Sept. 14

The second time Women in Leadership met we covered a lot of information once again. My favorite part of the evening was hearing from Chasity Kuttrus, an executive coach. This is a career I had never heard of before. An executive coach acts as a kind of advisor for a person in an executive position in his or her career, and Mrs. Kuttrus only consults females. Her job is to give her clients professional advice and help them to plan for their futures, or just to answer questions about general uncertainties they might have about their work lives. It was evident that Mrs. Kuttrus has a lot of passion for her work, and I imagine that would be necessary for such a career. And I can understand why. It would be such a fulfilling way to earn a living to spend each day helping other women continue on the successful track in life, and to see them overcome obstacles.

There was one subject Mrs. Kuttrus touched on that I found to be particularly interesting. This was that although she only works with women who are in the executive positions at their careers, one issue many of her clients come to her with is a lack of self-confidence. I find it to be very telling that even women who have been undeniably successful still are not always entirely self-assured. This is not something I expected to hear at all. It is, however, comforting to know that although so many women sometimes lack feelings of confidence, they have overcome this uncertainty to accomplish great things.