Learn how to minimize the risk of a midlife career change. Think like a designer to successfully prepare for and master career change.

1. Midlife Career Change
How To Prepare, How To Succeed
by Gunnar Jaschik
gunnar@thecareernavigator.com
http://www.thecareernavigator.com

2. Senior position
Providing for family
Junior position
Established
Not much to loose yet
Less time left
Highly flexible
Limited flexibility
Provides for herself only
Costly lifestyle
Inexperienced
Big repertoire
Still enough time
More particular likes / dislikes
Expectations from other people mostly
limited to parents

3. Goal: Opportunities to Outweigh Risk
Risk Opportunity
Stepping Out Of Comfort Zone More time for the family
Not Sure What Else To Do Feeling to live fully
Limiting Beliefs Less Stress
Excited about work
Fear
Sense of Meaning
Other People’s
Independence
Expectations

4. Approach: Think like a Designer to
Reduce the Risk Of Reinventing Your Career
First: Dive deep enough to really
understand the client’s problem
Start with an “anything is possible” attitude and create ideas!

5. Project: Design a Successful and Fulfilling Career
Self Awareness
1. Design Criteria
2. Create change ideas
3. Select, create concepts &
build relationships
4. Pick most compelling concepts
and start implementing them
5. Check feedback and learn
6. Iterate!

6. 1on1 Coaching
Group Coaching
Online Course
Free Online Resources
Learning Path

7. My Perfect Referrals
• Experienced and
successful professionals
who know they have to
change something but
don’t know what or how
• Senior Expatriates who
have to decide how to
move on after their
assignment
• Companies and HR
Departments who want
to keep their experienced
people on board

8. Get Started For FREE At…
www.midlifecareerchange.org
Or contact me directly:
gunnar@thecareernavigator.com

9. Photo References
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/samantha__marie/8277053296/sizes/k/in/photostream/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/76029035@N02/6829295985/sizes/l/in/photostream/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/76029035@N02/6829478403/sizes/l/in/photostream/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/vculibraries/6032097281/sizes/l/in/photostream/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/clab4design/4187539425/sizes/l/in/photostream/