Private 1:1 Coaching

Your company has a performance plan. Who’s managing your career?

Private career coaching for what comes next, and what’s happening right now.

PromotionCareer changeDifficult managerPerformance reviewMore visibilityA bigger roleA hard conversationFiguring out what you want next
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Managed for you
Your performance plan
  • Goals set by the business
  • A review once or twice a year
  • The role the org needs filled next
Managed by you
Your career strategy
  • What you are actually good at
  • Proof of what changed because of you
  • The decisions you make about what comes next
Sound familiar

You’ve built years of experience. Now you need to know what to do with it.

  • You want to earn more or grow, but you are not sure what experience, skills, or next step will actually get you there.
  • You may be ready for a promotion, bigger role, or more visibility, but you have not built the case for why your work shows you are ready.
  • Something at work is not going the way you expected, and you need help figuring out your options and how to respond.
  • You know you need to have a conversation with your manager, advocate for yourself, or address something directly, but you want to think it through and practice it first.
  • You have years of experience, but your resume or the way you talk about your work does not fully capture the skills, impact, and results behind it.
  • You see opportunities that interest you, but you are not always sure how the experience you already have connects, or whether the opportunity is actually the right move.
  • When someone asks what you are good at or what you have accomplished, you know you have done a lot, but it is harder to explain it in a way that shows the full picture.

You don’t have to wait until you’re job searching to get serious about your career.

Build your strategy
01

Understand your value

Know what you’re good at, what your work proves, the impact you’ve created, and where those skills can take you.

Navigate the moment
02

Navigate what’s happening now

Work through the situations affecting your career: growth, management, visibility, performance, compensation, difficult conversations, or deciding whether to stay or move.

Practice the move
03

Practice what comes next

Don’t just leave knowing what to do. Practice how you’ll say it, make the case, have the conversation, tell the story, or make the move.

What changes when you have a strategy, and someone to work through it with

Clarity is where it starts. The rest comes from having someone to think it through with.

  • You know how to explain the value of your work.
  • You have evidence for promotions, raises, interviews, and opportunities.
  • You know your options when something at work isn’t going the way you expected.
  • You can prepare for difficult conversations before having them.
  • You get candid feedback instead of sitting alone wondering whether you’re reading the situation correctly.
  • You leave knowing what you’re actually going to do next.
How sessions work

Structured enough to move you forward. Flexible enough for real life.

We have a process for building your career strategy, so we don’t spend every session trying to figure out where to start.

But your career doesn’t happen according to a curriculum. If something comes up at work, bring it in.

We’ll use the session to think through what’s happening, understand your options, challenge your assumptions, practice what you want to say, and decide what you’re going to do next.

1Think it through
2See your options
3Practice it
4Make your move
Two programs

Two ways to work with me.

One builds your strategy. The other builds it, then stays with you while you execute.

Program One

Career Foundation

Build the foundation.

Understand your experience, clarify your direction, and build the strategy for what comes next.

Best if you want to build the strategy with me, then execute on your own.

What’s included
  • Four 60-minute private coaching sessions
  • Live coaching on what’s happening at work, in any session
  • A Work + Skill Inventory built from your full work history, connecting the tasks you’ve done to the skills and business impact behind them
  • Task–Skill–Impact–Proof chains that turn your everyday work into evidence you can use in reviews, interviews, and your resume
  • A personalized Metrics + Impact Guide showing what metrics define your work, how to calculate or track them, and how to talk about them
  • A Personalized Career Blueprint outlining your strongest skill sets, how to talk about your value, where your experience can transfer, the gaps you need to address, and roles to explore next
  • A 30-Day Execution Plan built around your career goal
Choose this if
  • You’re unsure what role fits your experience.
  • You’re changing careers.
  • You’re preparing for a promotion.
  • You struggle to explain your work.
  • You want clarity before updating your resume.
$7964 private 60-minute sessions
Where this leaves you

Knowing what you bring to the table, and where you should go next.

Enroll in Career Foundation
Program Two Includes Foundation

Career Strategy

Build it, then execute it with me.

Everything in Career Foundation, plus four additional sessions for positioning, practice, feedback, execution, and the real career situations that come up along the way.

Best if you want me in the room while you execute.

What’s included
  • Eight 60-minute private coaching sessions
  • Everything in Career Foundation, plus:
  • Dedicated sessions to practice, get feedback, and work through what comes up while you execute
  • A resume or a performance review, your choice
  • A positioning statement and your Career Story Bank
  • A People Map, an outreach plan, and two scripts
  • A “tell me about yourself” answer, plus interview and promotion practice
  • A final progress review and a revised 30-day plan
Choose this if
  • You already know what you want to go after.
  • You want personalized coaching while executing your plan.
  • You want someone holding you to the plan, not just handing it to you.
  • You have a conversation or decision coming up at work and want to practice it first.

Practice is built around whatever you’re walking into: an interview, a promotion conversation, a pitch to your manager, or a hard conversation.

$1,5928 private 60-minute sessions
Where this leaves you

With your strategy built, your career materials stronger, and your plan already in motion.

Enroll in Career Strategy
Payment plans

Pick a payment plan at checkout for either program. Nothing to request, nothing to arrange.

Get your company to pay

Most of my clients do. Talent development, coaching, and professional development budgets all cover this, and I’ll write you a letter to submit.

After you enroll

You’ll receive an email to create your password, with the link to your course.

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Side by side

Line by line

Every session answers one question and builds one thing. The first four are in both programs. The last four are what Career Strategy adds. Every session also leaves room for live coaching on what’s happening at work.

