For experienced professionals who know something needs to change
A focused 90-minute private intensive to help you clarify what you want, choose a more fulfilling and rewarding career direction and take the first step towards making it real.
Book Your IntensiveMaybe you're wondering whether you need a new role, a new employer, a completely different career or simply a different way of working.
But this isn't a decision you're making with nothing to lose.
You may have a family, a mortgage, financial commitments and people who depend on you. You can't simply walk away from the career you've built and hope the next thing works out.
At the same time, staying another five or ten years in work that no longer fits doesn't feel like much of a solution either.
Does this sound familiar?
“What if I leave and realise my career wasn't actually the problem?”
“What if I change direction and end up feeling exactly the same?”
“I have ideas but how do I know which one would actually fit me?”
“I have responsibilities. I can't just quit and figure it out afterwards.”
You have too much invested to change on a whim and too much life ahead to stay stuck.
We explore what has changed, what no longer fits and when you have felt most engaged in your work. Together, we identify whether the problem lies in the work itself, your environment or the way your career fits into your life.
We separate genuine constraints from untested assumptions, and what matters to you from what others expect of you.
We identify the priorities, strengths and practical requirements that matter now. Then we map the strongest possibilities worth exploring and pinpoint what you still need to learn before you can make a confident decision.
You leave with a clearer picture of what needs to change, what must remain intact and where the most promising opportunities may lie.
Together, we design one focused, low-risk career experiment around the question you most need answered.
Rather than committing to a major change based on assumptions, you take a practical step into the real world, observe what happens and use what you learn to refine your direction.
“Although I pretty much knew what I’d like to shift into, one session with Mark helped me identify key activities that I can activate next in my journey. His approach is calm and his questions concisely hone in on what to do next. Whether you know where you wanna go next or identify what your next steps may be, Mark brings clarity and breaks it down into easy steps for you to move forward to the next stage in your career journey.”
“The session with Mark helped me see my career experience from a different perspective. He asked me questions that helped me start untangling my situation. The next day, he sent me a personalized plan that summarized our session and set clear objectives for the following two weeks. Having these concrete steps has been very helpful in getting started with the change.”
Private 1:1 service
90 minutes to stop circling the decision and work out what to test next.
Using the Untangle. Map. Test. Method we'll diagnose what needs to change, design the directions worth exploring, and de-risk your next move before you make a major commitment.
Crossroads Snapshot — so we start with the real problem
Private Career Crossroads Intensive — Untangle. Map. Test.
Personal Crossroads Map — your decision mapped on one page
14-Day Career Experiment — test one promising direction before you commit
The outcome: a clearer understanding of what needs to change, at least one direction worth exploring, and a practical way to test it.
What career decision am I actually facing?
What do I still need to learn before I can decide confidently?
What specific action will I take within the next 14 days to obtain that evidence?
If you cannot answer all three, you will receive an additional 30-minute private session at no extra cost.
If you still cannot answer them after that session,
I will refund your £149 in full.
Originally from the Netherlands and now based in Dubai, I have lived and worked in several countries and built a career across education, academic leadership, international business operations and coaching.
My own working life has taken a number of different turns. That experience has shown me that a career decision is rarely as simple as asking, “What other job could I do?” It also means understanding what no longer fits, what you want from your working life now and what you are not prepared to sacrifice in the process.
Much of my work has involved helping adults think more clearly, develop confidence and take practical steps forward. Crossroads Clarity brings those different strands of my experience together.
I will not tell you which career to choose or push you towards a dramatic reinvention. I will help you untangle the decision, identify what matters now and work out what to test before you make a major commitment.
Optional continued support
Some career decisions benefit from more time, experimentation and support.
If that is true for you, you'll have the option to continue with Crossroads Momentum: three further private sessions to help you test your direction, make sense of what you discover and turn that clarity into a practical plan.
There is no need to decide now.
Practical details
It may help you reach a decision, but no responsible coach can promise a perfect, final answer in 90 minutes. The Intensive will help you clarify what you want from your working life, identify the direction most worth exploring and work out what you still need to learn before making a major commitment. The final decision remains yours.
You do not need to arrive with a list of career ideas. We can start with what you want more and less of in your working life, what matters to you now, the strengths you want to use and the practical realities you need to consider. From there, we will identify promising directions and decide which one is most useful to explore first.
Then a complete career change may not be the answer. We will distinguish between the work itself and factors such as your role, employer, working culture, level of autonomy, workload and working pattern. The aim is to identify the level of change most likely to improve your working life before you make a bigger move than necessary.
No. You do not need to quit or even decide whether to quit before the session. We will design a next step with little risk that helps you gather evidence, such as speaking to someone in a different field, trying a small project, taking a short course or testing a different way of working before making a major commitment.
You will receive confirmation and a short Crossroads Snapshot to complete before your session. During the Intensive, we will clarify the decision you are facing, identify the direction most worth exploring and design a practical next step. Within 24 hours, you will receive your Personal Crossroads Map and tailored 14-Day Career Experiment. I will also check in with you in writing after 14 days.
By the end of your Intensive, you should be able to answer three questions: What career decision am I actually facing? What do I still need to learn before I can decide confidently? What specific action will I take within the next 14 days to obtain that evidence? If you cannot answer all three, you will receive an additional 30-minute private session at no extra cost. If you still cannot answer them after that session, I will refund your £149 in full.
You need to understand the decision and know what to test next.
Book Your Intensive 90 minutes · Online · Personal Crossroads Map included