What To Do After Leaving A Corporate Career: Your Step By Step Exit Strategy For Before, During and After You Quit
Updated: Sep 14
After leaving a corporate career, work through an exit strategy to define your next career goal, practise and test your ideas, and publicise it to a wider network. You should also make sure to check your notice period, build an options fund, update your online presence and collect evidence of the results you created in your career before you quit.
Which all sounds like - a lot, right? 😅 So let’s break it down, step by step!
In this article I’m going to walk you through the essential steps to take before, during and after leaving your corporate career. This exit strategy is based on my years as a career coach and educator, helping people from 18 to 50 find more purpose, meaning and fulfillment in their work.
After reading this post, you’ll know:
Why it’s crucial to think ahead so you avoid the trap of acting from fear
Exactly what keeps you hopping from one unsatisfying job to another
The four things you should do before you hand in your notice
And my 12 Week Exit Strategy so you can leave corporate even if you don’t have a plan
Make yourself a cup of something tasty (my current obsession is cinnamon hot chocolate), find a notebook and pen, and let’s get cracking!
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Life After Leaving a Corporate Career: Why It’s Crucial To Think Ahead
It’s crucial to think ahead to life after leaving a corporate career because otherwise you can end up jumping from one unfulfilling job to another, repeating mistakes and missing out on opportunities for meaningful work.
When you notice the signs your career is stagnating and you start thinking about quitting, the tendency is to focus hard on actually handing your notice in. Everything becomes about that one single act, mustering the courage to take the leap and get out of an industry you might’ve been in for 10 or 15 years. It can be nerve-wracking!
It’s understandable that all your brain power is being used on that big event, but without thinking ahead to life after your resignation, you can end up stuck in a vicious cycle that looks something like this:
Pluck up the courage to quit your corporate job
Breathe a sigh of relief after it’s all done
As soon as you’re out of there, start panicking about what’s next
Take the first high-paying job you can because you’re not sure what you actually want to do
Get distracted by the novelty of the new job for a few months
Feel unfulfilled and bored so decide you need to move on
… and the cycle repeats itself
Without thinking ahead, you’ll find yourself on an emotional rollercoaster that peaks when you quit something boring (hooray!) and absolutely plummets when you start panicking (argh!). It’s exhausting and you end up just going in circles, stuck in an endless loop of jobs you don’t really like.
Why Do I Keep Cycling Through Jobs I Don’t Like?
The reason this cycle happens is because many people decide to quit their corporate job from what I define as ‘fear motivation’.
They’re afraid of wasting their life, getting stuck in a career rut, or simply have major FOMO of the tanned digital nomads they see on Instagram working from a Bali beach. Their fear inspires their goal (to quit) and their actions (handing in their notice). Doesn’t matter whether it’s a fear of missing out, getting stuck, etc.; it’s all running away from something they don’t want.
Fear motivation can be extremely beneficial to get you to take that initial leap from somewhere ‘safe’ to somewhere a little bit unknown. It’s a powerful emotion that can push us to action like no other! But there are two problems with fear motivation.
Problem 1: Fear is Unsustainable
First, fear motivation is unsustainable. You can’t keep running away from what you’re afraid of forever, but that’s exactly what a lot of people who quit their corporate job do.
They’re scared of staying stuck in their current job, so they take inspired action to leave …
… but then they feel afraid of not having a job, so they get another corporate job …
… and the cycle continues. It’s exhausting!
(By the way, I explain more about why this happens and the effect is has on your career goals in my YouTube video, Why Your Goals Keep Running Out of Steam.)
Problem 2: Fear is Unhelpful
Second, fear motivation does not help you decide or define what you actually want. It’s all about what you don’t want: “I don’t want to be stuck”, “I don’t want to waste my life”, “I don’t want to be bored”. But what do you actually want?
So you don’t want to be stuck: do you want to have momentum and dynamism or is it more like manageable, steady progress? And if so, towards what?
You don’t want to waste your life: if you want to feel your life is full and rich, what does that look like? Like, in detail?
