Tranquillion Associates LLC

• Kenneth Murphy is an accomplished corporate executive, management consultant, life design coach, career development counselor, and serial entrepreneur recognized for developing highly effective leaders, building high performing organizations, and helping individuals discover and live a “best for the world” life. 
• He has served in executive management and consulting roles with dozens of global organizations and has helped thousands of individuals discover and rejuvenate their personal and professional identity, develop their talents, and achieve breakthrough success by creating their own roadmap to a lifelong journey of learning, growth, purpose, and fulfillment.
• Dr. Murphy is also an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology and the Graziadio Business School, having delivered more than 50 graduate classes in a range of subjects, with a special emphasis on leadership, organization management, and career development theories and techniques. 
• He also served for nine years as the Director of Career and Professional Development, and Executive Career Coach for thousands of students, working professionals, executives, and alumni at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School
• Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Change, Pepperdine University
• Master of Human Resources and Organization Development, University of San Francisco
• B.A. Psychology, Chapman University

We take our work seriously, but we make it engaging, 

and even fun!  We bring a collaborative, solution-focused approach to our work, providing customized counseling, coaching, and a wide range of individually tailored 

learning and development solutions to every 

assignment with every individual or group. 

Working together, we can help you find clarity and coherence as you synchronize your personal and professional identity.  We can help you build and connect your past-present-future narrative to get you moving forward 

with focus and conviction as you reset your short, medium and long term goals and aspirations.  

We can help you rejuvenate and build new lifelong skills, insights and an unwavering resilience as you generate short, medium and long term success, and in that process, help you realize that this powerful mantra is indeed still true: 

The best way to predict the future is to create it!

Year after year, top research studies that surveyed 

millions of workers tell us that more than two-thirds 

of all working professionals are dissatisfied with 

their job, and are not fully engaged at work.  Far too many  of them are even thinking about quitting, or have 

already started the process of looking and leaving. 

In our 1:1 counseling and coaching work with clients, we hear it all.  Some are in the early stages of their career 

and are not satisfied at work.  They say they're not moving ahead fast enough.  They don't like their boss.  The pay is not what they expected, or what they need to get by or thrive.  Others are mid-career and need a change.  They are burned out, bored, or just ready to do something different.  Or they just got laid off and don't know what to do next.  They want to a better job title, a promotion, a bigger raise, or they want to completely pivot into something else.

Most of all, we hear stories from competent, capable professionals who are just trying to live a good life and align their work with their personal values.  They're looking to do work that is more meaningful at this age and this stage of life.  And they want more flexibility and control over 

their time, more freedom than what they have today. 

Sadly, there are even some who are living in desperate 

fear of those they work with, or work for -- the boss, the toxic workplace, the dead end job.  They are losing a 

little piece of hope and joy every day, a piece of 

themselves.  They feel stuck.  They have an unhealthy dependency on their employer, their paycheck, their benefits, the so-called "job security" that they have 

become numbly accustomed to.  Leading a life of quiet desperation is not a catch-phrase, it is their reality. 

We talk to people every day who have lost their sense of direction, their sense of value. They don't feel appreciated.  And if they've been looking for new options, or applying for work out in the job market, they tell us they don't hear back from the dozens, or even hundreds of applications they 

filled out online.  They ask "What am I doing wrong?". 

They think they just need a better resume.  Or they tell us they feel "lost".  They may even be starting to panic.

We talk to people every day who say they aren't sure who 

to turn to for help.  They struggle to find a way forward.  They've come to a crossroads.  They need a life check-up and a career checkup.  They need support.  They need feedback.  And they need new ideas, a game plan, and some actionable instructions on how to move forward.

If you see a piece of yourself and your story in any of these examples, you've come to the right place.  We can help.  

After all, it's what we do every day.