National Small Business Week is a time to honor and celebrate the resiliency and tenacity of entrepreneurs and innovative startups.
National Small Business Week
For more than 60 years, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has celebrated National Small Business Week (NSBW), which acknowledges the contributions of entrepreneurs and small business owners.
National Small Business Week 2025 will take place May 4-10, and the SBA will officially recognize the hard work, ingenuity, dedication, and contributions to the economy.
The SBA Virtual Summit provides access to educational webinars, federal resources, and networking opportunities to help start, grow, or recover your business.
For more information about National Small Business Week, visit www.sba.gov/nsbw.
"There are two amazingly unique moments in every small business owner's life: the day you decide to start your business and every single day when you wake up."
There are 33.3 million small businesses in the U.S. and every entrepreneur and small business has a unique story. Sharing our unique story:
How A Pivot from Corporate Global Pharmaceuticals Led to Impacting Lives
Deborah Petropoulos' vision of impacting lives and inspiring successful outcomes became a reality 10 years ago.
Deborah is a Transformational Career and Life Coach. She founded One True You, LLC after retiring from a corporate career in Global Pharmaceuticals.
One True You, LLC provides career and life coaching guidance, knowledge, practical tools, and resources for leaders ready to make a change.
Deborah works with high-performing professionals to address career and life transition needs relating to career change, leadership roles, retirement planning, work-life balance, communication, confidence, enhancing relationships, and more.
The why for founding One True You, LLC was inspired by Deborah's own career and life transition experiences.
Deborah spent more than three decades in Global Pharmaceuticals leading, mentoring, developing, and coaching high-performing teams and individuals. She was with Abbott for thirty years and AbbVie for three years balancing a full-time career and leadership responsibilities when several significant life changing events altered her personal and professional direction.
Early Retirement Achieved by Creating an Actionable Plan
At fifty-one, Deborah began planning an early retirement from Corporate. She needed more flexibility in her life to support her families’ needs.
Deborah knew she still wanted to remain in a professional leadership role and make a difference for other leaders that were experiencing significant challenges in their lives and careers.
Before leaving Corporate, Deborah successfully completed an International Coaching Federation-accredited coach training program with the Co-Active Training Institute and became an International Coaching Federation Member.
Deborah knows that navigating through challenging times alone can feel like being in a relentless storm. Within the dark clouds there is a silver lining, but sometimes it can be difficult to see.
As a professional coach, Deborah's vision for One True You, LLC is to be the “guiding ray of light” helping other leaders weather their difficult challenges and lead more fulfilling lives.
The transition out of Corporate and into Career and Life Coaching was the best decision Deborah made for her life.
Easing Leadership and Life Transition Challenges with Life Coaching Support
Deborah Petropoulos has a special affinity for working with corporate executives and leaders in global pharmaceuticals and other industries.
Many of the professionals Deborah works with are experiencing leadership challenges, wanting to change careers, or are nearing retirement and want to develop a plan for what’s next.
Leaders choose to work with Deborah because she understands their challenges and shares a unique perspective and professional coaching guidance that her clients value.
Deborah provides a holistic approach to coaching and addresses all aspects of life that may be causing challenge or imbalance so that the professionals she partners with can identify what needs to change.
Virtual Life Coaching and Referrals Create Trust and Successful Outcomes
Virtual life coaching provides a unique way to collaborate with leaders locally in Lake County, Illinois as well as throughout the Chicagoland area, and in other states and outside the U.S. Deborah values the coaching relationship she has with each client and welcomes referrals. A shared connection helps create trust in the coaching relationship and leads to successful outcomes.
Deborah coaches' leaders and small business owners that are experiencing transition challenges in their careers, work and life.
Many are in corporate leadership roles and want to make a new career change or are experiencing organization shifts or a reduction in force.
Some are nearing retirement and want to create a plan for achieving retirement and deciding what’s next.
The professionals that Deborah work with, are ready to commit to a coaching relationship, and can meet on a regular basis (at least twice a month) to gain forward movement.
Gratitude Defines Success
Deborah is grateful for the many lives that have been touched through her "Create Your Best Life" workshops and "Make Your Best Even Better" speaking engagements with universities and business networks.
Deborah is most grateful for the successful outcomes that each One True You, LLC client has experienced through their coaching work together.
All of these leaders have inspiring success stories. To learn more about how One True You, LLC clients are changing their lives, surpassing their limitations, and achieving their personal and professional goals through coaching read:
Visualize The Next Five Years
Deborah plans to continue to help One True You, LLC clients navigate their leadership and life challenges, as well as transition from long-time corporate leadership roles to achieve early retirement. As leaders secure new roles or retire, they often choose to relocate across the U.S. as well as Internationally. Deborah's vision is to continue to maintain these valued relationships as well as expand virtual coaching services through partnership with organizations who want to provide leadership and life coaching services to support their team members.
Talk With a Professional Coach About Your Career and Life Coaching Needs
If you’d like to share your story and talk about the challenges or changes, you’d like to make in your work or life, reach out and schedule a complimentary Clarity Call. During the call we’ll get acquainted and talk about an action you can take to address your challenge or change and explore whether you have interest in coaching to help achieve your next steps.
Reserve a Complimentary Clarity Call to talk virtually with Deborah Petropoulos about a leadership, career or life challenge you’re experiencing.
About the Author:
Deborah Petropoulos, Executive Life Coach and Founder of One True You, LLC works with small business owners, entrepreneurs, and high-performing leaders in Global Pharmaceuticals and other industries who are experiencing mid-life challenges, workplace stress and burnout, considering a career change, or want to create a plan for retirement and what's next in life.
Professionals that choose One True You, LLC for their leadership and life coaching needs learn new ways to navigate their challenges and find renewed satisfaction and fulfillment in their careers and lives.
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