And when it comes to avoiding boredom: if you want to be entertained, excited and inspired, how does that manifest for you? What version of that are you truly interested in?
Most people simply do not think about these questions. They are so focused on getting away from what they don’t want, they never pause, reflect and plan for what they do want. And it has consequences.
What Happens When You Quit Your Corporate Job Without Thinking
I’ll give you the example of my friend, who I’ll call Stevie (after one of my all time favourite rock stars). Stevie had worked high up in the civil service for twenty years, and while she was great at her job the time had come where her employer no longer matched her values. She was frustrated and fed up. She knew there was something else she wanted to do, but her first priority was getting out of there.
It probably took her about 12 months to muster the courage and actually leave. She’d started looking at opportunities in more ethical sectors, so she already had a bit of direction and wasn’t quite operating from pure fear motivation. But what happened next was very interesting.
Stevie decided to explore her new options and threw herself into training and volunteering in the ethical sector. She did every course going, filling her time with studying and working and learning. In those first six months after quitting, Stevie ended up working more hours than she had ever done in her corporate job, and getting paid significantly less (if at all).
It came to a point where Stevie was absolutely exhausted. She’d swapped her all-consuming corporate career for the all-consuming process of training and volunteering, without ever stopping to wonder what she actually wanted. And while those months of learning stood her in good stead for her next move, she’d paid the price: her wellbeing was low, she was unhappy with her eating habits, and she’d left herself no time to work on one of her bigger life goals - to meet a romantic partner.
Thinking ahead to life after leaving a corporate career is not just about the practical changes you might need to make (hello off-peak gym subscription and homemade chai lattes). It’s about thinking ahead to what you want - the daily work, career, experience and lifestyle that you truly desire - so that you can make decisions and take action inspired by the opposite of fear motivation: love.
If Stevie’s story resonates with you, then you might want to read Why Hitting Your Career Goals Still Feels Empty to understand more about what motivates you to set career goals - and how to make sure those goals are right for you.
What Should You Do Before Quitting A Corporate Job
Before quitting a corporate job, you should check your notice period, build an options fund, update your online presence, and collect evidence of the results you have achieved while working.
I’ve noticed that when people are in a rush to leave their corporate job, they end up making mistakes that cause bigger problems later on. So before we get into the 12 week exit strategy I’ve put together for you, here are four things you should do before you hand in your notice.
Action 1: Check Your Notice Period
Before you quit, read through your contract carefully (or, you know, for the first time 😬) and check your notice period. When I worked in a marketing agency, my notice period was one month; as a university lecturer, it was three months. Check the notice period for both you quitting and for them making you redundant - they might be different.
You need to do this because it will help you plan out your next steps. If your notice period is just 30 days, you’ll need to have a different plan for life after corporate than someone who has a longer ‘runway’. Do not hand your notice in without checking how long your runway will be! You need that data to inform your exit strategy.
In the UK, the official (aka minimum) notice period that your employer can give you is between one and 12 weeks, depending on how long you’ve been in that role:
Between one month and two years: at least one week’s notice
Between two and 12 years: one week’s notice for each year
For 12 years or more: 12 weeks’ notice
However, from my experience, most employers have a longer notice period - both for redundancy and for you quitting - to make sure there’s some sort of smooth handover. But if you’re keen to leave as early as possible (for whatever reason), then Citizens Advice has some useful information on negotiating a shorter notice period.
Action 2: Start Building An Options Fund
Once you’ve checked your notice period, you’ll have a better idea of how long your ‘runway’ is to leave your corporate career. This then informs your strategy for the next step: building an options fund.
An options fund is my term for a pot of money you save and then use to explore other career options after you quit your job. This doesn’t need to be a huge amount: when I quit my full time corporate job I had saved three months of basic expenses (such as rent, bills, groceries, etc.) rather than a full lifestyle buffer.
Having an options fund will mean that when you do quit, you won’t start to immediately panic that you don’t have any money. It’ll save you from jumping into the next job that comes your way, allowing you time to think about what you truly want.
