One-Day VIP Career Intensive Experience
Lately, you’ve found yourself dreading career conversations with your manager and asking “is this really what I want to be doing?”
Maybe you’re not having the impact you want to, it’s not clear to you what you’re working towards or you’re feeling guilty for not appreciating your perfectly reasonable job.
Why the heck can’t you answer when your manager asks you, “well, what do you want to do?”
You can’t clearly articulate to yourself, let alone others, where you want to grow in the future.
You may be thinking:
“I'm definitely doing some reflection and soul-searching related to my professional journey. While I really appreciate so much about my current job and organization, I'm just not sure it's what I'm supposed to be doing.”
“I’ve been having career conversations with my manager and it’s one of the most painful conversations I have at work. I don’t have a clear story for myself of where I want to grow.”
“I don’t have a target of what I’m working towards so when an opportunity comes up at work, I don’t know if it would move me one step closer to where I want to go.”
If you just knew what you were working towards, you’d be able to take action and stop waffling, right?
How long have you been dreading these conversations with your manager? And how much longer do you want to keep feeling embarrassed that you can’t answer “well, what do you want to do?”
Introducing…
One-Day VIP Career Intensive Experience
What if you could finally have a different answer to the question “well, what do you want to do?” in ONE DAY.
No more energy-draining waffling, no more complaining to friends, and no more echo chamber of conversation in your own mind.
And what if you could do it in an intimate small group setting to feel less alone and isolated while having built-in accountability.
My new one-day exclusive VIP experience does just that.
At the end of this one-day experience:
You'll have a clear picture of what's important to you so you can make decisions and take action in-line with your values, not external definitions of success.
You’ll be able to communicate your strengths, your unique value, and the environment you need in order to thrive so you can have conversations with your manager that leave you feeling empowered and excited.
You’ll identify what’s working and not working currently so you can make impactful changes towards work that is most fulfilling.
You’ll also have a clear framework to assess opportunities that come up so you can avoid draining waffling and make decisions with unshakeable confidence.
And you’ll have my three signature outcomes of all the programs I offer - clarity, confidence, and the ability to communicate effectively about what you want in a job. No more feeling guilt, shame, and embarrassment when your manager asks “well, what do you want to do?”
This is a good fit for you if you’re:
Currently employed
Dreading the question “well, what do you want to do?”
Looking for clarity about what’s working/not working currently so you can take action
Constantly asking yourself the same question over and over again (Should I take XYZ opportunity? Do I need an MBA? Do I want to go down the technical path or management path?)
This is not a good fit if you’re:
Unemployed and job searching
Looking for tactical job search support
Know you need to quit and need help to explore what comes next for you
Here’s how it works:
Intimate 3 person group for a virtual VIP day experience (you can sign up as an individual or sign up as a group of 3 friends/colleagues)
Pre-VIP day support:
30-min group call to relieve the pressure you place on your job (so you can stop beating yourself up unnecessarily and actually feel good in your skin!) and setting expectations to maximize our time together
In-depth exercises to complete before the VIP day experience so we can hit the ground running with insights, reframes, and action
VIP day experience: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm PT with three 90-min sessions:
Session 1: What matters to you and how are things going in your current role?
Session 2: What are your strengths and your unique value and how are they engaged at work?
Session 3: What do you need in a job in order to thrive? And how do you effectively cultivate opportunities, internally or externally?
Post-VIP day support:
60-min group call to follow-up on the insights, answer any questions you have and receive additional coaching
Additional exercises, frameworks, and resources related to your individual experience
The VIP day experience will give you a bigger boost of clarity and confidence in one day than you can imagine.
What’s so special about a group of 3?
I’ve been running different types of group programs for many years and I always get the same feedback. A workshop participant put it this way, being with other humans who are experiencing a similar kind of struggle normalizes something that feels so unique and lonely.
Here are the biggest benefits to working in this small group:
Your struggle seems so personal, unique, and lonely but I guarantee that it’s not. The same mean thoughts running through your head (I should have it figured out by now, my career has to progress at all costs, my job has to be impressive to other people, etc) are running through everyone else’s head as well. You get to experience the feeling of normalizing what you’ve been beating yourself up about.
What matters to you is different than what matters to other people. You can’t find success following other people’s definition of success but you think “isn’t this what everyone wants in a job?” Nope, and you’ll get to see the beautiful variety of values that different people have.
You get to see and appreciate your own strengths. We devalue what comes easily to us and habitually discount our strengths (“oh this? can’t everyone do this?”). One of the biggest takeaways for a recent client is that she has strengths that she gets to prioritize and engage in the workplace. By seeing other peoples’ strengths, you’ll get a new appreciation for your own.
It’s a brave space. Small groups create a special kind of magic where you get inspire and be inspired by the bravery of others.
You get to disrupt the way you’ve been having the conversation in your head. I know about the echo chamber in your own head and the way you’ve been trying to solve the problem. Getting to talk with and learn from a few other people in a similar challenge gives you completely different ways to approach the situation.
Why me?
If you are a framework-loving, analytical, risk-averse type of person, this is the perfect place for you. I’ve guided hundreds of analytically minded people (and not just tech and engineering folk, but lawyers, accountants, designers, university administrators, literary editors, you name it) through the most practical and structured process to identify what’s right for them, not what they think is “right” in their career.
If my clients had to describe me in three words, it would be empathetic, positive, and practical. I’ve also been described as “calmly energetic”. And even though I’m no longer an engineer as my day job, you bet I bring my engineering mindset to helping people design careers that fit.
What is it like working with me? Here’s what other professionals have shared...
"Lindsay has a way of really getting to the root of your career and clearing out the haze. You can actually feel that she has your best interest at heart which is a game-changer in its own right. Her knowledge and approach is like a blend of the best of the top career resources. I really enjoyed working with Lindsay as she helped me pull out and uncover hidden gems that served as an "unblocking" in many ways for me. I walked away feeling so much more confident, in my power, and ready for the next phase in my career." - Tiffany C.
"It is never too early or too late to start thinking about what comes next in your work life. Even as I am content and secure in my current position, the insights I have gained working with Lindsay have continued to inform my actions, like during my most recent performance review, where I was able to leverage this deeper understanding of myself into a clear statement of how I want to grow" - James N.
"Lindsay does an incredible job guiding you on a path of self-discovery to lead you there. Aha moment after aha moment I now finally have clarity on what I was doing wrong! And better yet, a designed path that will get me to the future I want. I couldn't be happier with this investment! If there's a better thing to spend money on I don't know what it is" - Cristina M.
"It's an investment in yourself, but the clarity you gain afterwards is invaluable. I didn't expect that clarity would make such a big difference but the constant reframes helped me to change the narrative and develop a much stronger confidence and love for myself and what I have to offer." - Alice T.
“Your approach is not a touchy-feely pie-in-the-sky discover-your-true-life-meaning sort of thing. There is introspection involved, but it is largely focused on applying the ideas that come out of those discussions into practical next steps. I am no longer spinning my wheels, searching introspectively for the elusive "perfect career." Instead, I now see my career unfolding as a series of manageable next steps. I have a greater clarity with regard to my motivations, talents and goals. That has translated into feeling more engaged at work, taking on leadership roles that I otherwise would have passed up, and a general optimism that it is up to me to make my career what I want it to be.” - Alex M.
"Lindsay's ability to juggle needs of very different people with different strengths and perspectives and present to both of them was astounding." - Hannah H.
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