What if the key to a more fulfilling career isn't finding the perfect job, but discovering where you'll thrive?
Based on the evidence-based Life Design framework developed by Stanford University professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, this interactive workshop draws on insights from their bestselling books—Designing Your Life, Designing Your Work Life, and How to Live a Meaningful Life—to help participants make more intentional career and leadership decisions.
Participants will explore the work environments where they're most likely to thrive, identify their key work drivers, and learn a practical framework for evaluating opportunities with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Participants will learn how to:
- Identify the work environments that bring out their best thinking, creativity, and contribution.
- Understand how their preferred level of change and desired impact influence career satisfaction.
- Clarify personal work drivers, including autonomy, mastery, purpose, and collaboration.
- Apply a practical framework to make more intentional career and leadership decisions.
Leadership competencies:
Self-Awareness, Self-Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Adaptability & Agility, Decision Making, Growth Mindset, Career Management
Host:
Catherine Dalipe is a certified Designing Your Life Facilitator and Coach with over 30 years of leadership experience across international education and U.S. higher education. She brings a unique blend of global operations expertise and human-centered design practice, supporting leaders as they navigate change, transitions, and what’s next with clarity and intention.
Catherine has held senior leadership roles across global education organizations including EF Education, Study Group/Embassy English, Amerigo Education, Sannam S4, and EC English. She collaborates with Designing Your Life Consulting and Fieldbrook Advising, facilitating leadership development, change readiness, and design-thinking workshops for individuals and teams. She has facilitated workshops for organizations and institutions including Intuit, Continental, TIAA Financial Services, and Arizona State University.
She has also been an active member of the Global Leadership League, serving as a mentoring circle facilitator and career guide for global educators.