How Much To Save Before Quitting Your Corporate Job
To work out how much to save before quitting your corporate job, you’ll need to calculate your basic expenses for three months - that means life’s essentials, not including things like manicures, gym membership, streaming services, etc.
With that number in mind, work out how and where you can save that money. This is where your notice period and exit strategy start to work together. Will it take you 3, 6, or 9 months of consistent saving to get your options fund together? If it’ll take you 6 months, and you have a two month notice period, then start putting money aside now and hand over that resignation letter in four months’ time.
Building your options fund in this way will not only help you when you do eventually leave your corporate career, but by planning it out carefully you’ll give yourself a longer period in which to get psychologically ready to leave. Then, instead of quitting in a fit of rage, you’ll resign gracefully - and feel actually ready to do so.
I mention this options fund in another one of my articles, How To Get Out Of A Career Rut In Your 30s, which also has a bunch of tips on making corporate life bearable before you hand in your notice.
Action 3: Update Your Online Presence
It’s not particularly fun, cool or exciting but before you quit your corporate job, you should update your online presence, including social media (especially LinkedIn) and your CV.
I update my CV and LinkedIn profile religiously. My other social media accounts are a direct reflection of my work and interests. My website is full of writing that demonstrates my knowledge (like this one 😉) and if anyone Googles my name, they can see who I am and what I’m about.
That’s because, as a self-employed person, if no-one knows who I am, or what I do, then I’ll be invisible. I don’t have a manager, sales team or marketing agency trumpeting about me from the rooftops; the responsibility to be seen is mine. When I’m seen, the people who I could support or who want to collaborate with me can find me. That means more opportunities and invitations to do what I do best.
But when you’ve been employed for years - or decades - this isn’t how you think. Someone else has been in charge of ‘selling’ what you offer, of promoting the business you work for, etc. You haven’t needed to be visible.
Instead your LinkedIn is as dusty as a mid-west saloon, your CV hasn’t been updated in six years, and your online presence is dedicated to sharing videos of dogs getting spa treatments - all under your alter-ego username “cooljazz1993” 🤨
The result? Your excellence is invisible.
Which means when you do come to quit your job and you’re looking to get noticed by potential customers / clients / collaborators / employers, it’s going to be difficult for them to do that because they do not know you exist.
So updating your online presence and CV is crucial to reflect who you are now, the skills you have, the results you’ve created and what you are looking to do next.
How To Update Your LinkedIn Without Your Employer Seeing
If you want to update your LinkedIn profile without your employer seeing, you can change your settings so your connections aren’t notified. But this is just one element of a bigger issue I’ve noticed: that people in corporate careers can be nervous or reticent to update their online presence, in case their colleagues or employer sees.
“But if I start updating my LinkedIn, and posting about my ideas on social media, won’t that look a bit suspicious? Won’t they realise I might be getting ready to quit?”
Listen, here’s something I learnt when I was a baby copywriter, churning out articles every day to boost some random brand’s SEO: no-one is paying any attention to you.
I have written thousands of words no-one has ever read. I’ve made videos that felt sooo nerve-wracking to post … and then no-one watched them. My latest LinkedIn post (at the time of writing) got about 350 impressions, and only because it was about Dolly Parton. Literally no-one is watching.
So start updating your online presence. Start posting. On LinkedIn, turn off the feature that announces your every action to your network so you’re able to update your profile discreetly:
Quick Ideas For Updating Your LinkedIn
Get the friend who takes the best photos to snap you a new profile picture that looks vaguely professional
Put your key responsibilities (and clients, if you have them) against each of your job roles so people can see what you actually do
Send connection requests to people you’re interested in - doesn’t matter whether they’re in the same industry or not
Try posting once a week (ish) about something positive that happened in your job, just to get used to the idea of being more visible
Action 4: Collect Evidence Of Your Results
Finally, before you quit your corporate job you should make every effort to collect evidence of the results you have achieved while in that role: client testimonials, qualitative improvements, and intellectual property.
