: the night classes, the skeptical family, the bus-stop flyers for a side hustle that got her started. Thirty years later, she's built the practice she once only imagined.
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RSS Feed Before Nancy Leighton became a career counselor, she spent six years in retail — including a stint as the hat, glove, and muffler buyer at Brooks Brothers. One class, audited on a whim at the Teachers College of Columbia University, changed everything. Nancy shares what it took to walk away from something stable (against her family's wishes), finish a two-year master's over four years while working full-time, and eventually build a practice she now runs with two counselors under her. Thirty years in, she breaks down what actually helps people find the right career fit — and what to do if you're stuck in your own version of the hat and glove department right now!
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