01One-on-One Coaching

Design what
comes next.

Career Innovation Coaching for experienced professionals. A quarter of structured work that ends with a direction you can act on — not a feeling.

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02Where this starts

You know something needs to change. You are not yet sure what comes next.

A quiet moment of professional reflection.

Perhaps your career no longer fits the life you want. You may feel stuck between several possibilities, ready to pivot, or curious about a more flexible portfolio career. You may have a business idea that needs clarity and structure to become real.

I help experienced professionals move from uncertainty to clarity, confident decisions, and practical momentum — through coaching, psychology-informed reflection, career development, business strategy, and optional AI integration.

You are not starting over. You are redesigning what comes next.

03If this sounds familiar

The career that worked for you may no longer fit who you have become.

  • You feel stuck, restless, or uncertain about what comes next.
  • It looks successful from the outside but no longer feels fulfilling.
  • You want more flexibility, purpose, or control over your time.
  • You are considering a pivot without discarding years of experience.
  • You have several possible directions and cannot choose between them.
  • You want to turn your knowledge into consulting, coaching or teaching.
  • Your résumé and LinkedIn no longer represent who you are becoming.
  • Your business has reached a stuck point in positioning or visibility.
What you need to bring: not a complete plan. Only a willingness to explore honestly and act on what you find.
04Four pathways

One engagement may draw on a single pathway, or a combination that evolves as you do.

Pathway 01 / Direction

Crossroads, Purpose & Direction

For professionals who know something needs to change but are not yet sure what they want next.

  • Values, strengths, motivations and priorities.
  • Ikigai-inspired reflection to uncover directions.
  • Patterns, obstacles and transferable strengths.
  • A grounded, forward-looking choice.
Pathway 02 / Pivot

Career Pivot & Portfolio Career Design

For professionals ready to move into a new role, industry, or flexible combination of work.

  • Translate experience into new possibilities.
  • Design a portfolio career across several kinds of work.
  • Résumé, LinkedIn, biography and portfolio.
  • A transition plan that accounts for real life.
Pathway 03 / AI

AI Integration & Future-Ready Work

For professionals and entrepreneurs who want to use AI practically and responsibly.

  • Where AI can meaningfully help your work.
  • Tools chosen for your goals, not for trends.
  • Repeatable prompts, workflows and quality checks.
  • Privacy, accuracy and responsible use throughout.
Pathway 04 / Business

Entrepreneurship & Business Development

For those exploring self-employment, building a practice, or stuck in one they already run.

  • Develop the idea from your purpose and expertise.
  • Design offers, services and income streams.
  • Positioning, messaging and value proposition.
  • Systems, follow-up and the mindset to sustain it.

AI is optional throughout. Use traditional coaching, include it selectively, or make it the focus.

05The Career Innovation Arc

From uncertainty to sustainable momentum.

Change rarely happens in one decision. It develops through six stages, and we revisit earlier ones as you learn.

  1. 1AwarenessUnderstand where you are now, and which challenge is the real one.
  2. 2PossibilitiesGenerate directions worth considering, beyond the obvious ones.
  3. 3DecisionChoose with enough confidence to act, without needing certainty.
  4. 4StrategyTurn the choice into priorities, milestones and a realistic route.
  5. 5CreationBuild the thing — the profile, the offer, the plan — in session.
  6. 6PracticeReview the evidence, adjust, and keep the habits that worked.
A working coaching session in progress.
How it runs

A quarter, with something finished at each stage.

Shape8 sessions across a quarter
CadenceBiweekly · 75 minutes
WhereOnline, or in person by arrangement
Begins withA short application

Between sessions, async support runs by voice memo and email — so momentum does not wait for the next call.

  • One clear deliverable each stage — a strategy document, an offer outline, or a plan you can act on immediately.
  • Live, hands-on creation — we build the material together rather than assigning it.
  • A quarterly review — what worked, what is next, and whether to continue.
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06About Alysia

I understand professional reinvention because I have done it repeatedly.

Alysia Lee Asp, founder of Flex My Career.

Award-winning educator and international school leader, then entrepreneur, coach, university professor, TEDx speaker and AI integration strategist. Businesses built in the United States and China, and more than one professional rebuild — including through COVID.

A career pivot is rarely just about work. It touches identity, confidence, income, family and the way you imagine your future.

Experienced professionals are not starting from an empty page. My role is to help you recognise the value you already carry, and redesign it for what comes next.

Technology should remain human-centered, and careers should support the lives people want to lead.

Credentials and full profile
07Questions

Before you apply.

Do I need to know exactly what I want?
No. Many clients begin because they know something needs to change but cannot yet identify the direction. Creating that clarity is part of the work.
Do I have to be leaving my job?
No. Your next step might be changing roles, repositioning within your field, developing a side project, building a portfolio career, starting a business, or improving the work you already do.
Do I need to use AI?
No. Choose traditional coaching, include AI selectively, or select a specialised AI-integration engagement.
What is a portfolio career?
Several professional roles, projects or income streams rather than one full-time position — employment, consulting, teaching, coaching, creative work, board service or entrepreneurship, in combination.
Is this coaching or consulting?
It may include both. Coaching supports awareness and ownership; consulting, education and strategic guidance are added when information or hands-on support would help. Alysia is transparent about which role she is in.
What will we actually produce?
Depending on your goals: résumés, LinkedIn profiles, presentations, offers, programmes, business materials, content, AI workflows and other practical assets — developed in session, not assigned as homework.
How quickly will I see results?
Some clients gain clarity or finish a useful asset in an early session. Larger transformations need time, experimentation and reflection. We agree meaningful indicators of progress rather than promise a timeline.
Can we work together outside China or the US?
Yes. Online coaching is available internationally in English, subject to scheduling. In person: primarily Shanghai and Southeast Asia by arrangement, and the East Coast US when Alysia is in the region.
What are the professional boundaries?
Coaching supports development, decision-making and action. It is not a substitute for therapy, medical, legal or financial advice, and does not include mental-health diagnosis or treatment. Business and career recommendations are educational and strategic; you remain responsible for your decisions. No ethical coach can guarantee a particular job, income or outcome. Where AI is used, you remain responsible for reviewing accuracy and confidentiality, and sensitive information is not entered into AI tools without agreement.
How does an engagement begin?
With a short application and an initial conversation, confirming the outcome we will focus on for the quarter and whether the timing and fit are right for both of us.
08Design what comes next

You do not need your entire future figured out.

Begin with the feeling that something needs to change, a question you cannot yet answer, or a challenge that has kept you stuck.

Start the application Ask a question first

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