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Inner Quest: Craft and Activate an Intentional Career Strategy

4.8 (10)

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5 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Unlock the power of self-awareness and strategy to craft and activate a unique career with purpose, clarity, and intent.

Coached Tech Leaders and Pros at:

Microsoft
Amazon Web Services
GitHub
Google

Course overview

Innovating and transforming your career strategy for 2025 starts now!

🤖 With AI changing the work landscape, do you have a robust career strategy that ensures you thrive and remain relevant doing work you love?


This course guides you from self-discovery to strategic action, empowering you to build an intentional career that aligns with your values, strengths, and aspirations.


You can gain clarity on who you are, who you want to become, and how to take purposeful steps toward your career goals.


Learn the critical career management frameworks and skills not taught in schools or organizations.


Discover how self-awareness and practicing the course concepts will drive daily clarity and doing work that aligns with your stated destiny.


What You'll Gain by Applying Course Concepts:

✓ Increased compensation through a unique value proposition

✓ Deeper fulfillment and meaning in your work

✓ Enhanced self-confidence and trust

✓ Improved well-being and emotional intelligence

✓ Standout personal brand and identity

✓ Heightened motivation and energy

✓ Laser-focused productivity

✓ Reduced anxiety and career uncertainty

✓ Breakthrough performance


Course Highlights:

- Inside-Out Approach: Develop a creative mindset and clear sense of self

- Proven Framework: Synthesize the ingredients of your best self

- Live Sessions: Engage in exercises to shape your direction and build skills

- Supportive Community: Collaborate in an interactive Slack group

- Certified Coach: Get feedback from a leadership coach and career strategy expert


Why Choose Inner Quest:

- Expert-Curated Content: Integrates strategies from world-renowned thought leaders

- Personalized Coaching: Continuous support from an expert coach

- Actionable Playbook: Leave with insights and a tailored plan to unlock your potential


Audience and Pain Points:


Are you feeling lost in your career, unsure of your next steps?


- Inner Quest guides you through a transformative journey of self-awareness to uncover your true career aspirations and develop a clear, actionable path to achieve them.


This course is for professionals who are tired of feeling stuck and ready to take control of their career direction.


- By deepening your self-awareness, you’ll learn to make conscious career decisions that align with your values and goals, leading to greater fulfillment and success.


Are you feeling unfulfilled in your current role, craving more than just a paycheck?


- The Inner Quest course is designed for professionals like you who are seeking personal growth and a career with purpose. Through self-awareness and intentional action, you’ll learn to align your work with your values and find greater meaning in your professional life.


This course isn’t just about career advancement; it’s about discovering who you are at your core and aligning that with meaningful work.


- Whether you’re looking to pivot your career or find more satisfaction in your current role, Inner Quest provides the tools to help you grow personally and professionally.


If you’re seeking more than just a job—if you’re looking for a career that fulfills you and reflects your true self—this course is for you.


- Inner Quest combines self-awareness exercises with actionable strategies to help you create a successful and deeply meaningful professional life.


⚡️ When we learn how to become our best selves and pursue our destiny with conviction, we become a force multiplier for others to do the same.


Voice of the customer at the end of the course:


🎙️"I don't have to doubt that I'm not good enough anymore."


🎙️"I feel more like I am in my element."


🎙️"My vision got bigger each week."


🎙️"By sharing my vision with my wife, the exercises helped my professional growth and improved my communication."


🎙️"I can easily learn a course about AI, but learning about myself, changing myself, and shaping how the world perceives me? That’s much harder. I needed a course to learn about me.”


🚀 Transform Your Life and Career—Join the Inner Quest Now


- Only a few spots remain - secure your spot today

- Take control of your destiny before other forces do it for you

- Limited to 12 cohort members


🌟 Bonus: Personalized 1:1 coaching session post-course.


🌟 Bonus: Access to periodic updates of course materials.


🌟 Bonus: Ongoing support through the Inner Quest Community.

This course is for you if...

01

You are curious and driven to maximize your potential and current performance but unsure of what actions to take next

02

You have high ambitions for your career and want clarity in your vision, who you want to become, and more control over your destiny.

03

You want to accelerate the transition from a corporate job to an entrepreneurial venture you run on your terms.

What you'll get out of this course

Compose a compelling vision of your destiny

  • Discover your values to align decisions with what is most important
  • Reframe beliefs to neutralize what is holding you back
  • Invent a purpose to guide you toward meaningful work
  • Design compelling goals to drive focus and engagement
  • Write a vivid story of your destiny

Design who you must become to realize your vision

  • Create a new identity to restructure your mind
  • Design a value proposition to clarify your offer
  • Structure behaviors that deliver your desired outcomes
  • Distill principles to drive behaviors that get you what you want
  • Connect with emotions to manage energy

Create freedom to accelerate toward your vision

  • Construct boundaries to protect yourself and create independence
  • Decide what you must let go of to travel further toward your vision
  • Embrace your dark side to increase drive and overcome fear
  • Synthesize the skills required to master your value prop
  • Compose technology to automate

Activate your vision and best self to transform

  • Recruit mentors to master your craft with less effort and time
  • Secure a partner to hold you accountable to your goals
  • Build a powerful network to boost visibility and influence
  • Formulate a plan to build skills that strengthen your value prop
  • Build a memorable brand to stand out

Present insights to internalize your self-awareness and drive change

  • Summarize the insights you derived on the quest to internalize your self-awareness
  • Present your learnings to the cohort to solidify your commitment and get feedback
  • You will leave with a playbook of 20+ completed assignments to unlock your full potential

