What part of your soul are you trading for your paycheck?
(And is it really necessary?)
I have a friend who has reached a pitiful place after 5 years in his job. He’s not particularly happy. Not challenged. Complains about the people he works with all the time. Feels hemmed in by the situation. Used to dream about moving up. Gave that up. Used to love driving in every day. Not any more.
Are you stuck in your job ?
He’s stuck, and it’s starting to impact his life.
But he’s scared to death to do anything that might risk his paycheck. So he’s holding on tightly to his current job, hoping it will carry him through this terrifying recession.
I get why we do that…I’m a dad and husband… I have responsibilities that require income, too!
But guess what? The Mayan’s were wrong and the world isn’t ending this year. And the economy, while not booming, has been in recovery mode for months. The Denver economy isn’t all that bad for careerists in a number of professions.
He’s been so focused on security that he’s forgotten he’s supposed to get more than just money from his 10 hours a day.
It’s ok to think about taking a step to something where there’s MORE for you.
Being secure doesn’t mean sacrificing the other rewards that come with a career. You can dream about, plan for and make a transition that will serve all your career needs…including the money thing.
- More strategic work…
- More variety…
- Fewer of the tasks you don’t love…
- A better boss…
- A place with people you can respect…
- Where you can experience daily success and go home happy!
And you don’t have to do anything rash. You can take it slow and still get on a solid track.
As you do, you might find that opportunity is right under your nose.
Set a goal, build a plan and you’ll get there…a little bit at a time.
Change is never easy. Coaching 127 out-of-work professionals over the last 3 year, I hear a common complaint: while you’re working 40-60 hours a week, setting the stage for positive change in your life can be extremely difficult. Difficult to find the time, to organize your thoughts, build the networks and tools you’ll need.
I’d like to help – in fact, helping people organize their feelings, think career steps through logically and build a plan to get that next step done is something I’ve done almost 1000 times as a recruiter and job hunting coach.
If you have some desire and can put in a couple of hours per week, you’ll get there before you know it.
There’s a path all laid out for you!
I’m arranging a pair of fast, concentrated, small-group masterminds designed to help employed professionals who feel like my friend – stalled by the economy and ready to get back on track to realize the next great thing in their career.
Over the last 10 years, I’ve participated in multiple paid mastermind groups to help me learn marketing, self-mastery and coaching skills. I’ve found them to be the single most effective w
ay to learn and implement.
This group will help you:
- Reconnect with what you hope for most from your career
- Redefine success based on how you’d like to feel every day
- Set new goals for the next 5-10 years of your life
- Re-balance your work and life commitments for your mental, emotional and relationship health
- Accurately plot your current position vs. where you want to be
- Plan a logical next position and the steps to get there
I have worked with enough people to know that these are the fundamental building blocks of being satisfied at work.
Small Group Mastermind
The 2012 Next-Step Career Mastermind.
We’ll work together in a small-group setting to help you center yourself, clearly define what you want, articulate your strengths, and plan how to use them to set yourself up for success.
What you get:
- A personal career framework that allows you to retarget as your life evolves
- A system for finding the most magnetic parts of your personal brand message and using it effectively.
- A process for identifying anything that might holding you back and eliminating it – personally or professionally.
- A simple marketing engine that will help you develop a network that you can depend on to help you spot new opportunities.
- Tips, tricks and how-to’s that opens doors and gets the right people talking to you.
- A plan, a team, and the support to get there.
How you get it:
- 4 concurrent, in-person, weekly 2-hour workshops to get you launched – I’ll bring snacks.
- Week 1 – the bottom line for you: success definition; values; balance; career integrity
- Week 2 – where you want to be vs. where you are now: goals; reasons; creating a vision; analyzing the gap
- Week 3 – bridging the gap: laying it all out; prioritizing; theory of constraints; plan
- Week 4 – marketing magic: your USP; marketing benefits; simple system; being effective
- All the materials you’ll need to get organized and moving (all of which are based on my system for personal direct-marketing and branding that helps people get jobs faster).
- 4 weeks of call in Q&A between workshops to answer questions as you complete the work
- Weekly buddy calls with other professionals…an instant new network as you go
Plus three special bonuses:
Bonus #1 – monthly accountability calls for the entire first half of 2012 keep you focused; help you make progress; and answer questions as they arise.
Bonus #2 – a personalized copy of the best career management book I’ve read.
Limited Special Bonus – be one of the first three people to register and you’ll also get a bonus one-on-one session with me to cover any aspects of the program where you need additional attention.
Warning – limited participants for more interaction:
I don’t like bland talking-head seminars…we’ll cover concepts, do work, correct and move along. Which means –
- Don’t come if you’re not ready to do some serious work
- I’m ONLY taking 8 people per session so that we can keep the groups small and get as much done as possible
When:
- I know you’re working, so I’m holding sessions on two different times to make it easier. You can participate in classes on either:
- Tuesdays 7-9 p.m.; February 21-March 13
- Saturdays 9-11 a.m.; February 25-March 17
- And don’t worry – if you have to miss one, I can catch you up!
- Call in times – we’ll schedule these in the first class so they’re as convenient as possible for as many people as possible.
Where:
- Mid-town conference room TBD
Who:
- This mastermind is for currently employed career professionals who are looking to plan the next phase or steps in their career. It’s not a job-hunting workshop – it’s to help you define the right next step for you and plot a path to getting there.
Investment:
My normal coaching rate is $125 per hour for one-on-one coaching. In a group setting I can spread the costs out and be more effective; I’ve developed materials that will help us focus so we can get just as much done in a group as working on-on-one.
You’re going to get
- 8 hours of face-to-face coaching time
- 10 hours of group call-in time
- All the materials you need to take an organized, personalized approach to thinking and planning
For only $297 – a huge savings over one-on-one coaching
My average client earns about $90,000 per year…so you’re basically investing about 4 tenths of a percent of your income for career sanity planning. You’ll get just as much time with me, and all the personal focus you need to get this work done, but you also get the bonuses of a lower price and a small group of like-minded people to do it with!
Think about it – if you got a job that paid you even 36-cents an hour more by the start of July, you’d make your money back before the end of the year!
If you got a job that made you happier, more fulfilled, put better work on your desk or put you around better people, wouldn’t THAT be worth it?
Career Success
And I won’t make you take any risk – you can come to the first class, experience it and see the materials, and decide whether to continue. I’ll guarantee your satisfaction.
Guarantee:
- I only sell things that I know will add value and I work hard to deliver.
- But if you’re not convinced I can help you based on our first class together, simply return the materials for a prompt, courteous, no-questions-asked refund
You can’t just work IN a job. You’ve got to work ON it once in a while.
One of my small business coaches from years ago once taught me the difference between working IN your business (doing the work) and ON your business (making it a better one where you can be more effective).
The same difference applies to you in your job -
- You make $10-100/hour working in your job.
- You make $1,000/hour working ON it…because the small investment of planning and redirecting produces higher income and satisfaction for YEARS downstream.
By figuring out how to leverage your strengths, desires and imagination to get yourself to the next level, you’ll increase your income, satisfaction and contribution – which is what working should offer you. You deserve that!
Come join us – there’s no risk, and all the benefits than you can imagine.
Scott Birkhead
PS – I always structure my workshops this way – materials, work, call-ins, accountability…so if you’re afraid you will get some information but not get anywhere, then this is for you!
PS again – It’s also why I guarantee through the end of the first session – so you can see the materials, experience how we’ll work together, and then decide whether the value will be there for you.
PS one last time – want to talk about it before you decide? Email me and we can discuss it…