Designing Your Next Career Step
4.7 (65)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Instead of spinning your wheels, follow a step-by-step process to determine what you value and plan your next move.
Designing Your Next Career Step
4.7 (65)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Instead of spinning your wheels, follow a step-by-step process to determine what you value and plan your next move.
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Course overview
Clarify what you want with the help of Design Thinking
Design Thinking is a creative approach to finding clarity amidst ambiguity. In this course, you'll be guided through how to apply Design Thinking to your own career exploration.
The course itself is broken down into four sessions: Ground, Diverge, Converge, and Plan which will help you articulate your values, explore the career possibilities available to you, design experiments to figure out what you want, and plan your short, medium, and long-term next steps.
You'll walk away with more confidence about what you want next and a roadmap for how to get there.
Who is this course for
01
Curious explorers who are ready for a change in their life but aren't clear on exactly what they're looking for
02
Overworked professionals who move a mile-a-minute but don't have the space to take a step back and reflect
03
Passionate generalists who feel pulled in multiple directions but aren't sure which path they want to choose
Key outcomes
A clear vision for the next step in your work/life
The North Star of this course is for you to go from messiness to clarity. We'll explore different frameworks for clarifying your personal values and career possibilities. You will walk away with conviction for what you really want from the next step in your work and life
An action plan with the short, medium, and long-term steps to achieve your vision
This course is actionable. From day one you will be envisioning, prototyping, and refining your path. You will leave with an air-tight action plan for the steps to take to keep progressing and resources that you can return to throughout your career.
A vibrant community of other ambitious professionals to hold you accountable
Accountability is everything. In this course you will connect with other folks who are in similar places on the journey. The relationships you form will extend long beyond the last day of class.
A buffet of research, exercises, and resources that you can return to again and again
In the course, you will receive a workbook filled with evergreen exercises, reflection prompts, and resources that you can dust off whenever you find yourself at a similar crossroads.
This course includes
7 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
22 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
Projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Designing Your Next Career Step
Course syllabus
Week 1
May
29
Designing Your Next Career Step Session 1
May
30
Optional Office Hours 1
Ground
Week 2
Jun
5
Designing Your Next Career Step Session 2
Jun
6
Optional Office Hours 2
Diverge
Week 3
Jun
12
Designing Your Next Career Step Session 3
Jun
13
Optional Office Hours 3
Converge
Week 4
Jun
19
Designing Your Next Career Step Session 4
Plan
4.7 (65 ratings)
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Meet your instructor
Simone Stolzoff
Simone is a writer, designer, and consultant, who is passionate about helping people navigate their relationship to work. He is the bestselling author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work, which is the #1 bestselling work-life balance book on Amazon. He spent four years as a design lead at the global innovation firm IDEO, where he led hundreds of leaders through the design thinking process. He has written about careers for The Atlantic, Wired, and The New York Times.
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Course schedule
~3 hours per week
Module 1: Ground
8:00 - 9:30 PST
Our course starts by grounding in where you are. Through a series of exercises, you'll reflect on your values, career experiences, and visions for your future. By the end, you'll be able to articulate what matters to you in your next step.
*All live sessions will be recorded.
Module 2: Diverge
8:00 - 9:30 PST
This session is all about going wide. You'll canvas out three potential paths for yourself, quiet your inner critic, and ask what would have to be true in order to pursue each. By the end, you'll have three distinct paths and a research plan.
Module 3: Converge
8:00 - 9:30 PST
This session is all about making decisions. You'll synthesize what you've learned from your research and address some of your fears in making changes in your life. By the end, you'll clarify the direction you want to keep exploring.
Module 4: Plan
8:00 - 9:30 PST
Here's where the rubber meets the road. You'll make an action plan with short, medium, and long-term goals, and design methods of accountability. We'll talk about addressing the inevitable barriers along the way, and you'll leave with clarity and conviction for what's next.
Weekly projects
<1 hour per week
Almost all coursework will take place during the live sessions, but there will be optional resources to continue exploring outside of class.
*There will also be the (optional) opportunity to meet 1:1 with Simone
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Give yourself the gift of space
Invest in your future self
Though exploring what we want from our careers is vital, we rarely invest the time and effort to do so
Active learning, not passive watching
This course is full of custom hands-on exercises like the Career Paths Canvas that will give structure to your exploration
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people from companies like Google, Pinterest, and Meta
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