Meet our founder, Jessica Kahl.
Jessica Kahl, a trailblazer in her own right, has dedicated her career to delivering corporate strategies and women’s career development programs. With a track record of thinking strategically to solve complex infrastructure problems - alongside designing learning content to increase women’s representation in non-traditional careers, Jessica brings a unique blend of strategy expertise, creativity, and leadership to conversations about career pathways. Combining her expertise in strategy and professional development, Jessica has pioneered an innovative approach called 'career strategies,' helping professionals think strategically and accelerate their careers simultaneously.
As an esteemed engineer, entrepreneur, and diversity advocate, Jessica has been recognised as a driving force in her industry. Her commitment to thinking differently has earned her prestigious accolades, including being a shortlisted nomintee for the 2021 Young Australian of the Year.
Beyond her professional achievements, Jessica is a champion of diversity and advocates for environments where both men and women thrive. Her contributions have been celebrated by prestigious organisations such as QBM's Top 20 entrepreneurs under 40 and Engineers Australia's '100 engineers making a difference' profile. Her unwavering commitment to her profession has earned her a well-deserved spot among the "Engineers at the Pinnacle of the Profession."
Qualifications include Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) – Not-for-profit Foundations; Master of Business Administration (MBA) Griffith University (#1 MBA for Sustainability); Bachelor of Civil Engineering & Diploma of Professional Practice.
Reimagining professional development, strategically.
Your Career Centre is your ultimate ‘go-to' hub for career strategy resources. Our innovative approach to professional development draws upon strategic planning concepts and professional development learning programs to help you tactically reframe career decisions with confidence.
Our philosophy, grounded in industry practice and hundreds of academic studies, offers a new, evidence-based perspective on career development. By helping you reframe career situations with strategic planning methodologies used in industry and academia, you can advance your career, purposefully and powerfully.
We have developed our 'career strategies' by combining corporate strategy approaches from the executive boardroom with industry-leading research from learning and development for talent pathways. These strategies are designed to help you tactically rethink professional development and set you up for success.
Strategy.
Strategy is about choosing what not to do to prioritise what we want to be successful. Strategy is about shaping the future. It involves evidence-based direction, defendable decisions, and guardrails for investments. But what is ‘strategy’ after all?
Jessica shows us how strategy frameworks, tools and techniques from corporate organisations can be applied to our professional lives so that we make more informed, strategic decisions that align our purpose with long-term career aspirations.
Professional development.
Continuous learning is essential to your career, and is the best kept secret to being a good leader. It involves investing in yourself - your confidence, capability and aspirations. But when has professional development ever been strategic?
By combining the best parts of strategies and educational literature, Jessica has reimagined professional development with an innovative twist. She teaches us how to be strategic thinkers, while providing evidence-based and actionable strategies for achieving career goals.
Here’s how we can help.
Access career strategies for success.
Our digital products have been designed with evidence-based strategies to help you reach your goals, faster. Download the free workbook and browse our library of career strategy resources to help accelerate your professional development. From checklists to downloadable worksheets, we provide the resources you need to enhance your strategy skills without spending a cent!
A must-read for professional resilience.
Reframe setbacks with an innovative approach to professional development based on strategies used in the executive boardroom. Brought to life with beautiful artwork, Your Career Strategy - Redefining Redundancy is a practical guide for reframing emotions, think strategically, and emerging stronger and more purposeful from challenges.
Be inspired by a powerful story.
Looking to empower your team and drive innovative thinking? With inspiring stories of career resilience, Jessica uses her trademark Australian directness and humour to challenge conventional wisdom on professional development, innovation and diversity. Whether you're hosting a live event or a virtual conference, Jessica can ignite your audience through interactive sessions and thought-provoking discussions.