What’s included
Foundation4 × 60 min · $796
Strategy8 × 60 min · $1,592
Private coaching sessions
4
8
Session by session
“What have I actually done in my career?”Turn tasks into precise skill language, with 8–12 real examples from your own work.
“What is the proof of my impact?”Build Task–Skill–Impact–Proof chains and name your metrics, with or without a dashboard.
“What will take me from point A to point B?”Research target roles and salary, then assess the gap between where you are and where you are going.
“What will I do in the next 30 days?”Build your 30-Day Execution Plan around your career goal.
“How do I tell my story and highlight my work?”Write your positioning, then your resume or your performance review, whichever you need.
“Who do I need to know or speak with to reach the goal?”Build your People Map and an outreach plan with scripts, instead of networking at random.
“Can I explain my value under pressure?”Practice interviews, promotion conversations, and your pitch until the answer holds up.
“What is working and what needs to change?”Review results against the plan, then revise the next 30 days.
Live coaching + practice
Work through current career and workplace situationsBring in what is happening at work, in any session.
Candid coaching and challenge
Practice important conversationsFoundation: as situations come up. Strategy: dedicated practice sessions.
Practice your career stories and positioning
Feedback while you execute

Every program includes

Every coaching client receives access to the tools and resources used throughout the program. Nothing expires when the sessions end.

  • Career Planning App
  • Career Accelerator Kit
  • Task → Skill Workshop
  • Career Pathways Guide
  • Job Search Playbook
  • Interview Story Guide
  • Resume Metrics Guide
  • Worksheets, templates, and coaching resources
In their words

People who did the work, and then learned how to say it.

“
Practice + execute New job in three months, promoted six months later
Mariah jumped right in and went straight to the root of who I am and what I do. She guided me in highlighting my unique professional experience and helped me to articulate my past roles to hiring managers.
Tahj P.
3 mofrom first session
to a new job
6 moin the role before
his first promotion
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for January 2027

We named his skill set, prepared him for the role, and then wrote the performance review that made the case for the next one.

Understand your value
“ This research and breakdown is beyond impressive. I thought I was in a box and the research shows so much more.
Dwight B.
Position your experience
“ When I saw the resume, I thought, ‘Whoa, this looks like a really good candidate.’ It helped me realize I could aim for bigger roles without exaggerating my experience. Everything connected back to work I had actually done. I had just been underplaying it.
Raphael H.
Who you’re learning from

Career advice from someone who has done the hiring.

Mariah Bayne spent 13+ years across sales, customer success, operations, and account management, managing more than $500M in new and recurring revenue and hiring or interviewing over 350 professionals.

She has been on both sides of every conversation this work prepares you for. The hiring, the reviews, the promotions, the tough asks. She knows what actually gets someone chosen, and what quietly gets them passed over.

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Before you decide

Questions people ask first

What if I don’t know what I want to do?
That’s okay. Many clients begin with uncertainty. The first part of the process is designed to help you identify your strengths, transferable skills, and career direction before making decisions.
Do I need this if I like my current job?
Especially then. Career strategy is easiest to build while things are going well, because you have time to be intentional instead of reactive. Staying is also a strategy, and it works better when you can name and prove what you contribute. This supports promotions, performance reviews, internal moves, and leadership growth, not just job searches.
Can I bring what’s happening at work into a session?
Yes. There is a process for building your strategy, so we never spend a session figuring out where to start. But if something comes up at work, bring it in. We’ll think through what’s happening, look at your options, challenge your assumptions, practice what you want to say, and decide what you’re going to do next.
How much of my time does this take?
Sessions are 60 minutes. Plan on a minimum of two hours a week for learning, including our sessions, and at least another two hours for planning and execution. You book your four or eight sessions at a pace that works for you, and everything is completed within four months of purchase.
Is this worth the investment?
Ask the other question first: what does it cost to stay exactly where you are? Another year in a role you have outgrown. Another review where you undersell what you did. Another opening you talk yourself out of. That cost is real, it compounds, and it is almost always larger than the price of doing the work.
Will this work in my industry or at my level?
Yes. Everything is built from your own work history and goals, not a template for one industry or title, so it applies at any level and at each stage of your career.
What do I actually walk away with?
Every client leaves with more than coaching sessions. You’ll leave with a Personalized Career Blueprint that outlines your transferable skills, business impact, career opportunities, and a strategy tailored to your goals. In Career Strategy you also choose one written asset, either a resume I write for you or a performance review we write together, plus practice for the conversation ahead, implementation coaching, and the tools to keep building your career long after our work together.
Can I get my employer to pay for this?
Most of my clients do. Talent development, coaching, and professional development budgets all cover this kind of program, and I accept professional development stipends. If you need something to submit for approval, ask me and I will write you a letter explaining the program, the deliverables, and what your employer gets out of it.
Is there a payment plan?
Yes. You can choose a payment plan at checkout for either program, so there is nothing to request.
What is the refund policy?
Sessions are non-refundable once the work has started, but they are yours to use at your own pace within the four-month window.
What happens after I enroll?
You’ll receive an email to create your password, with the link to your course.
Why is Career Strategy more?
Career Foundation helps you build your strategy. Career Strategy adds four sessions to execute it with me: positioning, practice, feedback, and the real situations that come up along the way.
Start where you are

Your career is already happening. You don’t have to manage it alone.

Build your strategy, work through what’s happening now, and practice what comes next.

Enroll in Career Strategy Want to build the foundation first? Start with Career Foundation.
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