This interactive nine-week, in-person workshop on Midlife Career Change incorporates participant-led presentations on 11 key midlife challenges, assigned across Weeks 3-9. Presentations will be followed by group discussion, polls, and peer exercises. This builds ownership, vulnerability, and collective wisdom while keeping sessions dynamic.

Program Overview

Sessions are 3 hours weekly (27 hours total), with 2-4 hours homework, including presentation prep for assigned participants. Templates will be provided, and presentations will be timed.

Objectives

• Assess personal values, strengths, and barriers to change.
• Develop identity shift, skills repositioning, learning & experimentation, social capital, personal brand, support system and accountability, and financial and lifestyle strategies for midlife shifts.
• Build networks, action plans, and peer support through interactive participant-led sessions.

Weekly Breakdown

Week 1: Self-discovery

Week 2: Life Inventory

Week 3: Motivation and Barriers

Week 4: Career Exploration

Week 5: Skill Building

Week 6: Financial Planning

Week 7: Networking and Trials

Week 8: Action Planning

Week 9: Launch and Sustain