I learnt this the hard way 🤦🏽♀️
I’ve run group workshops for years now - first in copywriting, then marketing, and now career coaching workshops. But it was only in 2026 that I actually managed to get video footage of me running a workshop!
I spent years delivering excellent work and gathering very little evidence that I had done it. I know that this lack of visual, tangible evidence has held my business back in certain ways; I don’t want the same thing to happen to you and your career.
So before you leave your job you need to collect the evidence of what you did while you were there. This can include:
Positive client and colleague feedback
Specific quantitative data of how you improved outcomes or processes
Visual evidence of you doing the thing you say you do
Copies of the work you produced
Now that last point might be a bit controversial. Most contracts will state that the work you do during employed hours is the intellectual property of your employer, and you may even have signed a non-disclosure agreement or something similar to guarantee you won’t share what you’re doing.
But …
For your own future, you need evidence of what you did in the past. That means taking some screenshots and making some copies of the most meaningful parts. Avoid sensitive data or that which might fall foul of GDPR (obviously) but don’t be afraid to collect what you need for your future ‘portfolio’.
For example, when I left my final teaching job I kept a copy of every single lecture I had ever given during my four year tenure. That’s the slides, the notes, the handouts - everything. Would I ever just copy and paste it if I got another lecturing gig? Of course not! But would I use it in an interview situation, or reimagined for a future project? Absolutely.
What’s Next After Leaving A Corporate Career
Let’s imagine you’ve ticked off all four of those actions:
You’ve checked your notice period
You’ve started building your options fund
You’ve updated your online presence
And you’ve collected evidence of what you’ve been doing and your results
So now what? 🤔
Now you have a brilliant opportunity to explore what you truly want from a career and how best to achieve it …
… while still having some of the security that a salaried job can bring.
In the next section, I’m going to share with you a 12 week corporate career exit strategy based on my Wild Success methodology. Work through this strategy as you leave corporate life and embark on whatever is next - even if you have no idea what that’s going to be.
You can use this exit strategy before, during, or after working your notice period - personally I’d recommend having some overlap so you start the exit process before you’ve fully got your foot out the door.
How to Leave Corporate Without A Plan: Your 12 Week Exit Strategy
If you want to leave corporate without a plan, you’ll need to rest, reflect, figure out what you want, do outreach and testing, review your goals, then publicise your actions.
Let’s break this down week by week.
Weeks 1 - 3: Define
In the first part of your exit strategy, you’re going to focus on reflecting about and defining what you actually want so you don’t fall into the trap of action inspired by fear.
Week 1: Rest
In week one, you’re going to ‘rest hard’. That means an enforced period of not doing anything.
Yes, that’s right - absolutely nothing!
When you’ve been in corporate for many years, it can be easy to replicate the pressure it places upon you without even realising - remember my story about Stevie filling her time with training and volunteering? It can also be tempting to rush ahead and ‘do stuff’, to catch up on all the time you think you’ve been ‘wasting’ in your corporate career. Do not do this! It only results in tiredness and distraction.
Instead, focus on resting your mind and body as much as possible.
Week 2: Reflect
In week two, you’re going to reflect. That means thinking carefully about your career, what you’ve loved, what you’ve disliked, where your excellence lies and what you care most about. Dedicate plenty of time to this process; you don’t have to get it all sorted by Tuesday. You can use journaling prompts to get you started - I have a free workbook just for this purpose right here: Free Journaling Prompts For Career Goals.
Week 3: Set Your Goal
In week three, you’re going to set yourself a single career goal based on all you’ve learned about yourself in week two. The goal should come from an intrinsic, love-based motivation: something inspired from within you, about something you desire (compared to something you’re afraid of).
