Career, life & transition coaching
The guide I wish I'd had before I left corporate.
For managers and technical leaders who are good at their jobs, doing fine on paper, and deciding what the next chapter should be: a bigger role, a different company, or a different kind of life.
Does this sound familiar?
- Work feels flat, even when it's going well.
- You catch yourself thinking, "Is this it?"
- The next reorg fills you with more dread than the last one.
- You're ready for the next level, but the path from senior manager to director feels unwritten.
- You're weighing a big change and don't have anyone neutral to think it through with.
None of that means something is wrong with you. It usually means you're ready to decide what comes next, on purpose, while you still have the most options.
Moves we can work through
- Going for the promotion
- Making the step from senior manager to director: building the case, getting sponsors, and starting to operate at the next level before the title arrives.
- Switching firms
- Deciding whether to stay or go, telling your story to a new company, and landing well in a new culture.
- Changing course
- A new role, a new field, or work that fits who you are now.
- Stepping back
- Planning a sabbatical or retirement so it's a deliberate choice, not an escape.
What working together looks like
It's called coaching, but it blends three things.
Coaching
Space to think. You lead; we work on identity, meaning, energy, and what's next.
Mentoring
Two decades inside a large tech company. Reorgs, politics, and how to read the room.
Curated reading
The ideas worth your time, distilled. Arthur Brooks, Oliver Burkeman, Designing Your Life, and more.
How it works
- Engagement
- A defined 3- or 6-month arc, with the option to continue month to month afterward.
- Sessions
- Two 60-minute sessions a month, on video or in person.
- Walk and talk
- In Fort Collins, we can meet on a trail instead of a screen.
- In between
- Light email check-ins and reading picked for where you are.
- First step
- A free 30-minute intro call to see whether we're a fit.
About Chris
I spent nearly twenty years at HP and HPE as a technologist and manager leading transformations, operations, product development and design across SaaS, Cloud, and HPC. I've sat in the seat you're in, and I've watched a lot of good people stay stuck longer than they wanted to.
I started Always with Intent to help them, and you, make the next move deliberately. More about me.
Start with a conversation.
Thirty minutes, no pitch. Tell me where you are, and we'll see whether coaching is the right next step.