Sight Sphere:
Targeted Career Consulting
with Pian Shu
My consultation sessions offer a dedicated space for clarity, introspection, and insights. By integrating proven techniques and methods from my decade of experience teaching at top business schools with creativity-enhancing tools and mindfulness-based exercises, we facilitate personal transformation through self-discovery.
Each consultation is rooted in openness, care, and honesty, providing an opportunity to step away from the daily hustle and engage in an interactive, fun experience that leads to lasting impact.
Common Areas of Focus
Clarifying personal values and priorities
Receiving targeted assistance for project completion
Overcoming self-doubt and self-criticism
Embracing self-acceptance and self-compassion
Navigating job decisions or transitions
Origin Story
My one-on-one consultations take roots in my teaching at Harvard Business School and the Georgia Institute of Technology. As a tenure-track faculty member, I taught a variety of subjects, including technology & operations management, design thinking, and business strategy. I facilitated large classroom discussions, which encouraged students to think independently, speak with confidence, and listen to each other. I loved the opportunity to learn more about my students as individuals through their diverse and candid viewpoints expressed in the classroom.
The idea of creating a space for one-on-one career consultation first came to me after reading some of my students' course reflections at Georgia Tech. To my surprise, students shared that some of their most impactful learning moments occurred during my office hours, in one-on-one settings. They appreciated my targeted advice, which complemented the more general lessons taught in the classroom. I realized that a focused, supportive, and nurturing environment, with an introspective lens into a person’s professional and personal development, can be highly beneficial—and the needs extend beyond traditional school settings. With the rise of videoconferencing technologies and my transition away from academia, I felt ready to take the leap and create my own platform to do so—thus, Sight-Sphere.com was born.
What Former Students Have Written about My Teaching:
My Approach to Consultation
I listen from a place of empathy, not rushing to find solutions, but rather focusing first on fully understanding your points of view.
I believe that each individual possesses unique inner wisdom that guides their growth and transformation. As a consultant and coach, my priority is to assist you in bringing awareness to this inner clarity.
In our conversations, I strive to maintain a good balance between allowing space for exploration and providing targeted advice. I like to challenge conventional wisdom and find it refreshing to incorporate diverse perspectives: rational, irrational, intellectual, intuitive, concrete, and metaphysical. Thus, each session is uniquely different—when it comes to the journey of professional growth, I firmly believe that there is no one-size-fits-all path.
My Methods
Guided
Conversations
Creativity-Enhancing
Tools
Mindfulness-Based
Exercises
Reflective
Writing and Journaling
Choosing a path does not have to be an arduous task. When the stakes seem high, logical minds can become entangled in analyzing the pros and cons, overlooking a clear voice that whispers underneath: “Yes! I’d love to…” or “No! I’d rather…”
Finding clarity means trusting that this voice would not lead you astray.