Features: Community and Coaching
Community & Coaching is the human support layer of WORK-SELF. It exists to ensure that you don’t do this work in isolation, your decisions are grounded in reality, and you stay accountable even when things feel challenging or uncomfortable.
This is where structured tools meet real people, practical feedback, and shared momentum.
What Community and Coaching is for
Career change is rarely blocked by a lack of information.
It’s blocked by:
uncertainty
second-guessing
lack of accountability
fear of making the “wrong” move
Community & Coaching exists to help you:
pressure-test your thinking
get unstuck faster
stay consistent when motivation dips
move forward with more confidence
Beyond inspiration, it’s about supporting execution.
Who Community and Coaching is for
Community and Coaching is designed for people who:
are actively participating in the 30-Day Job Clarity Sprint
want human feedback alongside AI guidance
benefit from accountability and external perspective
don’t want to navigate career change alone
It’s especially useful if you:
struggle to commit to decisions without validation
want to sense-check your career direction
feel isolated during job search or transition
work best when progress is visible and shared
How Community and Coaching works
Step 1 : You join a focused cohort
Community is structured around intentional cohorts, not open forums.
Cohorts are:
time-bound
goal-aligned
small enough for meaningful interaction
Everyone in the cohort is actively working on career clarity and transition.
Step 2: You work in loops, not endless lists
Community and Coaching includes:
facilitated group sessions
structured prompts and discussions
opportunities to share progress and blockers
Sessions are designed to help you:
articulate your thinking
hear how others are approaching similar challenges
learn from real examples over impractical theory
Step 3: You receive coaching input
Coaching is integrated where it creates the most leverage.
Coaches help you:
review your Career Assessment
sense-check your Career Transition Blueprint
validate or challenge your chosen path
unblock execution issues
Coaching is focused on decision clarity and momentum to help you attain your career goals.
How Community and Coaching fits into the 30-Day Job Clarity Sprint
Community & Coaching supports each phase of the Sprint.
Week 1: Foundation
Coaches review your Career Assessment and pressure-test your Career Transition Blueprint
Community discussions help normalise uncertainty
You gain confidence in your starting point
Week 2: Assets
Weekly review session helps you compare thinking and trade-offs
You commit to a direction with more confidence
Week 3: Outreach
Community supports consistency in outreach
Weekly coaching review helps refine positioning and narrative
You stay accountable to action
Week 4: Interview
Community helps you reflect on interviews
Coaching review supports role evaluation and decisions
You avoid reactive or fear-based choices
Community and Coaching ensures you’re not guessing alone at any stage.
How Community and Coaching works with Maya and My Loops
Community and Coaching complements the overall WORK-SELF system.
Maya helps you think and decide in the moment
My Loops helps you execute on a daily and weekly basis
Community and Coaching adds:
human perspective
qualified accountability
lived experience
Together, they create clarity, consistency, and confidence in your transition.
What Community and Coaching does (and doesn’t do)
Community and Coaching does:
provide human feedback and perspective
help you validate decisions
support accountability
reduce isolation
Community and Coaching does not:
tell you what to do
guarantee outcomes
replace your responsibility
provide therapy
It’s a support structure designed to help you accelerate through your journey of transition.
How to get the most value from Coaching and Community
As you speak to your cohort and check in with your coach, here are some best practices to make the most of your experience:
show up prepared
share honestly (within your comfort zone)
ask specific questions
act on feedback
use sessions to unblock action
Value comes from open participation.
Where Community and Coaching fits in the system
Community and Coaching ensures the system you’re building really works in the real world.
Here’s how this looks in action:
Career Assessment: offers insight
Career Transition Blueprint: shows direction
Maya: gives daily guidance
My Loops: enables execution
Community & Coaching: grants accountability and perspective
Frequently Asked Questions
Understanding Community and Coaching
1. What exactly is Community and Coaching?
It’s a structured support system that combines facilitated community sessions and targeted coaching to support career clarity and execution.
2. Is this a forum or discussion board?
Not quite. It’s a structured, facilitated environment. Note that there are elements of digital discussion integrated into the Community for asynchronous sharing.
3. Is coaching one-to-one or group-based?
Coaching is primarily one-to-one, particularly within the 30-day Job Clarity Sprint where you’ll have weekly review checkpoints with a coach. There are also Community sessions that are more group-based.
4. Is this therapy or counselling?
No.
5. What problem does Community and Coaching solve?
It helps reduce isolation, second-guessing, and stalled execution.
6. Is Community and Coaching optional?
In general, yes — but many users find it accelerates progress significantly. However, coaching is directly integrated into the 30-day Job Clarity Sprint on a weekly basis to ensure completion and add perspective.
