Career Transitions & Workforce Planning

Personalized support for your career move | Hiring and growth plans for your business

Your Purpose at Work

Your work is more than just a job. I offer focused planning and community engagement to support your purpose, use your resources effectively, and keep you and your business on mission.

Individual support meets you where you are to get you where you’re going. Through structured conversations, we’ll define your career, financial, and lifestyle goals and priorities. Next, we’ll map a clear path for your job transition. Whether you’re actively seeking employment after a life shift, trying to land your first job, or need a career makeover, let’s get your questions answered and connect you with the resources and networks to succeed.

Identify the right people and processes to build your business with purpose. What are your business goals? How are you applying talent acquisition and development to meet those goals? We’ll define your short and long-term priorities, understand the cultural impacts of growth, and craft plans that hire and retain your first employee or your hundredth. People are your biggest investment and your key to a healthy business.

Emily Bestimt

Emily Bestimt, Founder

I’m grateful to have spent the last 20 years across private and non-profit businesses building and expanding internal teams across 6 countries, developing global outsource relationships, and starting internship programs. I’ve seen the way people and businesses shape each other and the way that particular relationship influences lives and service delivery.

More about me: I’m not great at small talk. I smile a lot and think most things are funny. Not that long ago, I thought I was going to be a prison chaplain. Instead, I decided to pursue an MPA. I love learning about the ways that cities, organizations, and people operate and innovate. I believe that people are capable of amazing things and that we often underestimate what’s possible with the right group, focused passion, and a little strategy (spreadsheets welcome).

I’m excited to hear your story.

Use Career Support or Workforce Planning forms to tell us where you’re starting and where you’re going.

Charisma is not about charm. Charisma means divinely given gifts. Charisma Strategies exists because every person has something to offer, and effective teams aren’t made overnight. Together, it’s possible to apply strengths + strategy to put us, our businesses, and our purpose to work.


Good jobs and healthy businesses are possible.