Closing the Fulfillment Gap: How to Design the Work Life You Want

An evidence-based guide for those ready to stop feeling stuck in their careers and start feeling greater fulfillment in their work and lives.

You've checked all the boxes: the degree, the promotions, the hard work--but you're not happy. You feel stuck, undervalued, and bored. Change is essential, but you don't know where to start or if you even have the bandwidth to do what it takes.

Closing the Fulfillment Gap offers a new path forward.

Drawing on twenty years of coaching women across the globe and from her own research conducted at Columbia University, executive coach Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda introduces the MOVE framework (Motivation, Opportunities, Vision, Encouraging Community), a proven model to help identify what's holding you back and design strategic next steps that align with your life goals.

Inside, you'll discover:

How to pinpoint your core motivations and leverage the skills that energize you Strategies to identify opportunities already within reach (even in your current job) Tools to craft a clear vision for who you are becoming and an actionable path to get there Ways to build an encouraging community that supports your growth

Closing the Fulfillment Gap isn't about remodeling your life or finding one grand purpose. It's about making intentional moves, big or small, that close the gap between the work life you have and the fulfilling one you deserve.

Author: Helen Krug Von Nidda
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9798895656211

About the Author
Krug Von Nidda, Helen: - Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda is an executive coach, international speaker, and educator specializing in leadership transformation and career empowerment with a focus on professional women.

With over twenty years of global HR experience, she has worked with organizations including Morgan Stanley, Sony Music, L'Oréal, Dell, and the United Nations. Her work includes facilitating team engagements, delivering leadership workshops, and leading coaching programs for Fortune 500 companies, global nonprofits, and international organizations. Helen is an instructor at Stanford University, Columbia University and Smith College. She has also served as an executive coach at IMD Business School in Switzerland and INSEAD in France. She holds a Doctorate in Education from Columbia University, an MA from Webster University, a BA from Smith College, and is a certified coach and licensed career counselor.

Born in London, raised in Switzerland, and educated in the United States, her work has been featured in Forbes and Fast Company. She currently lives in Manhattan with her husband. She enjoys her daily hot chocolate and morning jogs along the Hudson River.