Career Coaching

Possible career transition? I’ll coach you personally.

What Color Is Your Parachute?

When you reach mid-life, you feel differently about your career than you do at earlier stages. You want work that’s enjoyable, that you do well, and that you’re proud of. Making money is important– but you’re not willing to work for just a paycheck anymore.

If you’re ready to discover what’s next for you, then let’s do it together! We’ll meet over the phone for live, one-on-one career counseling sessions. We’ll identify where you are now, where you want to go, and how you’ll get there. We’ll add more fun, engagement, and meaning to your life and work.

For our career coaching sessions, we’ll draw from many sources. We may use Dick Bolles’ legendary counseling approaches from What Color Is Your Parachute? We may use the book I co-authored with Dick, What Color Is Your Parachute? For Retirement. We may even use Positive Psychology resources from my training with Martin Seligman, or Appreciative Inquiry from my training with David Cooperrider and Diana Whitney. We’ll use whatever fits your situation the best.

Your Career Coaching Results

What Color Is Your Parachute? For Retirement

We’ll design the program specifically for you, and your goals. No “cookie-cutters” here. The foundation of your custom designed program will be to:

  • Discover (or re-discover) your strengths and natural talents
  • Clarify your deepest and highest values for your career and life
  • Crystallize the practical, transferable job skills that you love to use
  • Identify the work environments and people that you most connect with
  • Create a plan for the concrete steps that make it easier for you to take action

“I came into our meeting exhausted, and came out exhilarated! You helped me see what I was innately good at doing in the world - and helped me develop a structure for my exploration.” – J.B.

Option One: Monthly Coaching, $498

We’ll meet for one sixty minute career counseling session, every other week. One advantage of monthly coaching is it can last for as few or as many sessions as you want. In between you’ll do exercises, assessments and readings specific to your situation and goals. I’ll provide these online, or from forms you download, or from inside the What Color Is Your Parachute? books. With these specially selected resources, you’ll come into our sessions feeling prepared and resourceful. Even better, you’ll come out feeling energized!

$498 for two sessions in one month.


Option Two: Coaching Package, $998

We’ll meet for five sixty minute career counseling sessions, on your flexible schedule. One advantage of the coaching package is that we focus on reaching your goals within five sessions. If you’re ready to make a lot of progress quickly, we’ll meet more frequently. If you want to go more slowly, we’ll space them farther apart. You’ll spend as much or as little time in-between as you need to make the most of our time together. Whatever your schedule, you’ll come out feeling inspired!

$998 for five sessions over time.


Option Three Limited Availability: Jumpstart Session, $98

We’ll meet for one forty-five minute coaching session to boost your clarity and energy. Whatever is going on right now with your career, we’ll focus in on exactly what you need. Everyone tends to lose momentum, and this is the perfect solution. You’ll come away with new insights about yourself, and about where you want to go. This session creates a strong reference point for you–  one that you’ll never forget. You’ll complete a quick exercise in advance, so we can make the most of this time together.

$98 for one session.


Note: Jumpstart is available on a limited basis. However, if “Pay Now” is showing, you can currently click on the button to purchase. We’ll schedule your session right away, or as soon as you’re ready!

Thank you,

John E Nelson

Co-author, What Color Is Your Parachute? For Retirement

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