This course includes

11 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

98 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

29 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Oct 21—Oct 27

    Oct

    21

    Inner Quest: Week 1 Live Session

    Mon 10/2111:00 PM—12:30 AM (UTC)

    Oct

    24

    Optional: Inner Quest Office Hours

    Thu 10/2411:00 PM—12:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

    1.0: Compose a Compelling Vision

    9 items

    1.1: Discover Your Core Values

    6 items

    1.2: Reframe Self-Limiting Beliefs

    8 items

    1.3: Formulate Your Purpose

    9 items

    1.4: Design Compelling Goals

    6 items

Week 2

Oct 28—Nov 3

    Oct

    29

    Inner Quest: Week 2 Live Session

    Tue 10/2911:00 PM—12:30 AM (UTC)

    Oct

    31

    Optional: Inner Quest Office Hours

    Thu 10/3111:00 PM—12:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

    2.0: Create Your New Identity

    11 items

    2.1: Critique and Design Behaviors

    5 items

    2.2: Synthesize Principles

    5 items

    2.3: Name Emotions and Derive Meaning

    6 items

Week 3

Nov 4—Nov 10

    Nov

    6

    Inner Quest: Week 3 Live Session

    Wed 11/612:00 AM—1:30 AM (UTC)

    Nov

    8

    Optional: Inner Quest Office Hours

    Fri 11/812:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

    3.0: Construct and Communicate Boundaries

    8 items

    3.1: Evaluate and Release Attachments

    5 items

    3.2: Unleash Your Dark Side

    7 items

    3.3: Invent Your Alter Ego

    5 items

    3.4: Synthesize Your Unique Skills

    4 items

Week 4

Nov 11—Nov 17

    Nov

    13

    Inner Quest: Week 4 Live Session

    Wed 11/1312:00 AM—1:30 AM (UTC)

    Nov

    15

    Optional: Inner Quest Office Hours

    Fri 11/1512:00 AM—1:00 AM (UTC)
    Optional

    4.0: Build a Powerful Network

    11 items

    4.1: Create a Memorable Brand

    7 items

    4.2: Develop a Learning Roadmap

    5 items

    4.3: Leverage Technology

    5 items

Week 5

Nov 18—Nov 21

    Nov

    20

    Inner Quest: Week 5 Live Session - Part 1

    Wed 11/2012:00 AM—1:30 AM (UTC)

    Nov

    22

    Inner Quest: Week 5 Live Session - Part 2

    Fri 11/2212:00 AM—1:30 AM (UTC)

Post-course

Bonus

    One-on-One Coaching Session

    1 item

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Data and AI Leader | Berkeley Haas B-School Instructor | Certified Coach

James Gray

James Gray

Data and AI Executive | Certified Coach | Berkeley B-School Instructor

James Gray is a Data and AI Executive who partners with leading companies to leverage technology to create a competitive edge. He focuses on data, AI, and leadership to drive transformative results.


In addition to his work with organizations, James teaches data and artificial intelligence strategy at the prestigious Berkeley Haas School of Business.


Over the past 30+ years, he has held CIO, CPO, data science, and product management roles at leading organizations like Microsoft. James has a long track record for developing talent in organizations and coaching leaders and professionals in the tech sector.


Why I started this course

My purpose is to help you deepen your self-awareness in a safe and confidential space, discover your best self, and catalyze a direction that brings out your full potential.


You can learn more about my experience on LinkedIn and JamesGray.AI.

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Course schedule

3-6 hours/week or 8 hrs for weekend

  • Inner Quest Month Cohort

    Tuesdays 7-8:30 PM US ET

    Tuesday Live Instruction (1.5 hours)

    Thursday Office Hour (Optional - 1 hour)

  • Inner Quest Weekend Cohort

    Sat & Sun 12 -4 PM US ET

    Live instruction and assignments

    Optional AMA with James (4-5 PM ET)

Free resource

How Does Looking Inward Change Your Life?

The most important conversation you have is with yourself. When there is an internal misalignment, your lack of deep self-awareness can influence your life in various ways:

  • remaining stuck in a job that no longer serves you
  • confusion
  • anxiety and fear
  • minimal growth
  • weak relationships

Your mindset becomes a superpower when it's aligned and integrated. Read how my life changed by adopting these 10 building blocks that activated my transformation.

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Learning is way better with cohorts, with personalized guidance from an expert coach

Learning is way better with cohorts, with personalized guidance from an expert coach

A private, intimate experience

This course is limited to just 7 people so that my instruction and our discussions are personal, private, and memorable.

Active hands-on learning, not passive watching

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects to create an environment that produces deliverables and reflection. I'll teach a concept, show you an example, give you an exercise, and then you'll do it. You'll learn by doing, not watching. The intent is to create drafts of your content that you can then refine outside the live session as needed.


I will spend 7+ hours with you during live sessions and an optional 6 hours for office hours.

Learn with a cohort of peers

Connect and engage with like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you. Collaborating and helping each other through exercise will answer common questions and ensure each person makes progress.

Personalized guidance and feedback

The deliverables you create and internalize are key to enabling your transformation. I will hold a one-hour office hour weekly to provide personalized feedback and answer questions. My role as a coach is to pose questions that help you gain deeper awareness and not offer advice as you know yourself best.

Cohort collaboration

We'll have a private Slack channel for our cohort to post questions and answers, small wins, and provide the support that helps us build consciousness and energy.

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