Gain Clarity during Career Transitions
A Coaching Framework for Clients Who Feel Stuck in Their Careers
The This Wasn’t the Plan™ Coaching Kit helps coaches guide meaningful career conversations through storytelling, reflection, and thoughtful questions.
Designed around the book This Wasn’t the Plan (And That’s the Point)
The Reality Many Coaches See
Many coaching clients arrive with the same frustration.
They feel stuck, uncertain, and under pressure to make the “right” career decision.
For coaches, these conversations can be powerful - but they often require a framework that helps clients step outside their current thinking rather than simply searching for answers.
The This Wasn’t the Plan™ Coaching Kit
was designed for exactly these moments.
A Framework Built Around Reflection
This Career Transitions coaching kit is different
from typical career programs.
It does not prescribe solutions.
It creates space for reflection.
The approach helps clients reconsider the narrative they hold about their careers and begin to identify their own next step.
The Coaching Framework
About the Framework
The This Wasn’t the Plan™ Coaching Framework was developed by Magda Pavlak-Chiaradia and builds on the ideas explored in her book This Wasn’t the Plan (And That’s the Point).
The framework reflects a simple insight:
most careers evolve through unexpected turns rather than perfect planning.
The coaching kit translates that idea into a practical methodology coaches can use with clients.
Who the Coaching Kit Is Designed For
The framework is particularly useful for clients who:
- feel stuck or unfulfilled in their careers
- are considering a career change
- want to redefine their professional direction
- feel pressure to make the “right” decision
Many coaches use the framework with:
- young professionals
- early-career clients
- career transition clients
- leadership development clients
What the Coaching Journey Looks Like
Clients move through a simple six-module reflection process.
The conversation begins by challenging the belief that careers must follow a single fixed path.
From there, clients explore:
- their past experiences in a new light
- strengths they may not recognize
- how identity can become tied to job titles
- the expectations that may be holding them back
The journey ends by helping the client identify small experiments that move them forward, rather than forcing a dramatic career decision.
What Coaches Receive
When you download to the Coaching Kit, you receive a complete set of materials designed for immediate use.
The kit includes:
- The full Facilitator Guide
- A six-module coaching framework
- Conversation prompts for each module
- Client reflection exercises
- A complete set of coaching cards
- Licensed use of the framework with your clients
Everything is designed to make it easy to integrate the framework into your existing coaching practice.