7. Do I have to participate actively?
Active participation increases value, but you control your level of sharing.
8. Is everything shared publicly?
No. One-to-one sessions are private to the user. If any Community sessions are going to be shared publicly, that will be made explicitly clear to all participants.
9. Is Community and Coaching moderated?
Yes. WORK-SELF selects only the highest quality coaches. If there’s ever an issue with one of our coaches or Community members, please contact support@work-self.com.
10. Can I join a cohort later?
Potentially, depending on cohort availability. Feel free to contact support@work-self.com if you missed your opportunity and would like to participate.
Who It’s For
11. Who benefits most from Community and Coaching?
People actively working through career change or job transition.
12. Is it suitable for early-career users?
Yes. Early-career users benefit from Community and Coaching because it helps them build perspective quickly, pressure-test assumptions, and gain confidence in articulating direction before committing to a path.
13. Is it useful mid-career?
Yes. Mid-career users often use Community and Coaching to untangle stagnation, evaluate pivot vs progression options, and sense-check higher-stakes decisions with external perspective.
14. What about senior professionals?
Yes. Senior professionals use Community and Coaching as a space to reassess long-term direction, pressure-test decisions, and avoid reactive moves driven by burnout or uncertainty.
15. Is it helpful if I’m unemployed?
Yes. Community and Coaching helps unemployed users maintain momentum, stay accountable with outreach, refine positioning through feedback, and reduce isolation during the job search process.
16. Is it helpful if I’m overwhelmed?
Yes, it provides structure and reassurance.
17. Is it required to complete the Sprint?
Yes, attending your 4 weekly coaching reviews is required to complete your Sprint.
18. Can I use WORK-SELF without it?
Yes, though you’d be missing out on a huge value add.
19. Is Community and Coaching time-intensive?
No. You can interact with the Community and join sessions whenever is convenient for you. During the Sprint, coaching sessions are designed to fit alongside execution.
20. Do I need prior experience with coaching?
No, your coach will guide you through the process.
Mechanics & Participation
21. How often do sessions run?
Group sessions are run ad hoc during the Sprint while individual sessions are booked with your coach on a weekly basis.
22. How long are sessions?
Group Community sessions are typically 60 minutes while one-to-one coaching sessions run from 30–60 minutes. During the Sprint, weekly coaching reviews are set for 30 minutes.
23. Are sessions recorded?
Individual coaching sessions are never recorded. Group Community sessions may be recorded, but that will be made explicitly clear to all participants during registration.
24. Can I ask questions in sessions?
Yes.
25. Can I share my Career Assessment or Blueprint?
Only if you choose to. These two items would be shared with your selected coach, not publicly.
26. Can coaches see my data?
Only with explicit permission and with some exceptions. You’re in control of what you share and with whom.
27. Is participation confidential?
Yes.
28. Can I leave a cohort?
Yes.
29. Can I switch cohorts?
Subject to availability, yes.
30. Is there a code of conduct?
Yes.
Integration with the Sprint & Tools
31. How does Community support Week 1?
By normalising uncertainty and clarifying starting points.
32. How does it support Week 2?
By pressure-testing direction and decisions.
33. How does it support Week 3?
By reinforcing outreach consistency.
34. How does it support Week 4?
By helping evaluate offers and interviews.
35. Does Community influence Maya?
Indirectly, through clarified direction and confidence.
36. Does Community influence My Loops?
Yes, feedback often informs weekly focus.
37. Can my coach help with specific blockers?
Yes, that’s what they’re there to support you with. It’s helpful to take some notes on the challenge pre-session to give yourself some time to reflect.
38. Is coaching personalised?
Guidance is personal and contextual, but note that it’s not one-to-one therapy.
39. Can I get feedback on real situations?
Yes, absolutely. We encourage you to bring in your real world challenges to ensure feedback is as actionable as possible.
40. Does Community replace networking?
No, we encourage you to engage in networking in both physical and digital spaces as you move through your career transition.
Privacy & Data
41. Is my data secure?
Yes.
42. Is my data encrypted?
Yes.
43. Is my participation confidential?
Yes.
44. Is anything shared externally?
No.
45. Can I request data deletion?
Yes, contact support@work-self.com.
46. Can I export my data?
Yes, contact support@work-self.com.
47. Is my identity protected?
Yes.
48. Are sessions safe spaces?
Yes, with clear boundaries.
49. What if I have a concern?
Contact contact support@work-self.com or your coach.
50. Who should I contact with questions?
If you’re ever in doubt, contact support@work-self.com.