Career Coaching with Fexingo: Professional Coaches, Career Counselors, and Guidance for Workers

Most career advice is reactive — you wait until a job goes wrong and then figure out what happened. In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the pre-mortem, a forward-looking technique borrowed from behavioral economics and project management. Instead of analyzing a past failure, you imagine a future one before it happens, then work backward to prevent it. Lucas shar...

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna walk you through a practical three-step skill gap analysis that goes beyond the typical list-making exercise. They use the example of a mid-career marketing manager looking to move into product marketing, showing how to identify the skills that matter most, benchmark against real job descriptions, and create a 90-day development plan....

Episode 80 of Career Coaching with Fexingo explores the strategic career sabbatical. Lucas and Luna discuss why taking a planned break — not quitting, not burnout recovery — can actually accelerate your professional growth. They dive into the data: a 2025 Harvard Business Review study found that professionals who took a structured 4-to-12-week sabbatical reported a 37% increase in career clarity a...

Lucas and Luna explore the Career Pain Point Audit — a structured exercise that helps professionals identify recurring frustrations across jobs to uncover hidden career patterns. Using the example of a marketing manager who kept burning out, they walk through how to catalog, code, and interpret pain points to make smarter next moves. Includes a concrete three-step framework listeners can apply thi...

Ever feel like you keep having the same problem at every job? In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the Career History Audit — a structured way to review your last three roles for recurring patterns, both positive and negative. They walk through a real example: a marketing manager who realized every bad exit traced back to a misalignment between her need for auton...

This episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo explores the power of reverse mentoring—where junior or early-career colleagues mentor senior professionals. Lucas and Luna discuss how this approach breaks down hierarchy, builds cross-generational understanding, and can accelerate your career by giving you access to perspectives you'd never get otherwise. They walk through a real example from a Fortun...

Lucas and Luna explore the 30-day career experiment as a low-risk way to test a new role or industry before making a full commitment. They break down how a former marketing manager at Procter & Gamble used a structured side project to validate a pivot into product management, landing a job at a mid-size SaaS company without a pay cut. The hosts discuss setting clear hypotheses, measuring outcomes,...

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the surprising power of a career decision journal. They dive into why most people make career choices based on gut feelings or external pressure, and how a simple written record can uncover patterns, reduce regret, and sharpen your judgment. Lucas shares a specific framework he calls the 'Decision Log' — a structured way to do...

Lucas and Luna explore the career omission audit — a counterintuitive strategy where you identify what you've deliberately not pursued in your career. Lucas shares the story of a marketing manager who realized she'd avoided data roles for years because of an early failure, and how facing that omission opened a new path. Luna pushes back on whether this is just regret repackaged, and they discuss h...

Most people think advisory boards are for startups and CEOs. But Lucas and Luna explain why every ambitious professional should build a personal career advisory board — a small group of trusted contacts who give candid feedback, open doors, and spot blind spots. They break down the three roles you need: the insider, the outsider, and the investor. Using the example of a marketing manager pivoting...

Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a career reverse mentor: someone younger or less experienced who can teach you skills, culture, or perspective you lack. Using the example of a 50-year-old marketing director at a consumer goods firm who paired with a 27-year-old social media specialist, they walk through how to find a reverse mentor, what to ask, and how to avoid common pitfalls. The episode...

Lucas and Luna unpack the career brag file—a simple habit that can transform how you prepare for performance reviews, promotions, and job interviews. They walk through a concrete method: setting up a running document where you capture wins, metrics, and positive feedback as they happen, rather than scrambling to remember them later. Lucas shares a real example from a former colleague who used a br...

Lucas and Luna explore the career pivot checklist — a structured way to change direction without losing momentum. Lucas breaks down the three-phase framework: assessment, bridge-building, and testing, drawing on the example of a marketing manager who pivoted to product management in 18 months. They discuss why most pivots fail when people try to start from scratch, how to identify transferable ski...

Most people treat exit interviews as a pointless HR checkbox. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explain why the exit interview is actually a career strategy tool. They break down how to prepare for one, what to say (and what to absolutely not say), and how former employees at companies like Microsoft and Google have used exit interviews to negotiate better references, preserve relationships, and eve...

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a career scorecard — a structured tool to track progress on the professional goals that matter most to you. They walk through how to define your own metrics, from skills acquired and network growth to satisfaction scores and income milestones, using the example of a marketing manager aiming for a director role....

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a career autopsy—a structured reflection on a past job or role that didn't work out. They walk through a real example: a marketing manager who spent 18 months at a startup before burning out. By dissecting what went wrong—misaligned expectations, lack of feedback loops, and a culture that prized hustle over stra...

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a surprising but effective career tool: the career breakup letter. Inspired by a client who wrote a letter to her current role listing every frustration, unmet expectation, and drained energy source—then used it to design her next job with total clarity. Lucas breaks down the three-part structure: the grievance list, the ideal...

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a career portfolio — a curated collection of your best work, projects, and outcomes that goes beyond a traditional resume. They discuss why a portfolio is increasingly valuable in today's job market, especially for roles where results speak louder than job titles. Lucas shares a specific example: a marketing man...

Lucas and Luna dive into a structured career values audit — a concrete method to clarify what you truly prioritise in work, beyond money and title. Lucas breaks down the five-step process: listing candidate values, sorting them into must-haves versus nice-to-haves, ranking the top five, assigning weights, and testing each against a real decision. They walk through a specific example: a mid-level m...

Most career advice tells you to keep accumulating skills, credentials, and connections. But what if the smartest move is deliberately letting some of that go? In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of 'career forgetting' — the strategic unlearning of outdated expertise, obsolete certifications, and identity anchors that keep you stuck in roles you've ou...

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how a personal SWOT analysis — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats — can give you a strategic edge in your career planning. Lucas breaks down how to move beyond vague self-assessments by using real data: peer feedback, past performance reviews, and market trends. They discuss a concrete example of a marketing man...

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a career contract—a written agreement between you and your manager that defines expectations, deliverables, and growth milestones. They break down a real-world example from a mid-level marketing manager who used a career contract to secure a promotion and a 15% raise within six months. The hosts discuss why most...

In this episode of Career Coaching with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why so many professionals stay in jobs or paths that no longer serve them, anchored by the concept of the sunk cost fallacy. They dive into real examples, from a marketing manager stuck in a role they hate because of a five-year tenure, to a software engineer who turned down a dream startup offer because of unvested equity. Lu...

Lucas and Luna explore the overlooked practice of career journaling as a decision-making tool. Lucas shares how a mid-career product manager used structured journaling to identify a pattern of burnout every 18 months, leading to a pivot into a less hectic role at a smaller company — a move that increased her satisfaction by 70 percent according to a follow-up survey. They break down three specific...

Lucas and Luna explore how a side project can become a legitimate career pivot, using the story of a marketing manager who built a data analytics tool on weekends and landed a senior role at a tech firm. They discuss when to invest, how to position the project on your resume, and the three signals that indicate it's time to go full-time. Listeners learn the concrete steps to test a new career dire...