Great career coaching changes lives and the 2026 NAWDP Summer Learning Series is designed to support the professionals behind that work. This summer, four expert-led sessions explore the full range of career coaching practice: building client confidence, navigating a turbulent labor market, applying trauma-informed approaches, and addressing unconscious bias in the workplace.
Whether you’re a seasoned coach or just starting out, each session delivers practical strategies you can bring directly to your clients starting with your very next conversation.
The series is open to career advisors, coaches, case managers, and anyone who supports job seekers on their career journey. Sessions are facilitated by Dr. Lakeisha Mathews, who brings expert insight and real-world workforce experience to every conversation.
2026 session lineup
1:00-2:30 pm CDT | June 16
Session 1: Career Coaching Best Practices
This interactive session introduces workforce professionals, career coaches, advisors, and helping practitioners to foundational coaching strategies and best practices for supporting clients through career and life transitions.
1:00-2:30 pm CDT | July 21
Session 2: Career Coaching in a Turbulent Labor Market: Building Hope, Skills, and Strategy
This session equips workforce development professionals with practical strategies to coach clients through labor market uncertainty, career transitions, and changing skill demands.
1:00-2:30 pm CDT | August 18
Session 3: Trauma-Informed Coaching for Career Development Professionals
This session equips career coaches, workforce development professionals, and helping practitioners with practical trauma-informed coaching strategies to better support clients navigating career, education, and life transitions.
1:00-2:30 pm CDT | September 15
Session 4: Helping Clients Overcome Unconscious Bias
This interactive session equips workforce development professionals, career coaches, and helping practitioners with practical strategies to support clients navigating unconscious bias and discrimination in the job search and workplace.
Registration and pricing
Each session runs 90 minutes and is held on the third Tuesday of each month from June through September. Register for individual sessions or the full series and either way, you’ll walk away with tools you can use immediately.
Pricing is $50 for NAWDP members and $75 non-members.
Ready to Register?
Visit NAWDP’s Digital Learning Center to sign up for one session or the full series.
