Mark deRoo
Career Coaching Inspires de Roo
By Mark Sanchez
Published: February 24, 2003
Mark de Roo had to practice what he preached after being downsized from a job at Manpower of West Michigan. The result was his own business: Keystone Coaching & Consulting LLC. HOLLAND — Downsized out of a job as the economy began to falter, Mark de Roo turned to what he does best: playing the role of career coach. Only this time, he was his own client. His recommendation to himself: Start your own business. Already entertaining an inclination to run his own business, de Roo used the downsizing from his position as vice president of professional services at Manpower of West Michigan as a chance to pursue a new opportunity. It led him to form Keystone Coaching & Consulting LLC two years ago, offering career counseling and coaching to business executives and managers.

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