I recommend setting a goal for the next three to six months to start with; you don’t need to make a decision about the rest of your professional life. And there’s no right or wrong goal here - some examples could be:
I want to try setting up a business doing X
I want to make money from my creative hobby
I want to get a job at an ethical company like Y
I want to work in a role where I get to spend more time with my family
I want to improve my skills in Z
I want to feel enthusiastic every Monday morning
I walk you through how to set goals like this in my YouTube tutorial, How to Set Career Goals That Won’t Make You Feel Empty. I recommend you watch it to help you.
Weeks 4 - 8: Practice
In the second phase of your exit strategy, you’re going to test different strategies to help you achieve your career goal. This phase builds your knowledge, network and understanding so you can hit the ground running.
Week 4 & 5: Learn and Connect
In weeks four and five, you’re going to learn and connect. That means:
Reading, watching, listening and absorbing as much material as possible, all of it focused on your specific career goal
Networking, reaching out, asking questions and making contacts related to your goal
The aim of these two weeks is to experiment with a range of different strategies to help you achieve your goal. Some will be fun, some you’ll find boring, and some will surprise you - but until you start learning and connecting, you won’t know which is which!
You want to be doing these two activities simultaneously, rather than learning in week 4 and connecting in week 5. That’s because most people are very comfortable consuming information (learning) and so tend to spend unnecessary amounts of time doing that compared to the slightly more nerve-wracking work of connecting with other people. But connections are what will help increase your network, visibility and opportunities - so you need to do both in parallel.
Remember that the more you do something with a learner’s mind, the more you’re going to get out of it. All of the following activities would count as learning and connecting:
Researching job ads - how do recruiters talk about the sort of role you want to do? What can you learn from their language?
Digesting industry trend reports - what are thought leaders and influencers discussing? What’s your opinion?
Applying for roles or funding - what feedback do you get? What does that teach you about your skills and USP?
Sending out a questionnaire to a target client - what do they care about? How will that shape what you offer?
Analysing the work of someone you admire - how have they got to where they are? Where are you on that journey? What does their career tell you about your next step?
Going to a networking event - what are other people doing in this field? What’s their advice? What do you agree with, and where do you differ?
By the end of week five you should have a clearer picture of the ‘landscape’ surrounding your goal and what actions are working best for you, laying the foundations for weeks six and seven.
Week 6 & 7: Test Your Ideas
In weeks six and seven, you’re going to use what you learnt in the previous two weeks to start taking some bigger risks, testing your ideas in a bolder way. This means being more focused and targeted about what you’re doing, who you’re contacting, and what you’re saying.
For example, let’s say your goal is to get a job at an ethical company. Over the last two weeks you’ve immersed yourself in current ethical debates and legislation, understood what recruiters are really looking for thanks to some application feedback, and connected with a bunch of non-profit board members. You’ve worked out where your skills fit in and how you offer something different to the norm.
So in weeks six and seven, you’re going to take bold actions like:
Speculatively apply to your dream ethical companies with a cover letter and CV that ticks all the right boxes
Attend a conference and introduce yourself as if you were already in the sector (cheeky, but it works)
Have coffees with all those non-profit board members and impress them with your knowledge of hot button topics
These actions are a step up from simply learning and connecting, but they’re still a trial - you’re testing out different ideas and seeing what sticks.
Think of these two weeks as ‘fake it ‘til you make it’: you’re living the life of someone who has already achieved this career goal, so you can try it on for size and see what fits.
Week 8: Review
In week eight, you’re going to shift your focus to reviewing everything you’ve done in the past month and reshaping your strategy where necessary.
Following this exit strategy, you’ve been totally immersed in learning, connecting and testing ideas for the last four weeks - and while you’ve been iterating as you go, you do need to take a breather and review what’s working … and what’s not.
One of my 10 Rules of Wild Success is this: Your goals are allowed to evolve as you put them into practice. You might find that after an intense period of exploring your goal to start a business, work for an ethical company, improve your skills in e.g. project management … you’re actually not that into it.
You might find that starting a business doesn’t feel exciting, just laborious.
That ethical companies are as frustrating as non-ethical companies.
That project management is not (and will never be) your specialism.
