ROOT TO RISE

Turn Transitions into Transformation

A 3-month career navigator and leadership program for purpose-driven professionals in transition.

Cohort 4 starts January 2027. Registration is open.

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You don’t have to navigate this alone.

Root to Rise is a 3-month career navigator and leadership development program designed for purpose-driven professionals navigating uncertainty, identity shifts, and career change. Whether you are recovering from unexpected job loss, exploring new sectors, or reimagining your career, you don’t have to navigate this alone.

Grounded in collective care, this community- first program blends deep inner work with real-world strategy to help you find your footing and rise to the next chapter.

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Root to Rise is open to any mission-driven leader looking to hit refresh on their dreams.

We invite mission-driven professionals in a planned or unplanned career transition. You might be:

  • Recovering from a layoff or unexpected job loss

  • Exploring a move into a new sector or type of role

  • Rethinking your career after years in the same field

  • Ready to make your next move rooted in your purpose, not just from urgency.

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What’s Included

  • 4 Live Workshops with Grounded Idealist facilitators 

  • Self-Paced learning modules to work through between workshops, on your own schedule. 

  • A resume and LinkedIn workshop with feedback from experienced coaches and reviewers 

  • A live job search session with Rishan Mohamed of HiringCoach.AI, plus 3 months of HiringCoach.AI access 

  • 4 small group coaching sessions with a Grounded Idealist coach 

  • 3 1:1 sessions with a Grounded Idealist coach 

  • Peer community on Circle 

  • Access to all Grounded Idealist community events and recordings during the program 

  • A Certificate of Completion that names the skills you demonstrated.

We begin January 2027!

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What You’ll Leave With

  • A clear vision to drive your job search

  • A clear career story you can share with confidence in applications, interviews, and networking

  • A practical way to use AI in your job search without losing your own voice

  • A sense of where your field is heading, what work is emerging, and how your path aligns with it

  • A plan for the first three months after the program, so you keep moving once the cohort ends

  • A cohort of peers who understand where you’ve been and cheer you on as you move toward what’s next

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The Skills You Build

  • Stillness and Self-Awareness

    Recognize and honor your value, strengths, and patterns that shape your presence, choices, and impact.

  • Visioning and Values-Driven Direction

    Get clear on where you want to go and what matters most in your next role.

  • Storytelling and Influence

    Communicate a clear, honest story that connects personal experience to a larger purpose, and moves others to act.

  • Relational Intelligence and Collaboration

    Build trust and psychological safety in groups and teams, so people can be honest, take risks, and work well together.

  • Systems Thinking and Strategic Foresight

    Confront challenges shaping a field, consider more than one possible future, and understand where your work fits.

  • Service

    Translate values and inner work into committed action that serves a community, cause, or field.

What Participants are Saying

  • "Root to Rise helped me clarify that I'm not starting from scratch; I'm translating a strong body of work into my next chapter."

    Cohort 3 Participant

  • "The individual coaching helped to re-identify my strengths and boost my confidence. The group coaching made me feel part of a community that understands my trauma because it is a shared trauma."

    Cohort 2 Participant

  • "Root to Rise has shifted my perspective from reacting to situations to planning strategically, allowing me to make steady progress and feel more confident in my decisions."

    Cohort 3 Participant

  • "The result has been a job search where I've held my floor, pursued senior-level roles I might have talked myself out of before, and made decisions from a clearer sense of who I am and what I've built."

    Cohort 3 Participant

INVESTMENT

Everyone deserves support in transition. Choose the option that best suits you.

STANDARD

$1,750

For individuals currently employed and/or financially able*

Your investment helps fund access to those in transition.

Support Impacted Workers in Transition

Career Transition Rate

IMPACTED WORKER

$750

For individuals currently unemployed OR underemployed.

Partial

Scholarships

AVAILABLE

Need additional support? Email info@groundedidealist.co

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Reach out to us at info@groundedidealist.co if you’d like to explore customizing this program for your team, grantees, partners, and other communities you serve.