Career Vision Worksheet

A 47-year-old VP of marketing at a specialty retail company has been in the industry for over twenty years. He's good at the work. He chose it partly by accident and mostly by momentum — an early job that turned into a career track before he examined whether it was the right one. He came to coaching because he 'feels like something is missing' but cannot name what. He has never completed an exercise like this worksheet because every career decision he's made has been in response to an opportunity, not a vision. The seven questions produce the first written answer he's ever given to the question of what he actually wants, unconstrained by what's available.

Frame this as a first draft, not a final answer. 'You've built a career by responding to what showed up. This worksheet ...