Your Next Chapter Doesn’t Start with a Resume. It Starts with Clarity.

We help purpose-driven professionals stop chasing roles and start designing a life’s work that aligns with their deepest strengths.

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Clarity. Confidence. Career on Your Terms.

Whether you been laid off, passed over, or simply know you are ready to move forward in your career, you don’t need to start over. You need Clarity to realign your strengths and achievements. We guide you through a proven framework (The Highland Ability Battery) that takes you from stuck to knowing yourself and the best career movement. The assessment helps you gain:

Clarity: Objectively define your core strengths and natural talents.
Strategy: Map your abilities to high-impact career and business opportunities for you.
Confidence: Base your future moves on proven potential and past achievements.

Build your confidence and secure the breakthrough you’ve been awaiting. Exchange uncertainty for certainty!

Not Sure What's Next?What is the Highland Ability Assessment?

Understanding Why I'm Stuck

Stagnated Professionals

Mid-career professionals feeling stuck, unable to move up or laterally in their organizations

Middle Managers
Engineers
Police Officers
Teachers
Realtors
Counselors

C-Suite & Advanced Professionals

Senior leaders and advanced degree holders seeking strategic advancement.

VPs & Senior Executives
PhDs & Researchers
Doctors & Surgeons
Pharmacists
University Presidents

Entrepreneurs &

Business Owners

Independent professionals building companies but struggling to scale

Small Business Owners
Startup Founders
Industry Innovators
Franchise Operators

The Clarity Shift™ framework helps you bridge the gap between your current position and your desired income goals.

The Breakthrough ...

Stagnated Professionals

Struggle:

John hit a ceiling

Assessment Profile:

Lacked project management certification

Blueprint:

Earned his PMP credential

Outcome:

Within six months secured a senior director with 40% salary increase

C-Suite & Advanced Professionals

Struggle:

Alice was invisible

Assessment Profile:

Needed broader fundraising experience and national visibility

Blueprint:

Strategic committee work and speaking engagements

Outcome:

President of a prestigious institution within two years

Entrepreneurs & Business Owners

Struggle:

Michelle lacked a network

Assessment Profile:

Revealed blind spots and gaps in her skillsets, communication approaches, and business strategies.

Blueprint:

Strategic communication framework to connect locally then nationally.

Outcome:

New business ventures with national reach.

meet your coach

Maxine Pearl Phillips

I help professionals (specifically stagnated individuals who are stuck, C-Suite and Advanced professionals who are overlooked, and Business Owners and Entrepreneurs who are not scaling) uncover their strengths and bring clarity to aligning their profession with who they are.

With 33 years of Human Resources leadership and coaching experience, 14 years as a certified business coach, and 15 years using the Highlands Ability Battery, I bring a powerful blend of expertise and clarity to your career journey.

The assessment profile is the catalyst along with the individual’s achievement that enables me to assist in the creation of a personalized blueprint that guides professionals to clarity, confidence, purposeful, fulfilling career direction, and desired income.

My work is rooted in lived experience (overlooked, laid off, and been stuck), proven assessment science, and a belief that you deserve to thrive in work that honors your definition of success and your dreams.