Ramy Ballout | Career Coach and Confidant | Bay Area and Beyond!
I had the great pleasure to work with Ramy as my Executive Coach. He provided invaluable insights and perspectives on how to approach business challenges, and how to find opportunities. What made Ramy so valuable is what an amazing listener he is, and how he really understood me on a personal level, my strengths, and […]
There have been multiple people throughout my career journey who have provided invaluable insight, guidance, and leadership at a pivotal point – Ramy is one of them. I engaged Ramy, not knowing what to expect, but knowing what I wanted. I wanted to have passion again. I knew where I wanted to be, and whom […]
Unconventional Coach and Confidant to Amazing People” that is precisely what Ramy is. What you see is what you get. He not only helped me during a challenging career and life transition but also, he kept me focused and motivated at all times. I had just moved to the San Francisco Bay area and was […]
It has been a great pleasure working with Ramy as an Executive Coach. He is one of the most knowledgeable, professional and well spoken individuals I have ever met. Prior to working with Ramy, I reviewed and interviewed many executive coaches. He was by far the most qualified coach to help me break my barriers […]
Few people have the opportunity to work with someone as intelligent, genuine and dedicated as Ramy Ballout. I had the pleasure of connecting with Ramy at the start of my job hunt, where I found myself overwhelmed and a bit discouraged. Ramy has a contagious uplifting energy with an ability to connect with others, and […]
Ramy was highly recommended to me by my husband, who had worked with him as his career coach. I was looking for someone to help me evaluate a job offer and negotiate as needed, and Ramy exceeded my expectations. He was experienced, empathetic, and a wonderful person to talk to.
Ramy was and continues to be an excellent guide and resource during an interview and job search process. Each time you meet him he has a tendency to highlight your strengths and refocus you on all things positive. The tech interview process was very new to me as I am coming from a different industry. […]
“Ramy is the best coach there is, bar none. If not for his expert guidance and support, I could have never navigated the waters of finding my next place in these crazy times.”
Ramy has everything you could want in an incredible and transformational coach. He is always acting with compassion, navigating with you and pushing you through difficult tasks, championing your goals, and extracting the very best out of you. Having Ramy as my coach was an investment I pride myself in. When I was looking to […]
I hired Ramy as my Executive Career Coach and I could not have made a better decision. His 5E program and practice assisted me in honing my interview skills to start my job search after being at my previous role for nine years. After working with Ramy I had a job offer in hand within […]
Recently I returned from a trip to INSEAD in Fontainebleau, where I joined electives with an existing EMBA cohort. It was the first time since graduating from the same program 11 years ago that I had stepped back into a classroom for more formal education. The classes were on Storytelling and Psychological Issues in Leadership, […]
“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.” Marcus Aurelius. Give an opinion swiftly and you turn out to be right, you’ll […]
Understand that people’s deepest desires are not only to be appreciated, but to be understood. The faster you can get past the formalities of the fortifications of the facade in front of you, the more opportunities you’ll have for reaching the outcome you’re often yearning for. Use your ears, eyes, and focus much more […]
“In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.” – Marcus Aurelius In one of my most compelling coaching sessions yet, learn how to become a supply and demand epicenter connector. Making this […]
What are you focusing on today? What will the goal you have your mind fixated on, mean to you once you’ve achieved it? These two questions seem quite obvious, but a third more critical question is where we spend most of our time: What are you going to be doing about achieving your goals? This […]
“Constant misfortune brings this one blessing: to whom it always assails, it eventually fortifies.” Seneca As we progress in our careers, many of us find ourselves inevitably in leadership positions commensurate with our hard earned experience. Naturally, we become better at solutioning while directing others from our team to solve. Yet when we’ve reached the […]
Your words shape your reality. Your reality is shaped by your words. To succeed in elevating yourself to new heights, you must understand the significance of the words you choose, the analogies you use to avoid misspeaking and losing out on opportunity in your journey. Acquiring knowledge and experience over the course of your career […]
Make no mistake about it, you are an emotion in human form – an idea, a thought, a truth. Take the ultimate perception you want others to have of yourself and create it from within! Let me coach you on how to manage the perception you want others to have of you in your next […]
Want to appear as if you were naturally gifted at your craft? Did you ever consider not sharing how long it took you to complete an assignment instead of communicate how hard you worked to achieve your goals? In this week’s episode of “The Working Ant,” I’ll coach you on rethinking your strategy when it […]
Perhaps it’s your language, the sound of your tone, your personability, or your approach altogether that needs some fine-tuning. In this week’s episode of “The Working Ant,” I’m going to coach you on how to become more accessible to those you’d like to target and hear back from. Become more accessible, by appearing more approachable!