The plan you make to leave your corporate job is not the plan that will survive contact with reality. A layoff, a reorg, a sudden directive from the CEO: any of these can detonate a carefully constructed exit strategy. The question isn't whether a surprise is coming. It's whether your plan can bend without breaking.

In this episode, I look at how to build an exit plan that's elastic rather than brittle, and what most people miss when they start emotionally checking out before they've actually left.

What you'll learn:

• Why your exit plan is worth making even though something will inevitably blow it up
• What the planning period is actually for (it's not logistics)
• How the gap between aspiration and reality is where the real suffering happens, and how to close it faster
• Why emotionally disengaging from your company and emotionally disengaging from your colleagues are two different things
• What your legacy at work will actually be remembered as. It's probably not the project you think

If you're in the middle of planning your exit, or you've had a plan interrupted by something you didn't see coming, this episode is for you.

Shelley McIntyre is a midlife career transition coach for corporate professionals figuring out what comes next.

She spent decades in corporate strategy and technology before leaving to build something of her own. Now she helps other midlife professionals do the same,  with structure, honesty, and without blowing up everything they've worked for.

Work with Shelley:

Own Your Edge Strategy Session: A 90-minute session to identify what's misaligned and map your next moves.
https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edge

Reinvention Partnership Program: Five months of high-touch coaching for midlife professionals leaving corporate and building what comes next.
https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelley

Free Guide: 4 Moves to Get Unstuck
https://burnthemapcoaching.com/guide/

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