Should I stay with this position or company for another year, or should I search for another one?  Am I in the right industry, company, or position for me?  Are my worklife and career headed in the right direction?  Are my skills competitive with others seeking the same kind of work as I am?  Is my career brand as strong as it can be?  Is my career recession-proof?  Is my life balance being negatively affected by my career?  Is my current work consistent with my values, passions, gifts, skills, and personality? If you've been asking yourself one or more of these questions lately, then your career needs a check-up.  No doubt you maintain your car regularly, get your teeth checked periodically, and go in for a physical every 1-2 years, so why not review the health of what pays for all that ... your job? That's the idea behind CSFW's Annual Career Check-Up in a nutshell.  But before I explain what the ACC entails, let me clarify one critical point:  what I mean by the word "career". The usual definition of a career is a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life.  But as a Career Coach, I find that definition too limiting for mass consumption.  I prefer a more holistic and expansive definition: Your career is all the things you have done throughout your adult life, either paid or unpaid, that have made a positive contribution to others. So, when I talk about an annual career check-up, I'm referring to an annual review process that helps you to evaluate the current state of the sum total of the things you have done throughout your adult life, either paid or unpaid, that have made a positive contribution to others. The Annual Career Check-Up is a 4-week coaching program that will help you to: Assess your 2006 achievements Determine where you are in the Cycle of Career Change Identify your personal and professional goals for 2007 Break through the barriers and tolerations that are getting in your way Evaluate the health of your worklife across 100 "vital signs" Create an action plan to improve or maintain your ACC scores Get support as you accomplish the steps you've decided to take to enhance your career's health Discover 100 ways to boost your career satisfaction How can the Annual Career Check-Up Coaching Program accomplish all this?  By offering you:   Four 1-hour Group Coaching Calls:  More than classes, these calls are accountability sessions.  Each has been designed to help you troubleshoot problems, brainstorm ideas, and execute solutions: Your Week #1 Group Coaching Call will help you to assess your 2006 work performance, determine where you are in the Cycle of Career Change, and establish your 2007 personal/professional goals. Your Week #2 Group Coaching Call will help you pinpoint your career/personal tolerations across the ACC's 10 Vital Signs areas and brainstorm how to breakthrough those that stand in the way of your career's progression. Your Week #3 Group Coaching Call will guide you through the Annual Career Check-Up Assessment which covers 10 questions in each of 10 Vital Sign areas: Your Current Position, Your Current Company, Your Current Industry, Your Self, Your Career/Life Direction, Your Professional Development, Your Career Branding, Your Communications & Relationships, Your Change Readiness, and Your Life Balance. This call will also assist you in crafting your Career Success Action Plan. Your Week #4 Group Coaching Call will prompt you to evaluate your Career Success Action Plan, learn and apply ways to improve your career satisfaction, and continue to breakthrough barriers to success. Calls will take place at 7 pm ET on 4 Thursdays:  January 18th, January 25th, February 1st, and February 8th.  [Value = $159]   Recordings of all Group Coaching Calls:  In case you miss one or more of the Group Coaching Calls, these recordings will keep you on track in this 4-week program and ensure you get as much out of the program as you can.  [Value = $99]   Private Email Coaching:  To help you to customize this program to your unique career needs, I'll be available to you for 30 days by email on an unlimited basis, from January 15th through February 12th.  [Value = $99]   Two Integrity Days:  The purpose of Integrity Days is to help you bust through barriers and accomplish the goals you've selected for your Annual Career Check-Up.  Over the course of 3 hours you'll check in with the group 3 times.  First, you'll call in to set goals for your Integrity Day.  One hour later you'll call in again to check in on your status, pinpoint any problems or barriers you're encountering, and learn break-through strategies.  Lastly, you'll call in when the Integrity Day is over to analyze what worked for you and what didn't and to celebrate your achievements.  Integrity Days will take place on Saturdays January 27th and February 3rd.  [Value = $149]   Members-Only Discussion Board and Networking Game:  Gain access to insights, ideas, and connections by joining in the ACC Discussion Board.  In addition to learning from your peers, you'll also gain new resources when I conduct an online version of Barbara Sher's Networking Game.  [Value = $99] In addition, the Annual Career Check-Up Coaching Program includes exclusive access to the online ACC Assessment, classnotes, links, worksheets, and CSFW's 2007 Life Designer.  Join the Annual Career Check-Up, a $605 value, for $97 if you register by January 15th ($127 after January 15th). Join the Annual Career Check-Up now, and welcome clarity and accountability into your worklife in 2007!