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Description
Career Pivot & Strategic Transition Sprint A career pivot is rarely just a change of role. It is a repositioning exercise. You may be moving into a new industry, shifting from services to product, exploring cloud, AI, data, or leadership roles, considering consulting, or preparing for an independent advisory path. In each case, the question is not simply, “What should I apply for next?” The deeper question is: How do I make this move make sense—to myself, to the market, and to the people who will evaluate me? The Career Pivot & Strategic Transition Sprint is a focused coaching engagement for professionals who are ready to explore a meaningful shift but need clarity, structure, and a sharper narrative before taking action. Together, we will clarify the logic behind your pivot, reposition your experience, identify transferable strengths, pressure-test target roles, refine your LinkedIn/profile positioning, and build a practical transition plan. This is not about forcing a dramatic reinvention. It is about helping you translate what you have already built into the next context where it can create value. How We’ll Work Together Session 1: Pivot Motivation, Constraints, and Target Options We begin by understanding why this shift matters now, what constraints you are carrying, and which options are genuinely worth exploring. Session 2: Transferable Strengths and Market Fit We identify the strengths, patterns, and capabilities that travel well across roles, industries, and business contexts—and where the market may value them most. Session 3: Narrative, LinkedIn/Profile Positioning, and Role Framing We refine the story of your transition so it feels credible, coherent, and specific—not vague ambition dressed up as strategy. Session 4: Networking, Outreach, and Opportunity Strategy We build a practical approach to conversations, warm introductions, outreach, and opportunity creation. Session 5: Decision Framework and 60-Day Transition Plan We close with a clear decision framework and a 60-day action plan so you can move forward with discipline, not drift. The goal is to help you make your next move with clarity, confidence, and strategic intent—so your pivot does not look like an escape from the past, but a deliberate step toward the professional future you are building.
What you'll get from this package
- A clear pivot hypothesis defining the target direction, rationale, constraints, and likely transition path.
- A transferable strengths and gap map showing which experiences carry forward and what must be built.
- A revised career story that makes the pivot credible to recruiters, hiring managers, clients, or partners.
- A practical networking and market-entry plan with target conversations, proof points, and positioning moves.
- A decision framework and 60-day transition plan to evaluate opportunities without drifting or overcommitting.
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions.
I work with clients by starting with clarity, not assumptions. Whether the challenge is a career transition, a leadership inflection point, a technology decision, or an organizational transformation, my first task is to understand what is really going on beneath the surface. Often, the visible issue is only a symptom. The real constraint may be unclear priorities, weak alignment, outdated operating rhythms, gaps in leadership identity, or decisions that have not yet been made with enough precision. My approach combines structured inquiry, real-world executive experience, and practical strategy. I do not believe in generic frameworks, motivational advice, or one-size-fits-all playbooks. Each engagement is shaped around the client’s context, goals, constraints, and stage of growth. Together, we diagnose the real pattern, challenge assumptions, surface blind spots, and translate insight into action. For individuals, that may mean strengthening leadership presence, reframing career value, or navigating the shift from technical expertise to strategic influence. For organizations, it may mean aligning leadership, clarifying decision rights, strengthening operating models, or turning transformation intent into executable movement. The work is both rigorous and human. There is strategic structure, but also space for reflection, identity shifts, trust-building, and the deeper leadership work required for lasting change. The goal is not just to create a plan. The goal is to help clients see clearly, decide wisely, and move forward with confidence.
- Preparation: Clients are expected to share relevant context, documents, role descriptions, profiles, business material, or questions at least 24 hours before the session where applicable. For diagnostic-led packages, the client should complete the relevant JRDN diagnostic before the first session and share the result or key observations. - Confidentiality: All coaching and advisory conversations are confidential, except where disclosure is required by law or platform policy. - Scope: Coaching and advisory recommendations are strategic and developmental in nature. They do not constitute legal, financial, therapeutic, tax, or investment advice. - No guaranteed outcomes: Career moves, promotions, job offers, funding, business growth, AI adoption, transformation outcomes, partner-tier movement, or executive buy-in cannot be guaranteed. The work creates clarity, readiness, positioning, and practical next steps. - Deliverables: Packages include live sessions, light notes, and agreed action points. Detailed written reports, implementation documents, architecture designs, offsite facilitation, or extended document reviews are outside scope unless separately agreed. - Client responsibility: The client is responsible for acting on recommendations, completing reflection work, and making final career or business decisions. - Platform terms: Leland's own cancellation, payment, refund, and platform policies apply in addition to these package terms.
Services included:
Career Planning
Professional Networking
Personal Branding
Networking Strategy
Job Search Strategies
General Exploration
Skill Building
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