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For independent career coaches and small outplacement teams

A written brief before session one.

Your client answers guided questions on their own time. You get a written brief on what would make their career, or their retirement, meaningful, with Paths Worth Exploring.

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Contact for pricingA composite example. Same structure as a real brief.

What is in the brief

What would make their work meaningful, in their own words

It does not assess, diagnose, or tell them what to become. It leaves your method and your intake alone.

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Client brief, what it covers

The same sections as a real career brief. Clients past their career answer different questions and get a retirement version about what would make that chapter meaningful.

Your Strongest Contribution
What they do that others lean on, in their own words.
Where Love, Skill, and Pay Meet
Where care, competence, and livelihood already overlap.
Recurring Themes
Patterns that keep showing up across their history.
Career Directions Worth Trying
A few directions worth testing, drawn from what they said.
Paths Worth Exploring
Concrete paths to look at next, with why each fits.
A Different Way to See It
A short reframe of the situation they described.

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Before session one

The intake form stops at the job title

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A client books. You send the form. It comes back thin: a job title and a vague goal line.

So session one goes to catching up on where they've been and what they liked. The real question, what kind of work would mean something to them, waits until session two.

Foundpath gets that question answered in writing before you meet. Your method stays yours.

How it works

Three steps. Then session one.

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  1. 01

    A private link

    You send it before you've met the client. No setup beyond that.

  2. 02

    A guided interview

    About 45 minutes, on their own time. Voice-first: they can talk their answers through.

  3. 03

    The brief

    A written brief with Paths Worth Exploring, drawn from their answers.

Where you fit

Same brief. Different practice sizes.

Solo coaches, small teams, and career centers: one brief shape, sized to how you work.

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Solo coach

A client books, and you need them to arrive having already thought about what they want their work to mean, so session one starts from a written brief.

You're the whole practice. Discovery time is time you can't bill for anything else, and the intake form isn't doing that work for you.

You read the brief the night before. Session one opens on the work that would mean something to them.

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Practice or boutique firm

Work arrives faster than you can take it yourself, and every coach needs a written starting point before they meet, so quality doesn't depend on who got assigned.

Your most experienced coach has instincts your newest one hasn't built yet, and handoffs lose context.

Everyone starts from the same brief. What they do with it in the room is still their method. Credits sit in one account, and adding coaches costs nothing.

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Career center or outplacement provider

You're accountable for a cohort and a few advisors, and everyone needs to arrive with a direction in writing, whether that's a next role or a retirement they'd find meaningful, so advisor hours go where they're needed.

The ratio doesn't work. Hundreds of people, a few advisors, and little read on who needs help first. Procurement wants answers about data first.

Everyone works through the same process and your advisors get briefs.

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Questions coaches ask

Plain answers

What if my client won't do it?

Some never start, and you shouldn't pay for that. Inviting a client uses one credit, and if they haven't started within 30 days, it comes back to your account.

How much time does this take me?

Almost none. You send a link, then read the brief before your session. Answered at their own pace. They can stop and come back. Everything is saved.

How is the brief made?

Your client talks their answers through. You get a written brief with Paths Worth Exploring, built from what they said. It is a starting point for your session, not a diagnosis or assessment.

Is my client's information secure?

We use your client's answers only to write their brief. A few service providers process that data so we can do it, and our privacy policy lists each one.

Does this replace my intake form?

No. Foundpath does not replace your intake or your method. The client arrives with what they want their work, or their retirement, to mean already in writing. You still decide what you ask, what you keep, and how you work. The brief is a starting point, not a new system.

Does it work for clients near or in retirement?

Yes. The interview opens by asking whether this is about a next chapter in their career or after it. Clients past their career get different questions, and the brief is about what would make retirement meaningful. It doesn't cover money or retirement finances.

Where this stands

No case studies yet

Foundpath doesn't publish results that aren't real. When coaches are willing to put their name to it, their names go here. Until then you have your own read of the sample brief.

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Read the brief first

A composite example of the brief you read before session one. Talk comes after you've seen it.

Read a sample brief