Soft Skills for Early Career Professionals
Early career professionals are expected to produce results yet need guidance. Supervisors care yet have no time to coach or mentor developing talent.
Positioning Self: Soft Skills is a coaching program that directly addresses common interpersonal challenges faced when nurturing future and fresh talent. The program meets individuals where and while they work to:
Empower early career professionals with interpersonal strategies so they can confidently demonstrate their value, build strong relationships, and navigate professional environments.
Equip supervisors with support strategies so they can build and strengthen their talent pipeline.
Program Overview
PARTICIPATION. Positioning Self: Soft Skills is for work-based learners, volunteers, interns, new hires, and other early career professionals to digest and apply soft skill strategies to daily work responsibilities, professional interactions, and workplace environments.
PRICING. Each 60-minute group coaching session is $25 per person per session. Each session is a separate, standalone lesson. Individuals can register for one or more sessions. Gift cards are available for employers, mentors, and family to purchase for the students, graduates, and early career prrofessionals in their life.
BECOME A SPONSOR. Sponsorship ranges from $2,500 to $10,000 for a 6-month period of recruitment, programming, and promotion. Sponsorships can be customized to your organization’s specific needs. Become a sponsor.
What Participants Are Saying
SELF-REFLECTION. “The program helped me reflect more often on my career development goals. It’s given me valuable insight and allowed me to consider perspectives I might not have thought of otherwise.”
CAREER GUIDANCE. “The program serves as a kind of career reference book, since I can revisit past lessons whenever needed.”
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. “The program feels like I’m conducting a performance evaluation on myself. It helps me recognize both my strengths and areas for improvement in a non-intimidating way.”
2025-2026 COACHING DATES
FALL 2025
September 8: Take Initiative
September 15: Apply Expertise
September 22: Solve Problems
September 29: Share Ideas
October 6: Form Relationships
October 13: Adapt & Pivot
October 20: Contribute Value
November 3: Develop Self
November 10: Work the Culture
November 17: Focus on Results
November 24: Clarify Goals
SPRING 2026
February 2: Take Initiative
February 9: Apply Expertise
February 16: Solve Problems
February 23: Share Ideas
March 2: Form Relationships
March 9: Adapt & Pivot
March 16: Contribute Value
March 23: Build Professionalism
March 30: Develop Self
April 6: Work the Culture
April 13: Focus on Results
April 20: Clarify Goals
SUMMER 2026
June 1: Take Initiative
June 8: Apply Expertise
June 15: Solve Problems
June 22: Share Ideas
June 29: Form Relationships
July 6: Adapt & Pivot
July 13: Contribute Value
July 20: Build Professionalism
July 27: Develop Self
August 3: Work the Culture
August 10: Focus on Results
August 17: Clarify Goals
Fall 2025 Coaching Dates
DOABLE: Take Initiative
MONDAY, SEPT 8 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Identify ways to contribute, foster trust, and demonstrate your value as a self-starter. REGISTER BY SEPT 5
TECHNICAL: Apply Expertise
MONDAY, SEPT 15 | 12 - PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Effectively share your knowledge in ways that resonate with your audience and make you an indispensable resource. REGISTER BY SEPT 12
QUESTIONABLE: Solve Problems
MONDAY, SEPT 22 | 12 - 1PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Identify and constructively communicate issues and propose improvements as an agent of positive change. REGISTER BY SEPT 19
DISCUSSIONAL: Share Ideas
MONDAY, SEPT 29 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Make your point concisely and clearly and share ideas through compelling storytelling to make them memorable and relatable. REGISTER BY SEPT 26
SOCIABLE: Form Relationships
MONDAY, OCT 6 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Introduce yourself to colleagues and share your passions to foster, deepen, and strengthen more authentic relationships. REGISTER OCT 3
WORKABLE: Adapt & Pivot
MONDAY, OCT 13 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Clearly identify tasks you can handle independently versus those requiring support, building confidence and demonstrating consistent progress. REGISTER BY OCT 10
POSSIBLE: Contribute Value
MONDAY, OCT 20 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Excel in every task--no matter how small--and proactively offer support and demonstrate your value beyond assigned tasks. REGISTER BY OCT 17
GROWABLE: Develop Self
MONDAY, NOV 3 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Intentionally reflect on your successes and identify problems to demonstrate how your unique abilities can address them. REGISTER BY OCT 31
ORGANIZATIONAL: Work the Culture
MONDAY, NOV 10 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Take note of the overarching goals for your company's key players and decision-makers to ensure your work directly supports those objectives. REGISTER BY NOV 7
CONTRIBUTABLE: Focus on Results
MONDAY, NOV 17 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Proactively seek opportunities to add value, and move from a passive approach to active teamwork that leverages collective strengths to achieve superior outcomes. REGISTER BY NOV 14
OPPORTUNELY: Clarify Goals
MONDAY, NOV 24 | 12 - 1 PM ET | $25 PER PERSON
Align career aspirations to experiences that energize you, environments where you thrive, professionals who inspire you, and the abilities you employ when you feel most engaged. REGISTER BY NOV 21