Career Planning Framework

Feeling stuck or uncertain about your next career move?

The Career Planning Framework helps you cut through uncertainty and design a career that fits your life - with the purpose, balance, and pay that makes sense for you.

This guided workbook helps you clarify: the work that gives you meaning, how you like to spend your days, and the compensation that supports your life.

What You'll Discover

Most career advice focuses on climbing ladders or building skills, and even worse, we often default to what others think success should look like.

But the best career decisions come from understanding what you actually need across three essential areas.

This framework helps you step back and examine what you really want from your career, so that you can be confident about where you are headed and why.

💡 Find Your Purpose

What makes work meaningful to you?

Move beyond generic mission statements to identify the specific impact you want to make and clarify your "why" for showing up each day.

🧠 Understand How You Work Best

How do you work best?

Define your preferences for work environment, collaboration style, autonomy, and what work/life balance actually looks like for you (not someone else's definition).

💰 Redefine What You Really Need

What do you truly need?

Compensation is a necessary part of working.

Be practical and pragmatic about your compensation requirements, so you can make career decisions that support your whole life.

How it works

1️⃣ Answer guided reflection questions in each area: Purpose, Person, and Pay.

2️⃣ Watch your answers compile into a personalized Career Clarity Summary page inside Notion.

3️⃣ Revisit it anytime you’re weighing new opportunities or life changes.

I built this framework during my own career crossroads: deciding between starting a coaching business, joining another startup, or taking a traditional role?

Working through these questions gave me clarity, and now it's helped many others do the same.

Since then, I've refined the worksheet with input from clients and colleagues at various career stages and crossroads.

The template includes examples from my own career planning process to help you see what thoughtful responses look like.

Who it's for

This framework is for anyone ready to pause and realign their work with what truly matters.

Whether you’re:

• at a career crossroads and unsure what’s next

• considering a pivot or return after time away

• feeling stuck or unfulfilled in your current role

• exploring how to balance purpose, pay, and peace of mind

This simple reflection process helps you gain clarity so your next move feels intentional, not accidental.

What's included

✓ Self-guided Notion template with reflection questions that bring clarity
✓ Career summary dashboard to capture your insights for future decisions
✓ Real examples to guide your thinking
✓ Lifetime access with free updates
🎁 Bonus: Complimentary subscription to the Leadership Advantage newsletter