The Core Career Dials

Take control of your career trajectory - the strategic guide for mid-career professionals

You've built solid experience and delivered strong results. Now you're ready for the next level - but you know that getting there requires more than just working harder.

This is the strategic career guide for mid-career professionals who want to move from reactive to proactive career management. Whether you're targeting senior leadership, exploring new directions, or simply want to feel more in control of what happens next, this book gives you the framework to make it happen.

Career and executive coaches Sarah Rourke and Dan Kiernan have worked with hundreds of professionals making internal and external moves, career pivots, building towards long-term goals, or simply becoming more strategic about where they are now. Drawing on their coaching experience, this book presents seven key areas that influence career success at senior levels, and a practical framework, The Core Career Dials, that shows you exactly where to focus your development efforts for maximum impact.

You'll learn how to:

• Assess your current position across seven key career development areas
• Identify which development points need your attention right now (and which don't)
• Create a strategic plan that moves multiple areas forward simultaneously
• Navigate the unwritten rules of career progression at senior levels
• Build the conditions for opportunities to come to you

This framework works whether you:

• Have a clear next role in mind or are still exploring options
• Want to progress internally or are considering external moves
• Are building towards long-term goals or need to create momentum now
• Prefer structured planning or more flexible, opportunistic approaches

Stop leaving your career development to chance. Start moving the needle on the dials that matter most.