Next Step Consulting + Coaching focuses on purpose clarity and leadership development.
Uncertain about your next career move or life chapter?
A shift in approach makes all the difference. Kara Schillaci partners with gain purpose clarity, overcome your challenges, and accelerate your goals, no matter your career or life stage:
Early Career | Mid-Career | Retirement
Tailored Solutions for Individuals & Teams:
1:1 Coaching – Personalized strategies.
Interactive Workshops – Skill development.
Peer Communities – Collaborative learning and support.
Take the Next Step:
Unlock new levels of engagement & results -Purpose Clarity Workshops.
Purpose Clarity is a key mindset and strategic actionable tool.
Leverage the Purpose Clarity Framework© around 4 dimensions: Relationships, Resilience, Resources, and Results.
Purpose Clarity Workshops©:
Purpose Clarity in Early Career
Purpose Clarity in Mid-Career
Purpose Clarity in Retirement
Organizations: Schedule Purpose Matters Workshops© for your team or organization.
Elevate your leadership with Executive Coaching.
Leaders, who invest in an Executive Coach, are far more likely to elevate their professional impact.
Greater Self-Awareness & Feedback
Action Planning
Progress Follow-up
Organizations: Schedule Executive Coaching for your team or organization.
Individuals: Invest in you. Schedule Executive Coaching for yourself.
Individuals and leaders, who have a dedicated Career Coach, make significant progress toward:
New Careers & Advancement Opportunities
Overcoming Obstacles
Preparing for Big Moments (presentations, interviews, performance reviews)
Organizations: Schedule Career Coaching for your team or organization.
Individuals: Invest in you. Schedule Career Coaching for yourself.
Progress with Career Coaching.
Build skills through Leadership Development Workshops.
Individuals and leaders, who join Leadership Development Workshops, build skills and organizations build a stronger, more resilient leadership pipeline, which inevitably boosts productivity and profitability. Workshops are customized for the team and organization.
Organizations: Schedule a consultation to determine the right Leadership Development Workshops for your team or organization to achieve the results you want.
Join a Peer Community to gain new ideas.
Individuals and leaders, who invest their time in a Peer Community, gain broader perspectives and accelerate their learning and application.
Weekly Group Discussions Over 4 Weeks
Real-World Application
Networking
Organizations: Schedule Peer Communities for your team or organization.
Individuals: Invest in yourself, join a Peer Community that is already scheduled.
Kara Schillaci
Too often, individuals and leaders hold back on achieving greater career and life fulfillment because they lack dedicated support to take the next step.
I founded Next Step Consulting + Coaching to bridge that gap.
I specialize in career and life transitions, partnering with you to identify your core strengths, overcome challenges, and use purpose as a strategic guiding path.
Through my proprietary Purpose Clarity Framework© you will bridge the gap between where you are and where you aspire to be. This mission is realized through Purpose Clarity, a program I developed to help you unlock new levels of fulfillment, creativity, productivity, and results.
I share my expertise as a Career Coach and Instructor for Southern Methodist University’s Continuing Education Program. With 20 years of experience in Leadership Development, I have accelerated transformation at global organizations like PepsiCo and Rexel. My teams and I have earned 10 Brandon Hall Awards, recognizing world-class leadership programs that deliver remarkable, measurable results.
Professional Experience:
Principal, Next Step Consulting + Coaching, LLC
Executive Coach, Enelra Talent Solutions, LLC
Course Designer, Instructor, and Coach, Southern Methodist University
Vice President, Talent Management & Transformation, Rexel
Director, Global Learner Experience, PepsiCo
Director, Leadership Development, PepsiCo
Director, Talent Management, PepsiCo
What Clients Say
“Kara Schillaci brings a calm, thoughtful presence that immediately puts leaders at ease. Whether facilitating a team session or in one-on-one coaching, she skillfully weaves in relevant external resources that are practical and meet leaders exactly where they are. You'll leave a better leader after spending time with Kara,” Laura Eigel, former PepsiCo executive and current entrepreneur.
"What sets Kara Schillaci apart is her ability to tailor her coaching style to meet me exactly where I am. With her guidance, I have successfully prepared for significant career moments and experienced notable improvements in my leadership skills, time management, and overall resilience," Steven Bruin, Strategic Business Solutions Group.
"Kara Schillaci provided tailored one-on-one coaching, including a resume review, a mock interview, and guidance on negotiating my offer. Her support was instrumental in helping me secure my first role after leaving the federal government. I feel really lucky to have worked with her." Sarah Haldeman, digital archivist and researcher at The Dallas Morning News.