And that’s totally okay. Week eight is the chance to take a long, hard look at what you’ve been doing and ask yourself:
Is this fun, or am I secretly bored?
Does this feel like a challenge I want to solve, or one I want to ignore?
Am I intrigued, or am I overwhelmed?
Could I focus on this for the next 3, 6, 9 months - or am I over it already?
Does this feel like something meaningful, or do I need to make some tweaks?
If you’ve truly set a goal based on intrinsic and love motivation, the likelihood is that you might just need to make some tweaks so your ambitions and action become more specific.
For example:
I want to try setting up a business doing X → I want to start freelancing in X alongside a part time salaried job
I want to make money from my creative hobby → I want to set up an Etsy shop and focus on selling my products through that
I want to a work in a role where I get to spend more time with my family → I want to work in a role where I can switch off at the end of the day, so I’m fully present for family time
I want to improve my skills in Z → I want to gain Qualification Z
Through a period of learning, connecting and testing, these career goals have become more focused. Some of them may have even shifted from purely career goals to ones that encompass your life, emotional wellbeing and personal education.
Thanks to the review work of this week, in the final phase of your exit strategy you’ll have a clear goal that you’ll be working steadily towards - and that you can start to tell other people about.
Weeks 9 - 12: Publicise
In the third and final phase of your exit strategy, you’re going to make your goal, your actions, and your intentions for life after a corporate career public e.g. not just in your own head!
During weeks nine to 12, you’re going to focus on ‘going public’ with your plans and ambitions. Up until this point, most of what you’ve done has probably been ‘private’: limited to direct messages, emails, phone calls, and networking where you don’t know anyone.
But during this final month you’re going to let your friends, family, colleagues, and existing professional network know about your plans - and you’re going to do so repeatedly.
When To Tell People About Your Career Plans
Lots of people make the mistake of ‘going public’ with their career plans before they’ve done any of the ‘private’ work that’s required to really get clear on what you care about, what works, and what you’re looking for. What they share is a bit confusing and generic, making it hard for their network to support or refer them.
Other people take a different approach, getting the clarity and then sharing a single post or text message and expecting that to be enough to change the entire trajectory of their career. This means their new direction gets lost in the noise and limits the opportunities that will come your way.
So your work in phase three of the exit strategy is to spend a whole month focusing on your updated goal, enlisting help wherever you can, and banging on about it as if your career depended on it … which it may well do.
Who Should I Tell About My Career Plans?
If your career plans include getting a new job or setting up a business, you should be publicly sharing your goals with potential employers and customers. But if your career goal is more personal it’ll look a bit different.
Let’s take this example:
I want to a work in a role where I get to spend more time with my family → I want to work in a role where I can switch off at the end of the day, so I’m fully present for family time
You’ve identified the source of your dissatisfaction - not necessarily your current corporate role, but the fact you can’t switch off at the end of the day. Now this goal maybe isn’t one to post about on LinkedIn, but it is a goal where you need to work with others:
Talking to your manager about workload allocation
Discussing your workplace’s flexible hours policy with HR
Setting clearer boundaries with your team about when you will be available
Collaborating with your family on what ‘quality time’ looks like
And if your current role is inflexible, reaching out discreetly to other employers who actively promote healthy work-life balance
You’re still ‘going public’ with the goal of your exit strategy - you’ve just got a different ‘public’ to someone setting up a business or switching jobs.
Should I Tell Anyone About My Career Plans For Life After Corporate?
Personally, I don’t think you should tell anyone you don’t completely trust about those plans until you have gone through the process of defining, reflecting, learning, connecting, and testing those ideas (weeks one through eight of the exit strategy).
I say this for two reasons.
First, you might be tempted to use a public proclamation of your goal as a way to stay accountable. Whether it's to thousands on Instagram or that one best friend over cocktails, you might think that by telling someone else it’ll force you to keep going.
But this is an example of a fear-based, extrinsically-motivated goal e.g. a career goal guaranteed to leave you feeling empty. The fear of looking foolish in front of someone else will define what you end up doing. And while that might give you initial momentum by spooking you into action, it’s not sustainable and it will ultimately breed resentment and frustration.
