After employed in sales, predominantly consulting about business development and marketing, “giving back to the community in a different way” inspired Denise to explore working in the non-profit sector.

Denise has been a Business Coach at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Burnaby location, helping women of all ages to gain the business skills they need to make their entrepreneurial dream tangible from starting to expanding the business, in this program they learn how to navigate the system. In her one-to-one coaching, she unleashes the experience women got back home, and optimizes the potential of supporting women of all ages, from working on a positive mindset to budgeting. She ensures that women complete their program cycle, even when some attendees are still working.

Knowing that in these series of workshops, “women newcomers get the education they need to take off.” This well-experienced business coach provides education that “you don’t learn in school.” Denise’s transition to the third sector has been positive for her. At  S.U.C.C.E.S.S  she gains more knowledge about the entrepreneurial field. By being part of an accountable team, “we focus on what we do best.” This is the importance of working with a responsible team that is in touch to reach their monthly goals and improve the program.

About her experience working at S.U.C.C.E.S.S., Denise mentions the value of being in a workplace where you feel safe and heard. She started working in the middle of the pandemic and signed up for the internal Coffee and Chat with the CEO event, “we felt good about giving our input and worries about the pandemic and stigmas around it.”

In the pandemic context, Denise also volunteered at the traditional Bridge to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Gala, where she had a fulfilled experience volunteering for an event in which despite of COVID “I saw lots of donations in real life, I saw what the company is about.”

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