Happy Summer!

I hope the first half of 2025 has been good to you and you have reserved time for relaxation this summer. It certainly continues to be a year of change, unknowns and exploration. While there continue to be challenges, there is also much opportunity. It has been a rewarding time of reflection for me as I continue to celebrate my 20th anniversary in business and launched my second book, Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself: The Companion Workbook. What an amazing and humbling journey it has been! I am so grateful and appreciative of the outpouring positive feedback as well as the continuous support and congratulations I have received over the last several months! A heartfelt THANK YOU to all of you for your continued partnership, generosity, and confidence in me!

As you continue to reflect on YOUR year, here are a few questions to consider:

• What are your proudest accomplishments?

• Do you know your personal brand?

• Are you a good storyteller?

• How do you invest in YOUR career?

Thank you and I look forward to continued partnership and collaboration!

Best Regards,

Rita Balian Allen

In celebration of my 20th anniversary, I have been leading a year-long conversation on '20 lessons learned over 20 years'! Lessons #1 through #11 have been posted on my website as well as social media! If you missed them, you can view them at www.ritaballenassociates.com/20thAnniversary.html.

My New Book

My new book has successfully launched and is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It is a sequel to my first book, Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself and will equip readers with the tools they need to actualize the career they aspire to achieve. The duo will serve as a one-stop resource for managing your career yet can be used independently or collectively.

Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself: The Companion Workbook is a sequel to my first book, Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself and will equip readers with the tools they need to actualize the career they aspire to achieve. The duo will serve as a one-stop resource for managing your career yet can be used independently or collectively.

Please reach out if you would like me to present an interactive session at your organization, for your team, a book club, at your local book store and/or your professional or community association. I welcome your requests and can be reached at rita@ritaballenassociates.com.

On my website, you can see several sessions I have led on this topic in many different venues l. You can also find several other resources, articles, blogs, radio interviews, videos and more on my website to help you answer the questions above at www.ritaballenassociates.com/articles.html.

New Personal Branding Group Coaching Program

I am very excited to announce a new Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself Group Coaching Program I will be introducing for a Co-Hort of 6-8 individuals. It will provide an opportunity for a deep dive into establishing, building, articulating and enhancing your personal brand while connecting and networking with other participants, peer coaching and learning together. This program will offer tools, resource and best practices to identify your value-add, your best authentic self to achieve career fulfillment and influence effectively. Please reach out to me to learn more at rita@ritaballenassociates.com.

New Certification

As a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), I am also pleased to share that I recently completed another certification as a CERTIFIED RESILIENCE COACH through The Leadership Wellness Group. It was a substantive and rewarding program allowing me to acquire additional tools in helping my clients, as well as myself, build resilience.

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Discussion Series

I am excited to say I am in the sixth year of leading my discussion series that I started in 2020. My objective is to provide a forum to discuss important topics of the moment with a panel of influential leaders who share their experiences, stories, learnings and best practices. I am honored to share I have had conversations with over 70 leaders on 23 different topics with a strong mix of attendees from a variety of backgrounds. The next one will be held on September 23 on the topic of Delivering Results: The Human Side of Project Management - stay tuned for details to follow! You can view recordings of all the previous discussions at www.ritaballenassociates.com/discussionseries.html.

About Rita

Rita Balian Allen is the founder and president of Rita B. Allen Associates, an international career management firm specializing in executive coaching, leadership development, management training and career development. She is a lecturer at Northeastern University, a sought-after speaker and presenter, the author of numerous articles, blogs and the book, "Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself: The Three Ps Marketing Technique as a Guide to Career Empowerment". She has been a regular contributor for the Chief Learning Officer Media, Association for Talent Development, Huffington Post as well as a variety of other publications. Rita was voted one of the top ten executive coaches by the Boston Women's Business Journal.

Services

Rita B. Allen Associates offers customized career management consulting and coaching services to individuals and organizations with specialties in a variety of talent management content areas including: