Hi! I’m Anna, founder and CEO of Anna B. O’Connell Consulting, LLC. I am a coach and mentorship expert and I help people live their lives with more intention and purpose.
I have been working both inside and outside of academia for over 15 years in a variety of roles. I’ve done everything from leading community groups for expectant mothers, to managing a team, to being a stay at home mom, to facilitating workshops on mentorship across the country. I’ve navigated several career pivots and self-reinventions along the way and I’ve learned a lot about how to navigate work life.
My mission is to draw from my broad life experience to help people find success and fulfillment at work and in their daily lives. I serve others both as an individual career and executive coach and by partnering with a group called CIMER to promote effective mentorship at institutions around the country. I believe the key to any successful endeavor starts with slowing down, increasing awareness of our behavior patterns, and developing a willingness to be more intentional in our actions. Through this we can change unhelpful behaviors and increase productive behaviors that get us more of what we want.
I have a vision of a world where people consciously create their relationships, their environments, and their careers. I see a world where we are in touch with our values and strengths so that they shape the work we do and the decisions we make, in turn leading to fulfillment in all areas of our lives. We can make this happen through continual self-reflection, open communication, and honest feedback. It may not always be easy, but it will be worth it to live a life we are more in control of, a more intentional life.
