Design a Career Coaching Engagement

Design a complete career coaching engagement for the following:

Client background: [current role, industry, years of experience]
Career situation: [stuck in current role / wanting to change industry / seeking promotion / returning to work / starting out / redundancy / burnout-driven change]
Career goal: [what they want their career to look like]
Timeline: [how urgently they need to make a change]
Constraints: [financial / family / location / skills gaps / confidence]
Strengths: [what they are genuinely good at]
Values: [what matters in their work]
Programme length: [6 / 8 / 10 sessions]
Delivery: [1:1 / group / hybrid]

Deliver the complete programme:

CARIER COACHING FRAMEWORK:
- Assessment phase (who they are and where they are)
- Exploration phase (what is possible)
- Decision phase (what they will pursue)
- Action phase (making the change)
- Accountability phase (sustaining momentum)

SESSION-BY-SESSION DESIGN:
For each session:
- Session theme and objective
- Pre-work for client
- Opening — checking in and connecting to the goal
- Core activity or conversation
- Key coaching questions for this session
- Tools or frameworks to use
- Action items before next session

ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT:
- Career values card sort exercise
- Strengths audit (beyond just StrengthsFinder — a coaching conversation approach)
- Skills inventory across transferable and technical skills
- Energy and engagement map (what drains vs energises)
- Career satisfiers and dissatisfiers analysis

CARER EXPLORATION TOOLS:
- Industry research assignment
- Informational interview guide and script
- Job description deconstruction exercise
- Imagined future day exercise (what does a great work day look like)

JOB SEARCH COACHING (if applicable):
- CV and LinkedIn positioning session guide
- Narrative building (how to talk about the transition)
- Interview coaching framework
- Networking strategy and scripts
- Offer evaluation matrix

ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM:
- Weekly micro-commitments format
- Progress tracker template
- Obstacle identification and problem-solving approach
- How to handle rejection and setbacks

PROGRAMME CLOSE:
- Career roadmap creation
- 6-month action plan
- Ongoing support options