Career Slay

10/01/2025

Ready to get a new job in 2025? Check out our tips to ensure you’re ready any opportunity! 💼

07/01/2025

🌟What does it take to become a coach in 2025?🌟

I've found coaching to be one of the most rewarding careers out there. It’s about helping people unlock their full potential, navigate challenges, and step into their greatness. But becoming a successful coach in 2025 isn’t just about having good intentions; it’s about consistently showing up with the right blend of skills, authenticity, and growth.

Here’s what I think it takes to become a coach in 2025:

💼 Specialization: Generic advice won't cut it. You need to own your niche, whether it’s career coaching, business coaching, leadership development, or something unique that highlights your expertise. Remember, you're often best suited to coach the person you used to be.

🎙 Authentic Storytelling: People want to connect with coaches who've been in their shoes. Sharing your journey—your wins AND your losses—builds trust and credibility.

📚 Lifelong Learning: The coaching world evolves fast. Whether it’s pursuing certifications or staying up to date on trends like AI, continuous growth is non-negotiable. If you want your clients to invest in their growth, you've got to invest in yourself too.

🌐 Digital Presence: In 2025, your online presence is your personal brand. A standout LinkedIn profile, engaging content, and a clear message are key to building visibility and trust.

💡 Empathy Turned Into Action: Coaching isn’t just about listening; it’s about drawing out actionable insights that drive real transformation. People come to you for breakthroughs, not just conversations.

If you’re ready to step into coaching—or want to level up your coaching business—remember this: coaching in 2025 is for the bold, the authentic, the empathetic, and the fearless.

What’s your take—what do you think makes a great coach today? Drop your thoughts below! 👇

19/12/2024

I’ve started to reflect on the goals I set for myself at the beginning of 2024 and what progress I’ve made. What’s been hard about this exercise was that I didn’t have a list of objectives and KPIs to meet.

In fact, how do you know if you’re making progress when your goal is to ?

Instead of trying to justify progress, I want to share a list of things that brought me immense joy this year.

⭐ Working out consistently (43 week streak)
⭐ Running my first 5K
⭐ Picking up my daughter from school every day
⭐ Traveling with my family to some amazing places
⭐ Becoming a certified coach and starting a business
⭐ Podcasting and sharing my story
⭐ Meeting and connecting with incredible people (probably my favorite)

I learned it’s not about how much you achieve in one year, but rather how much you enjoyed the journey. I’m so grateful for 2024–the joy, the journey, and the good company along the way.

#2024

12/12/2024

If you want to be extraordinary, you have to start living outside of the ordinary.

What does that mean?

⭐ Ask yourself “Why not me?” Embrace your originality.
⭐ Take more risks.
⭐ What would you lose if you failed? What would you gain if you succeeded?
⭐ You don’t have to stop being afraid, but keep moving through the fear.
⭐ Surround yourself with inspiring people who are doing the thing you’ve only dreamt of doing.

Each action you take is one step closer to your extraordinary destiny. 🚀
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Hi!👋 I’m Kelly, a Certified Coach helping people courageously develop their careers and become the fearless leaders they were meant to be. Book a free discovery call at careerslay.com.

05/12/2024

How do you define success? Ivonne Kinser shares her definition of success is happiness.
To hear more about Ivonne’s story, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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03/12/2024

Ivonne Kinser tells us that despite the difficult times in your life, never change who you are.
To hear more about Ivonne’s story, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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29/11/2024

Ivonne Kinser shares that when you find your tribe and ignore the naysayers, showing up as your authentic self becomes easy. “Everybody has the right to have their own opinion, but you have the right to be yourself.”

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25/11/2024

How do you find the courage to break the rules?

In this episode of Career Slay, my guest, Ivonne Kinser spent the first half of her career learning the rules so she could spend the second half breaking them. As the CEO and Founder of Vantage Creative Group, she helps challenger brands grow with the mission of solving the hardest marketing challenges by infusing untamed creativity and leveraging the power of technology. Her journey started in Venezuela and followed an unconventional path, from top advertising agencies to senior leadership roles in multiple corporations, including Avocados From Mexico and Hoplark Brands, plus some entrepreneurial ventures in between. She’s received multiple industry accolades and was the first Latina to win the DFW American Marketing Association Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2023, she published her best-selling book ‘THINK: The Manifesto for Creative & Critical Thinkers. As a trailblazer & innovator, Ivonne’s career is a true testament of how to break the rules and challenge the status quo.

To hear more about Ivonne’s story, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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09/11/2024

Hi! 👋 I’m Kelly Poquiz Burke and I’m the Founder and CEO of Career Slay.

Nearly one year ago, I made the scary decision to leave my 9-to-5 job to pursue something even bigger than myself, building a new brand.

