Career Change Exploration Worksheet

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Domain
Career
Type
Worksheet
Phase
Discovery Goal Setting
Details
45+ min Between sessions
Topics
Career Transition Values

For professionals making intentional career moves.

When to Use This Tool
A client has been thinking about a career change for months but hasn't committed to a direction
Someone naming a 10-year vision, what they want, what they won't accept, and their top three priorities
Turning a vague desire to change into three concrete goals with action steps and success measures
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Ten years out — without filtering for what's realistic — where do you actually w...

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1 Senior director pushed into general management after a restructuring
Context

A Senior Director of Product Engineering was reorganized into a General Manager role overseeing three business units they didn't choose. They came to coaching saying they want to 'figure out whether to stay or go,' but six months in, they haven't done either. The presenting concern is decision paralysis. The actual issue is that they've never articulated a career direction independent of whatever the organization offered them.

How to Introduce

Frame this as a direction-finding exercise, not a decision tool. 'You keep saying stay or go, but both options assume yo...

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