Career Coaching Secrets

Davis Nguyen

Career Coaching Secrets is a podcast spotlighting the stories, strategies, and transformations created by today’s top career, leadership, and executive coaches. Each episode dives into the real-world journeys behind coaching businesses—how they started, scaled, and succeeded—along with lessons learned, client success stories, and practical takeaways for aspiring or established coaches. Whether you’re helping professionals pivot careers, grow as leaders, or step into entrepreneurship, this show offers an inside look at what it takes to build a purpose-driven, profitable coaching practice.

  1. Coaching vs Consulting: Zayd Khoury Explains the Critical Difference Most Get Wrong

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    Coaching vs Consulting: Zayd Khoury Explains the Critical Difference Most Get Wrong

    In this episode of Career Coaching Secrets, Pedro sits down with leadership coach Zayd Khoury to explore the concept of building “Slack” into your business model. Rather than maximizing his calendar to 100%, Zayd intentionally operates at 70–80% capacity. That remaining margin creates room for creativity, strategic thinking, deeper client presence, and sustainable growth. With nearly two decades of experience across government, investment, technology, and executive education, Zayd has built a portfolio career that balances recurring institutional engagements with bespoke private coaching. He explains how this hybrid model stabilizes revenue, reduces seasonal income pressure, and protects long-term energy. Zayd also unpacks the difference between coaching and consulting, why pricing should stretch both coach and client, and how word-of-mouth became his primary growth engine. Instead of chasing visibility for ego, he focuses on meaningful engagement and measurable transformation. If you’re navigating burnout, inconsistent revenue, or uncertainty about scaling, this conversation will challenge your assumptions about growth. Sometimes the smartest move isn’t adding more clients—it’s building more space. Connect with LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaydkhoury/ Website: https://www.towardcoaching.com/ Support the show You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@CareerCoachingSecrets If you are a career coach looking to grow your business you can find out more about Purple Circle at http://joinpurplecircle.com

    49 min
  2. From $300K Executive to Purpose-Driven Coach: Kyle Van Ruitenburg’s Reinvention

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    From $300K Executive to Purpose-Driven Coach: Kyle Van Ruitenburg’s Reinvention

    In this deeply honest episode of Career Coaching Secrets, Pedro sits down with executive coach Kyle Van Ruitenburg to unpack how confronting your core beliefs can radically transform your leadership, marriage, faith, and business. While serving as a global VP helping grow a company from $9M to $55M in revenue, Kyle realized he was pursuing the CEO title for status—not purpose. Through a 10-week journal-based coaching process, he uncovered painful misalignments between what he claimed to value and how he was actually living. That awakening forced him to confront infidelity, rebuild trust in his marriage, process childhood trauma, and redefine success from the inside out. Now, Kyle works with high-performing Christian business owners to uncover the beliefs driving their decisions, eliminate shame-based leadership, and build lives aligned with integrity. He explains why premium pricing creates real commitment, why every coach needs a coach, and why self-care isn’t selfish—it’s foundational. If you’re a coach or entrepreneur feeling burnout, pressure, or misalignment, this conversation will challenge you to stop living by “shoulds” and start leading from truth. Connect with LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-van-ruitenburg-7751592a/ Website: https://www.furiouslycurious.co/ Support the show You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@CareerCoachingSecrets If you are a career coach looking to grow your business you can find out more about Purple Circle at http://joinpurplecircle.com

    39 min
  3. From Accidental Coach to Business Scale-Up Expert: Dominic Monkhouse’s Journey

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    From Accidental Coach to Business Scale-Up Expert: Dominic Monkhouse’s Journey

    In this episode of Career Coaching Secrets, Pedro sits down with Dominic Monkhouse, founder, coach, and scale-up advisor, to uncover how purpose-driven leadership can transform businesses. Dominic shares his journey from accidentally becoming a coach to building a thriving business that helps growth-stage CEOs move from operator to leader as their companies grow from 30 to 100+ employees. He dives into the tools he’s created to bring clarity to roles, build accountable leadership teams, and design job scorecards that make hiring and performance management simple and effective. Dominic also explores the power of ethical sales, attracting top talent, and leveraging AI to streamline HR and recruitment processes. With decades of experience scaling businesses and advising founders, he explains why purpose, not just profit, drives sustainable growth. He shares insights on balancing work and life, running in-person workshops versus remote coaching, and how small, highly skilled teams can outperform much larger groups. This conversation is packed with actionable strategies for founders, leaders, and career coaches who want to scale their impact without burning out. If you’re looking for guidance on leadership, building teams, hiring the right people, and creating systems that allow your business to thrive, this episode is a must-listen. Subscribe to Career Coaching Secrets on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite platform to stay updated on future episodes. Connect with LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicmonkhouse/ Website: https://www.monkhouseandcompany.com/ Support the show You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@CareerCoachingSecrets If you are a career coach looking to grow your business you can find out more about Purple Circle at http://joinpurplecircle.com

    35 min
4.8
out of 5
8 Ratings

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Career Coaching Secrets is a podcast spotlighting the stories, strategies, and transformations created by today’s top career, leadership, and executive coaches. Each episode dives into the real-world journeys behind coaching businesses—how they started, scaled, and succeeded—along with lessons learned, client success stories, and practical takeaways for aspiring or established coaches. Whether you’re helping professionals pivot careers, grow as leaders, or step into entrepreneurship, this show offers an inside look at what it takes to build a purpose-driven, profitable coaching practice.