Are you called to help others find their Calling?
Becoming a Vocationality Guide is an introduction to meaningful, life-giving work. Here’s how to get there.
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.
Here are two ways to start taking a pulse on whether becoming a Vocationality Guide might 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 specific Guide work?
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
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 yourself and your own Best Work … for its own sake, but to ensure that being a Guide fits you 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.
Same Pathway, different price.
This is the one place where we charge for your Vocationality Guide training. That’s because this is the one place where we’d charge anyone else.
Here’s the difference: instead of charging you full-price for your Pathway ($5,000), you’ll pay only $3,000 instead.
So far, so good? If so, let’s continue to the next steps. (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 this work, in this order, and in this way?
What’s normal for how clients need your help, and what are some outlier scenarios?
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 10 hours of recorded videos as well as at least one follow-up conversation to ensure you feel ready for the next step of the process.
Step 4: Work with “Starter 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:
Find a few people you know who fit the profile of benefiting from the kind of Vocationality Pathway you plan to lead.
Set expectations with them that you’re trained, but just beginning to work with clients.
But also share with them the typical Pathway price, and offer them the opportunity to pay what they can instead of full price.
You win, and they win.
Typically your work will get reviewed for quality, either by brief interviews with your clients, 1-on-1 conversations with you, or review of your session recordings and client Lifeprint results. The goal is not to intimidate you; it’s to make sure you’re set up for success.
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 availability (either normal, ongoing availability, or date-specific availability)
Adding you as an option for new clients to choose from as they sign up for a Pathway
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:
Troubleshooting, consultation, or advice during the middle of a Pathway
Regular Guide Huddles, where we learn with and from one another, and typically workshop a situation + get more advanced in our abilities
Periodic 1-on-1s, to check in on you (personally and professionally), and provide any additional guidance or support you might need