Empowering Communities and Igniting Change: an interview with Ali Glaser

Ali is an executive coach who supports her clients in deepening their self-awareness, strengthening their personal and professional relationships and optimizing their individual and organizational performance. She has a particular passion for supporting individuals in achieving optimal work-life balance, ensuring they are well equipped to navigate challenges, and prepared to seize opportunities for growth. Ali shared that her parents did a really good job of not making money a point of stress while she was growing up. She started working at a young age: babysitting when she was 12 years old; a shift at McDonalds when she was 14 years old; summers spent as a camp counselor. It was important to her to have independence in the form of her own spending money.At the age of 24, Ali graduated with a Masters in Social Work and entered the non-profit sector. She had always been mission driven, but found herself less drawn to clinical social work than she had anticipated. Instead, her business acumen and leadership skills drew her to be an administrator, to develop programs, to lead teams and organizations, but in service of a mission - not in service of a profit.In addition to her work in the social service sector, Ali is an adjunct professor and runs a coaching practice, focused on leadership development.  She was able to complete two coaching certifications during the pandemic, when the classes shifted to being on zoom rather than requiring her to travel across the country. Ali counts herself lucky in that she has  three jobs and she loves them all!"That's something that I am really passionate about helping people with. How do I bring my best self to work? How do I bring my best self to my family or to my friends or to whatever it is? My children, whatever it is, that's important to me, whatever I'm involved with, how do I show up engaged, energized, confident? That's really at the core of how and what I coach people around." - Ali GlaserKey takeaways:- Rather than work-life balance, focus on self-care and burnout prevention. Ali is passionate about helping people bring their best selves to their work and to their families, to what they consider important. In order to show up the way we want to show up, she encourages us  to ask ourselves: do I have enough energy? Am I getting enough sleep? Am I eating right? - Set boundaries in your life. In order to make sure she is  able to show up engaged, energized and confident, Ali is very intentional with her morning routine. She makes sure she gets at least 7 hours of sleep, She carves out quiet time and alone time, as well as time to workout and move her body.- Manage your energy rather than your time. Identify the activities in your life that give you energy, and invest your time in them. Ali knows that being with her girlfriends gives her energy. She makes a point of coordinating get togethers with friends, even calling from the car to check in when she’s commuting. As she put it, one of these days the job will no longer be here, your family structure will change, but the relationships you invest in will endure.About the guest:Ali is an executive coach who supports her clients in deepening their self-awareness, strengthening their personal and professional relationships and optimizing their individual and organizational performance. She has a particular passion for supporting individuals in achieving optimal work-life balance, ensuring they are well equipped to navigate challenges, and prepared to seize opportunities for growth. Ali brings a level of energy and passion along with 25 years of experience as a non-profit executive and 16 years as a professor of social work to her coaching practice.Linkedin:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliglaser/Facebook:-