Providing information, tools to help young people with the support of their parents and educators develop a path to make informed career decisions through real stories, practical guidance, and meaningful conversations.



Providing information, tools to help young people with the support of their parents and educators develop a path to make informed career decisions through real stories, practical guidance, and meaningful conversations.
Providing information, tools to help young people with the support of their parents and educators develop a path to make informed career decisions through real stories, practical guidance, and meaningful conversations.
Providing information, tools to help young people with the support of their parents and educators develop a path to make informed career decisions through real stories, practical guidance, and meaningful conversations.
Making Headway is our video series exploring real stories from professionals across industries — helping young people, parents, and educators understand the many paths to a successful career.
Headway Strategies Consulting is the firm behind Making Headway — helping individuals and organizations achieve improved results through personal and business coaching, strategic planning, and The Compass Approach.
As part of our Making Headway program, we are providing references to different books we came across in our research that we believe have value.

Author: Carol Christen
Today’s adolescents face unprecedented challenges. As a teenager, how do you pick a great-for-you job or college major that will finance your future? You need a plan!
Today’s adolescents face unprecedented challenges. As a teenager, how do you pick a great-for-you job or college major that will finance your future? You need a plan!

Author: Bill Burnett and Dave Evans Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve.

Author: William Stixrud PhD and Ned Johnson A few years ago, Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson started noticing the same problem from different angles: Even high-performing kids were coming to them acutely stressed and lacking motivation.

Author: ThriveSmart Publishing Easy Strategies to Discover Your Strengths, Define Your Path, and Balance Passion with Purpose Start building a future you’re excited about—before it’s too late.
Helping young people make informed career decisions.