Second, your post-corporate career plans are precious. They need to be protected from naysayers, doommongers and other Debbie Downers until you feel confident in what you’re about (which will grow during phase two of the exit strategy).
Unfortunately, some of our closest loved ones can be those naysayers. They might think your dreams are unrealistic or impossible; that you’ll never be able to do that in this economy; that it’s silly or even ‘not a proper job’. Those negative comments have consequences and you’ll end up giving up before you’ve even begun. So unless you totally trust that someone will be unconditionally supportive of your endeavour … don’t tell them about it until the time feels right.
What Happens After Week 12?
After completing week 12 of the exit strategy, you can cycle through the process again, starting at the most relevant point for you.
If it’s been an intensive experience then start back at week one to rest, reflect and set a newly-defined goal.
If you find that ‘going public’ brings its own challenges, head back to weeks four and five to learn more and solve some of those problems.
And if everything seems to be progressing positively, loop back to week eight to make sure you review what you’re doing and tweak the direction of your plans.
Wrapping Up
So there’s your guide on how to leave corporate without a plan - a 12 week exit strategy in three distinct phases: defining your goal, practising it, and then publicising it.
This strategy is based on my Wild Success methodology, a step-by-step repeatable process that helps you find your purpose and achieve the unique success only you are destined for.
If you follow this exit strategy, you’ll gather the momentum you need to pivot your career out of corporate and into what you truly want. But if it feels like a lot (which it is), you don’t have to do it alone. Below are some ways I can help.
The Soul-Driven Goals Workshop
This is my pre-recorded video workshop teaching you the foundational Wild Success goal-setting process. You get a two-hour workshop, written guide, and 28 day action plan.
Best for: if you’re short on time, extremely self-motivated, and have done plenty of self-development work before - you can plug in, learn, and get going.
Wild Success Retreats
These are our signature two-day retreats where you’ll learn the Wild Success methodology, set your career goal and then build a 90 day plan to achieve it. We mix philosophy and practical techniques to get really specific about your next steps - including taking action there and then to move your career forward.
Best for: if you need to escape the daily grind to reset yourself, appreciate learning in person with hands-on guidance, and desperately need a plan.
Wild Success Coaching
This is my 1:1 career coaching programme and the most in-depth, personalised way to implement your corporate exit strategy. Over 12 weeks I’ll coach you through the three phases to define, practise and publicise your next, ambitious career move, giving you ideas, strategies and solutions to ensure you maintain momentum and get to where you want to go - fast.
Best for: if you’re ready to leave corporate life like, now, you value an expert opinion, and you want to change your career beyond recognition in the next three months.
Where Can I Get More Advice About Quitting My Corporate Job?
I’ve got a number of other resources to help you work out what to do after leaving a corporate career.
If you’re burnt out and need to recalibrate, my free audio course The Power of Pause will help you re-prioritise yourself over 14 days.
If you want to dig deeper into what a meaningful career looks like for you, my article Finding Purpose At Work: Your Guide To A Meaningful Career will walk you through the steps.
And if you’re fed up of corporate culture and want to explore different ways of working, then read Time For A Break: 5 Hustle Culture Alternatives To Stop The Grind for inspiration and ways to break the burn out cycle.
I also post career coaching content regularly on TikTok.
About The Author
Astra is an inspirational speaker, career coach and writer leading experienced professionals to wild, untamed success.
Astra's unique insight is based on 10,000+ hours studying purpose, meaning and the human condition. Their study has led to over 2,000 hours teaching, coaching and facilitating, plus published writing, keynotes and conferences, peer-reviewed research, digital content and working with 60+ brands as a communication professional - as well as living on a commune, in a warehouse, and with the Hare Krishna monks.
Through their Wild Success methodology, Astra teaches talented professionals how to find their purpose, take consistent action, and finally start experiencing the wild success they are destined for: not 'next year', not 'some day', but now.
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