After over a decade of building a successful career in marketing, I came to realize that my true passion of motivating others to transform their lives authentically was something that I could do for a living.

So in May, I launched Career Slay, an executive coaching company whose purpose is to help high performers courageously develop their careers and become the fearless leaders they were meant to be.

My clients are published authors, executives, entrepreneurs, and aspiring Olympic athletes. They are ambitious, driven, and strive for more in their career, but recognized the need for support to reach their full potential.

I’m grateful to every one of my clients for entrusting me to be their guide. I’m especially grateful to Bold Journey for featuring my story *link in bio.*

If you know anyone who could benefit from working with a career and leadership coach or if your organization needs a facilitator for leadership development trainings, please refer them to me at www.careerslay.com.

Thanks for your support!

26/08/2024

To say the past 8 months have been a journey is an understatement.

For me, what started out as a which turned into a complete has become a total life .

I'm grateful to have shared my story with Canvas Rebel, a platform whose mission is to create a space for artists, creatives and entrepreneurs to be able to learn from their peers through the magic and power of storytelling. Thank you Sarah Gise for recommending me.

Check out my interview at the link below and please comment, like, or share if my story resonates with you.

Thank you all for the support. It's truly an honor to alongside you! 🌟

We were lucky to catch up with Kelly Poquiz Burke recently and have shared our conversation below. Kelly, appreciate you joining us today. Risk

06/08/2024

Mark Lowery, MAI, AI-GRS, CCIM, MRICS, and CEO of Lowery Property Advisors recalls how unexpected his career has turned out from what he originally envisioned. Instead of the climbing the corporate ladder, Mark bet on himself and started a commercial appraisal business where he leads a 60-person company.

To hear more about Mark’s story, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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02/08/2024

Mark Lowery, MAI, AI-GRS, CCIM, MRICS, and CEO of Lowery Property Advisors shares that he had to put a PTO policy in place at his company to actually encourage people to take their time off. And although it’s difficult to quantify, there are productivity and creativity benefits from recharging those batteries.

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31/07/2024

What does it take to build a company from the ground up?

In this episode of Career Slay, Kelly Poquiz Burke interviews owner and founder, Mark Lowery, the President & CEO of Lowery Property Advisors. LPA is a commercial appraisal and consulting firm completing a wide range of office, retail, and industrial projects throughout the southwest. We talk about his entrepreneurship journey from starting his own business with limited resources, to scaling it to a 60-person organization. We also discuss what it takes to be an authentic leader, build a strong company culture, and bet on yourself.

To hear more about Mark’s story, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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30/07/2024

When asked about great leadership, Pedro Lerma describes the 4 characteristics of an emotionally intelligent leader based on the book, Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman.

To hear more about Pedro’s story, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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25/07/2024

In our interview with Pedro Lerma, he discusses his human-centered philosophy on leadership - it’s about setting a vision and pulling people along with you.

To hear more about Pedro’s story, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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22/07/2024

How do you use creativity for good?

On this episode of Career Slay, Kelly Poquiz Burke interviews Pedro Lerma, CEO of LERMA/ Agency. Pedro shares his amazing career journey that started with his humble beginnings to now leading an award-winning ad agency with the mission, “Creativity For Good.”

Pedro emphasizes the importance of gratitude as a key theme that weaves throughout his career. He discusses the distinction between management and leadership and advocates for a vision-driven approach that inspires others. Pedro's leadership philosophy is deeply human-centered, valuing personal growth and relationships. We also talk about the need for brands to make genuine long-term commitments to social progress, and how he aspires to leave a legacy of channeling creativity for good by fostering unity and joy through their work.

To hear more about Pedro’s story, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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23/05/2024

What do you say when someone asks you: "Where do you see yourself five years from now?"

Almost 6 years ago, I had just wrapped up planning season at work and thought, "We spend so much time planning the future for work, why don't we do this for our own lives?"

So my husband, Michael Burke, and I sat down at our kitchen table and brainstormed our "5-year plan" which spanned everything from getting a dog to paying off my student loans.

Take a look and tell me what you see. It's crazy how much we truly own our destiny when we are intentional about what we really want in life. Most of the things on this list have been accomplished with the exception of traveling to all those countries.

My two favorite goals on this list?
2. "Kelly starts career coaching."
5. "Take a sabbatical."

If I ever start to feel anxious about the future, I'll look at this list as a reminder that I'm exactly where I'm meant to be.

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Ready to take your future back into your own hands? Book a free 1:1 discovery call with me and let's discuss how to achieve your most authentic life. www.careerslay.com

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25/04/2024

Just a friendly reminder that nobody has to go through a hard time alone. We are so much stronger when we have each other’s backs.

To hear more about Kelly Poquiz Burke’s story and how she battled cancer while pregnant during a global pandemic, listen now on all platforms and please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, and sharing to help us

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