Career Advisory Services for Life’s Pivots
Career Advisory Services for Life’s Pivots
Advisory for high-achieving professionals, graduates, and entrepreneurs navigating pivots, promotions, or purposeful reinvention.
Advisory for high-achieving professionals, graduates, and entrepreneurs navigating pivots, promotions, or purposeful reinvention.
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Life is not a straight line.
Life is not a straight line.
Life is not a straight line.
The most rewarding paths are those that require the most nerve…
The most rewarding paths are those that require the most nerve…
The most rewarding paths are those that require the most nerve…
...and the willingness to veer purposefully off course
25
Years of Consulting
5
Businesses Founded
4
Successful Career Pivots
100+
Professionals Helped
Meet Christel MacLean
Decade on Wall Street, serial entrepreneur, Executive Director, and career coach with 25 years experience.
Meet Christel MacLean
Decade on Wall Street, serial entrepreneur, Executive Director, and career coach with 25 years experience.
Meet Christel MacLean
Decade on Wall Street, serial entrepreneur, Executive Director, and career coach with 25 years experience.
About Christel
I've had four completely different careers—Investment Banking, Serial Entrepreneurship, Career Coaching, and Non-Profit Executive Management. I help professionals make the same bold pivots I've made, successfully.
The Wall Street Years
Ten years on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers, and AIG. Built financial models for IPOs and mergers, structured billion-dollar real estate deals, and managed strategic planning at the division level. This foundation taught me how high-stakes decisions get made and how to negotiate from a position of strength.
Building Businesses
Education & Credentials
How I Work With Clients
The Wall Street Years
Ten years on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers, and AIG. Built financial models for IPOs and mergers, structured billion-dollar real estate deals, and managed strategic planning at the division level. This foundation taught me how high-stakes decisions get made and how to negotiate from a position of strength.
Building Businesses
Education & Credentials
How I Work With Clients
The Wall Street Years
Ten years on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers, and AIG. Built financial models for IPOs and mergers, structured billion-dollar real estate deals, and managed strategic planning at the division level. This foundation taught me how high-stakes decisions get made and how to negotiate from a position of strength.
Building Businesses
Education & Credentials
How I Work With Clients
Core Philosophy
Life is not a straight line. The most rewarding paths require nerve and willingness to veer purposefully off course.
Outside of Work
When not advising clients, I'm in the kitchen experimenting with new recipes or spending time with my family. After decades in hospitality, cooking and entertaining remains one of my greatest joys. My curved-line career taught me that the best decisions often come from trusting your instincts and staying open to unexpected paths.
Testimonials
Testimonials
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
"Curved Line Living is such an inspiration for young, aspiring entrepreneurs. I highly value the advice, insight, and guidance this workshop provided, which holds true for being ambitious and strategic in any career."
E. Johnston
New York, NY
"The seminar was without a doubt one of the most valuable sessions I have ever had. I loved the perspective that it doesn’t matter how well competitors do, but that it matters more that you do the best you possibly can. That insight really spoke to me because it made me feel much more comfortable with my own abilities."
R. Dance
New York, NY
"Your career search advice was invaluable, and since then I have marched forward with the utmost confidence in my job search. My newly found optimism in the whole experience has resulted in increasingly more job interviews."
R. Beaton
New York, NY
Your Next Strategic Move
Advisory services that turn confusion into a clear, confident action plan, built on evidence and sustainable movement.
Career Positioning Diagnostic | $500
One focused session to turn confusion into a 7-day plan.
Career Positioning Diagnostic | $500
One focused session to turn confusion into a 7-day plan.
Career Positioning Diagnostic | $500
One focused session to turn confusion into a 7-day plan.
Pivot Sprint (4 Weeks) | $2000
From stuck to moving. Live pipeline, rehearsal, weekly momentum.
Pivot Sprint (4 Weeks) | $2000
From stuck to moving. Live pipeline, rehearsal, weekly momentum.
Pivot Sprint (4 Weeks) | $2000
From stuck to moving. Live pipeline, rehearsal, weekly momentum.
Unicorn Path Accelerator (12 Weeks) | $6000
Full pivot support: deeper narrative work, interview prep, negotiation strategy.
Unicorn Path Accelerator (12 Weeks) | $6000
Full pivot support: deeper narrative work, interview prep, negotiation strategy.
Unicorn Path Accelerator (12 Weeks) | $6000
Full pivot support: deeper narrative work, interview prep, negotiation strategy.
Fearless Entrepreneurship | Curated Plan
For aspiring or early-stage entrepreneurs ready to launch.
Fearless Entrepreneurship | Curated Plan
For aspiring or early-stage entrepreneurs ready to launch.
Fearless Entrepreneurship | Curated Plan
For aspiring or early-stage entrepreneurs ready to launch.
Corporate and group consulting services also available (inquire below)
How This Works
1. Call
1. Call
1. Call
Book a Free Consultation
Use the contact form below. We'll discuss where you're stuck, what you're trying to accomplish, and whether strategic guidance would actually help. I'll recommend an approach based on your timeline, budget, and goals.
2. Strategy
2. Strategy
2. Strategy
Strategic Deep Dive
We start by getting crystal clear on your positioning and targets. You'll leave our initial working sessions with a concrete plan: who to talk to, what to say, and how to sequence your outreach. This foundation is essential whether we work together for two weeks or three months.
3. Execution
3. Execution
3. Execution
Ongoing Execution & Accountability
Most people need support beyond strategy. Weekly sessions keep you moving: we review what's working, adjust what's not, rehearse for upcoming conversations, and prepare your negotiation. Progress becomes visible through metrics that matter—calls booked, interviews happening, offers received.
Let's Talk About Your Next Move
Let's Talk About Your Next Move
Let's Talk About Your Next Move
Whether you're considering a pivot, stuck in your current role, or ready to start something new, the first step is a conversation.
Whether you're considering a pivot, stuck in your current role, or ready to start something new, the first step is a conversation.
Whether you're considering a pivot, stuck in your current role, or ready to start something new, the first step is a conversation.