Step 1: Preview whether being a Guide makes sense for you.

One of Vocationality’s most central beliefs is that we’re all different (& that’s fantastic, by the way!). Your difference means that becoming a Guide might be a wonderful fit for you … or it might set you up for frustration.

Use the following quick ways to take a pulse on whether becoming a Vocationality Guide seems to be a fit for your difference:

How well do our values match?

Everyone brings specific values to work with them. By values, we mean anything that defines you and your choices in a central way.

Here are our Core Values. These are central values that all of our Guides share, at a heart level. How do you resonate with them? Could you imagine living them out on a daily basis?

• You’re different — and that’s fantastic!

• Let’s make the impossible possible.

• Stay curious.  

• Having fun is a performance-enhancing drug.

• “I’m still learning.”

Do you like the idea of doing the work Vocationality Guides do?

At Vocationality, we know everyone has a distinct kind of Best Work. It’s broader than one job, but that Best Work includes a Why, What, and How to it that’s undeniable and unavoidable.

Here’s a snapshot of what a Guide’s work-week might look like. Try it on for size. Ask if this sounds like a match for you:

• Listening — curiously, patiently, and without judgment — to the Stories and lives of others

• Making new sense of people’s Stories and the evidence of their Best Work — more fully than they can do for themselves

• Capturing insights in powerful, meaningful words  

• Operating within a defined Pathway of what happens when, and how (with plenty of room for your personality)

• Working 1-on-1 with clients (for 90-120 minutes at a time)

• Sometimes doing work on your clients’ behalf for hours at a time, alone

• Doing some administrative work that’s largely defined in advance (such as reminders, emails, and managing your schedule)

• Meeting regularly (once or twice a month) as an entire Guide Community, to learn with and from one another

Does being an empowered subcontractor fit your idea of Best Work?

Vocationality Guides are subcontractors, not employees — and their work is a mix of clients they find and that get matched with them online. Currently, no Guides are full-time, though we believe that’s certainly possible.

Increasingly, Vocationality creates outreach and awareness on your behalf, and equips you with strategies and tools to find your own future clients. But this is not a full-time job, or a guarantee in advance of a certain level of work that will simply reach you. It’s important for us to be on the same page about that, so you can actually enjoy the freedom that comes with being a subcontractor — the freedom to:

• Set your own schedule and availability, and change it over time whenever you want

• Work with clients in a way that fits your own style and personality

• Earn even more when you’ve led a new client to begin with you

So far, so good? If so, let’s continue to the next step. (Or, if you have questions at this point, reach out and ask!)

Step 2: Continue by experiencing your own Vocationality Pathway.

There’s nothing quite like experiencing the Vocationality Pathway for yourself. That’s why this is the first step to becoming a Guide.

A few things are happening at the same time here:

• You’re gaining clarity about your True Self and your Best Work … for its own sake, but also to ensure that being a Guide fits your design well.

• You’re getting to experience what your future clients are going to experience.

• You’re set up well to understand the rest of your training, which equips you

Same Pathway, double the equipping.

This is the one place where we charge for your Vocationality Guide training — which feels appropriate to us, since it’s a place where we’d charge anyone else.

Here’s the difference: instead of charging you for your Pathway, and then also for the substantial training beyond it, we charge you only for your Pathway ($2,950).

We ask only that you apply in advance to experience a Guide Pathway, so your desires are on our radar. (More on this below).

So far, so good? If so, preview the next steps that would unfold from there. (Or, if you have questions at this point, reach out and ask!)

Step 3: Receive advanced training to empower you for your own leadership.

Your own Vocationality Pathway is a fast-forward button to understanding how to be a Guide and how to lead a client through their own Pathway.

But of course, there’s more to learn, including:

• Why do we do this work, in this order, and in this way?

• What are the normal scenarios you’ll face with clients, and what are some outlier scenarios?

• What are the central skills (or muscle groups) you’ll be using and strengthening over time?

• How can you get strengthened and equipped to do the work of a Guide?

Video training, plus 1-on-1 equipping

There’s no charge for this part of your training (or for any of our ongoing support), but it’s designed to give you both a look behind the scenes and a set of tools to do the work of a Guide. You can fit this part of the training into your own schedule, and it includes roughly 20 hours of an online, pre-recorded program as well as two Mentor conversations to ensure you feel ready for the next step of the process.

Step 4: Work with First Clients, to help you gain your confidence.

Once you’ve learned how to Guide clients, it’s time to get some reps. There’s nothing like this second kind of experience to help you get comfortable with what you’ve learned, and even to help you identify some specific places where you’d like to get stronger or more equipped.

So here’s how this part of the training works:

• We’ll keep you matched with a Mentor to give you personal guidance as you’re becoming a Guide.

• We’ll equip you to find 2-4 people who are likely to be your ideal clients, and who would benefit from the kind of Vocationality Pathway you plan to lead.

• You’ll set expectations with them that you’re Vocationality-trained, but just beginning to work with clients.

• You’ll offer them a 75% discount off the normal Pathway pricing. The remaining 25% goes to Vocationality (in large part to pay your Mentor).

• You win, and they win.

Step 5: Set up your details, and go public.

Once you and your Vocationality Mentor are convinced you’re ready to become available to Vocationality’s clients in general, we’ll take some steps to get you set up as an official Vocationality Guide.

That includes:

• Filling out a W-9 so we have your information as a subcontractor

• Setting up your preferred availability

• Adding you as an option for new clients to choose from as they sign up for a Pathway

• Adding a Guide page for you on the Vocationality website

Plus ongoing training and support:

Our Guides continue to receive training and support as long as they are a Guide. That takes several shapes, including:

• Ongoing Mentor 1-on-1s, to check in on you (personally and professionally), and provide any additional guidance or support you might need

• Monthly Guide Huddles, where we learn with and from one another, and typically workshop a situation + get more advanced in our abilities

The entire process — from your first Pathway session through public availability — generally takes 4-6 months.

Interested in becoming a Vocationality Guide?