Career SMART!
Online Learning

Company Overview

The Individual Awareness Map (IAM) offerings have been developed by Karen Tax & Associates (KT&A) in collaboration with our clients.

Our Mission

To joyfully walk with others on our journey of discovering and exploring our abundant best, burning (transforming) the churn (scarcity) as we go.

Our Vision

We see a passionate peace emerging in the world, where ideas and structures entrenched in scarcity beliefs are transformed into experiences of abundance and true security for all.

Learn more about our company here.

Our Approach

The IAM approach is based on three simple maps and a collection of principles that guide all our work with each other and our clients.

Coaching is also an aspect of all our offerings, including our online learning. Participants can expect an interactive and collaborative online learning experience.

You can find out more about our IAM approach to learning here

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About Us

We are a community of diverse people passionately engaged in learning how everyone can be at their best in the workplace.

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IAM Career SMART!

Online Learning Overview

The IAM Career SMART! offering is available via our online learning system.

Career SMART! 1.0 provides a process for learning how to take charge of and lead your career by:

  • focusing on the unique ways you create value based on knowing and trusting yourself no matter what,

  • unleashing your passions and dreams in the face of current realities as fuel to create what you want - everyday, and

  • using lifelong learning and your ability to transform as a way to ensure your place in the knowledge economy.


You Will Learn*

How to:

  • Focus your attention on bringing your authentic best to your life and career.

  • Understand your personal energy ROI (return on investment) as key to being the leader of your career.

  • Identify what is most important to you so that action is authentic and easy.

  • Understand your unique strengths so that you increase your confidence in leveraging your best.

  • Experience feelings of aliveness and inspiration so that you courageously identify appropriate opportunities to fuel your goals.

  • Use your career story to discover coherence in your career journey so far and project that story into a future you create.

  • Imagine different career paths and future destinations and identify ways to stay focused everyday.

  • Assess the impact of your actions.

  • Understand how to use your career plan both strategically and tactically to continue being the leader of your career.

* When Career SMART! is used with corporate clients, we customize learning objectives based on your current situation and strategic business needs. More advanced levels of learning are available as well including: understanding learning styles, preparing for change, gathering support, making confident decisions and so on.

Who might attend?

  • People who don’t want to lose their jobs, so they are looking for ways to maximize their value to their employer.

  • People who don’t like their jobs/bosses/organization and want to get out but may not have the tools to help them be creative about other options.

  • High performers who like their jobs and want to know more about how to be more strategic about and develop their careers within their organization.

  • People who have been laid off and are ready to do something different in how they approach work – they want their career to be part of a whole and healthy life.

  • People who are scared and want to feel more secure in an uncertain economy by creating and implementing a proactive plan for their career.

  • Coaches who are looking for ways to support their clients in career development and a community of learning to engage in.