What Do You Really Want?
CAREER DEVELOPMENT COACHING
Career coaching for accomplished professionals ready to make their next chapter as meaningful as the success they’ve already created.
This is for you if you want to:
Get clear on what you really want from your next chapter
Make career decisions with greater self-trust
Use more of your strengths and potential in work that matters
Create success that works for your career and your life
Clarity-focused sessions
Dedicated space for us to think together, challenge assumptions, and uncover what actually matters before deciding what comes next.
Steady accountability
A consistent thought partner as decisions take shape, helping you keep moving without pressure or forcing.
Guided reflection using the Finding Passion approach
Structured exercises that bring depth and clarity without over-analysis or getting stuck in your head.
A focused three-month coaching partnership
Enough time for us to explore what you want, test what emerges, and build meaningful momentum.
What our work together looks like
How this works
Jessica Manca, PCC, CEC
At some point in a successful career, the question often shifts from What can I do? to What do I really want?
That question can surface when you're considering a change, stepping toward something bigger, or simply realizing that what worked before may not be what you want next.
I work with thoughtful, accomplished professionals who want to explore that question with intention. Together, we create space to examine what matters now, challenge assumptions, and make decisions that reflect both your ambitions and the life you want to build.
You don't need to have the answer.
You need a place to discover it.
How we’ll work together
Clarify what matters now
We begin by identifying the career questions, patterns, and goals most important to you.
Build steady momentum
We meet every two weeks across three months, using real career decisions and experiences to translate insight into practical action.
Adjust through real life
As circumstances evolve, we use new information, setbacks, and opportunities to help you stay grounded and connected to what matters.
What becomes possible
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While navigating challenging situations at Google and considering an external opportunity, this data scientist used coaching to strengthen her decision-making, build confidence, and feel more secure in her current role.
"The tools and confidence I've gained have helped me feel more secure at work. I truly appreciate your way of asking questions that guide me to the answer."
Google Data Scientist
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A Technology Director constantly questioned his credibility and felt limited by perfectionism. Coaching helped him replace self-doubt with evidence-based confidence, leading to a significant raise and a stronger leadership presence.
"I seek data instead of doubts for my next level."
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Years after their original work together, a Senior Portfolio Manager returned to coaching to reconnect with her values and strengthen accountability as new goals emerged.
"Jessica is a no BS person who helps me stay honest on how I am tracking."
Laura, Senior Portfolio Manager, Amazon AWS -
A Senior Manager in Data Operations wanted more fulfillment but wasn't sure what came next. Through a structured coaching process, she developed a clear strategy for a more meaningful career and life.
"I now have a firm strategy plan for a more fulfilling career and life."
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When her career began consuming the rest of her life, Mariana used coaching to reassess what mattered most. She moved into a role offering greater flexibility, professional fulfillment, and alignment with her priorities.
“I left a job where I was spinning my wheels for one that offered more flexibility and professional fulfillment.”
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A marketing director had long dreamed of working for himself but struggled to move beyond planning. Through six months of coaching, he clarified his definition of success, created a practical roadmap, and took meaningful action toward building his own business.
"One foot in front of the other, step by step, into the unknown."
Joel, Founder Paperbak Labs
FAQs
How is your career coaching different?
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This is not quick-fix coaching or a job search strategy session. We partner together to understand the real blockers holding you back from the career clarity you want. We’ll address those blockers with personalized strategies to help you build confidence and momentum, often within the first 30 days.
You not only make progress toward your goals, you develop new tools for making those changes and habits last.
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What happens in a career coaching session?
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Sessions are conversational, focused, and tailored to what’s important to you. You set the agenda and goals for our work, and I help hold you accountable to them. In each session, you might reflect out loud, get called out, accept a challenge assignment, or get the space to sort out the pieces.
My role is to create a safe, no-judgment environment where we can pressure-test ideas and action steps together.
What results can I expect from coaching?
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Clients often gain greater clarity, confidence, and new perspective. Clients tell me our work shortens the learning curve on changes that might have taken them months to work through on their own.
Depending on your goals, that may include making a career decision, articulating your value more clearly, strengthening your resume or interview approach, preparing for a promotion, navigating a transition, or feeling more grounded in what comes next.
When clients land a new role, they often continue coaching to support their success during the critical first 90 days.
Do you review resumes and help with interviews?
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Do I need to be unhappy with my career to benefit from coaching?
Yes, when they support your broader career goals. Rather than simply editing a resume or rehearsing interview answers, we use them to strengthen how you communicate your experience, leadership, and value. Your resume often becomes a useful reflection of how clearly you see and describe your own professional story. If you don’t love your resume or leave an interview feeling that you represented yourself well, we have work to do.
Do you only work with people in tech?
Who is career coaching best suited for?
What if I tend to overthink big career decisions?
Many of my clients work in technology because of my background in Enterprise Talent Management at Amazon and consulting with Deloitte. I understand the pace, ambiguity, and leadership challenges common in large, fast-paced organizations, from engineering and product management to HR, operations, and business functions.
That said, the coaching isn't industry-specific. Together, we focus on the transferable strengths, leadership patterns, and career decisions that help you thrive wherever your next chapter leads.
My coaching is best suited for accomplished professionals who are ready to actively participate in creating what comes next. You may already have a successful career and still know you’re capable of more. You’re willing to reflect, experiment, challenge your assumptions, and take action between sessions. You don’t need to know exactly what you want yet. That’s part of what we can discover together.
This work is probably not the right fit if you’re looking primarily for a place to vent without taking action, or if you want someone else to tell you what to do. I’ll challenge your thinking, ask you to test new approaches, and hold you accountable to the goals you set.
I don’t have a crystal ball, and I don’t believe you need fixing. My job is to help you uncover your own answers and then do something with them.
Not at all. Many clients are successful and doing well when they begin coaching. They simply recognize that something more is possible, whether that means greater growth, meaning, impact, balance, or a different direction altogether. You don’t need a crisis to decide you want more from your career.
You’re in good company. Thoughtfulness can be a tremendous strength, but it can also make important decisions harder when every possibility leads to another question. Our work helps you separate useful reflection from circular thinking, test assumptions against real evidence, and build greater trust in your own judgment.
Ready to explore what’s next?
You don’t need to have it all figured out before we talk. If you know you’re capable of more and you’re ready to explore what that could look like, let’s start there.