Step 1

Where are you now?

This enables you to see your career history through new eyes. This is important because often, when we are stuck, we are unaware of what we’re doing—or have done—to contribute to our current predicament.  Becoming aware of these rules or practices allows for different choices, leading to more desirable outcomes

Step 2

Determine what is needed to get out of the career cul de sac

Finding yourself stuck can result from following someone else’s direction rather than your own. Or perhaps you’re concluding this part of your career.  Your focus up to this point has been narrowed, so in this step, we expand your focus to reveal your options for a new direction.

Changing your career course or trajectory requires a different skill set than what’s needed for refining and perfecting your work in a job. We will focus on the five key elements needed to allow you to make this change and, in this case, move in a direction to avoid dead ends in your future career.

Step 3

Create your career map

In this unique and critical step, we will work on expanding your possibilities. I liken this step of your pursuit to the task of explorers Lewis and Clark, who were asked to map the regions west of the Mississippi.  Most of what they knew was anecdotal, and to map that region, they needed to experience that geography.

For you to know what your options are, you need to go out and learn what’s there.

Doing this will expand your perspective and, as a result, position you to go hunting for what you want, rather than waiting for something to appear on job posting sites.

Step 4

Getting your ideal job

We work together to ensure that you’re not just “one of the candidates”; you are the “solution to their problem”. We’ll survey the full landscape of possibilities while leveraging your existing interview experience. I’ll teach you to pick up on how your body reacts during stressful situations, and how to use that knowledge to turn yourself from an explorer into a hunter. You’ll learn the steps you need to take to make people actively seek you out for the job you want.

Step 5

Evolve your job from good to great

At this stage, you are in the job you want.  Focus is shifted from pursuit of the right job to delivering and growing in this role, while remaining on your desired career path. Now, you’ll learn how to be the best that you can be, and how to stay that way in the long term. This is the secret to keeping your job interesting and enjoyable—and getting rid of that “I should know, but I don’t” feeling—always knowing what your next move should be.

To achieve this, we work together to transform how you do your job into how you build your career.

We focus on transforming issues from being obstacles from which you retreat, into signals for growth that lead to opportunities. You will grow from a reliable worker into a valued asset. The source of your growth will shift from your manager and the company to yourself. You’ll learn how to use your Inner Compass to turn the job you have into the job you love, propelling your career forward and avoiding dead ends.  Isn’t this what you want from your work?