First, We Help You Understand Where You Are

Listen, employers rarely align your career seasonality with the work you are doing. It is rarer for an employee to have clarity on learning, development, performance, and certification direction when the organization’s value is constantly moving, so you must proactively find your season and develop for positioning and performance against a moving target. Upside: seasons don’t change.

You’re doing the work.

 But do you know where to focus, how your contribution is seen, or what will prepare you for your next opportunity?

But priorities keep Changing.

Changing priorities, unclear expectations, and vague feedback can leave you working hard without a clear sense of progress.

So, we help you reposition, respond, and thrive with an end-to-end performance platform.

The platform helps you understand what is happening, prepare useful conversations, and turn everyday work into contributions you can demonstrate.

The WorkUnblocked Rx is Your Performance Control Center

You want to understand what matters, feel better prepared to respond, and make career decisions with a clearer view of your options. That starts with the situation in front of you: • “Priorities are changing. Am I focused on the right work?” • “I’m putting in the effort. Does my manager see the contribution?” • “I want to grow. What should I develop—and how will I demonstrate that I’m ready?” • “Something needs to change. What is a sensible next move?” The Hub connects those questions with workplace examples, demonstrations, and practical resources you can use to prepare and act. You do not need to solve everything at once.

Changing organizational priorities

“Priorities are changing. How do I know where to focus my effort?” Recognize what is shifting, identify what needs clarification, and prepare to discuss where your contribution matters now.

Vague or missing feedback

“How do I get feedback specific enough to improve?” Prepare questions that move the conversation from general impressions toward examples, expectations, and useful next steps.

Uncertainty about where you stand

“Does my manager see my performance the same way I do?” Examine your assumptions, gather relevant evidence, and prepare a clearer conversation about your performance.

Shifting work and opportunity

“My work is changing. Where can I continue to contribute and grow?” Explore what changing work means for your capabilities, contribution, and future options.

An unclear development path

“What should I develop—and how will we know I’m ready for more?” Connect development with real work tasks, observable behaviors, outcomes your manager is counting on, and clear development and performance feedback using proven, straightforward tools.

Working relationships and connections

“Who can help me understand the work, strengthen my capabilities, and find opportunities to contribute?” Identify, build, and maintain the relationships that can provide context, guidance, feedback, and essential opportunities to practice.

Responsibility for other people’s work

“How do I support others without doing everything myself?” Prepare for the conversations and actions involved in helping other people deliver useful results.

Your next opportunity decision

“Is this opportunity a good next move for me?” Consider what the opportunity requires, what it offers, and how it fits your direction and priorities.

Responding to Manager's Formal Concerns About Your Performance

“My manager has raised concerns. How do I clarify expectations and respond?” Prepare to understand the concerns, identify the expected changes, and organize a practical response with everything in writing and a scheduled check-ins, and clear expectations for measurable results in a defined timeframe.

Built by someone who understands how performance gets developed, evaluated, and recognized.

John St. John, MBA, PHR, PMP -  Creator, Career Oxygen Performance Hub™ For two decades, John St. John developed and managed annual learning and performance management processes for large enterprises, including Walmart, Kaiser Permanente, the Federal Aviation Administration, T. Rowe Price, and DISH Network. His work spanned employee training, manager coaching, performance and discipline concerns, and career development—connecting daily work with the results that inform performance reviews, rewards, and recognition. John also taught multiple Business & Information Systems/Technology School undergraduate and graduate Business and Leadership course content for 5 years. The platform puts that experience into practical resources you can use to understand expectations, prepare conversations, strengthen capabilities, and demonstrate your contribution.

Practical resources. A relevant place to begin.

Your WorkUnblocked Rx membership includes: • How Work Works and organizational value guidance. • Dedicated 5-Step framework for engaging and partnering with your manager is woven into each lesson. • EVGF™ Performance Audit options (How to see change signals in your current role) and response guidance*, including lessons explaining the audit process and report options. • Ten workplace Signal modules. • Fourteen cautionary tales examining what went wrong (and how to use our tools to fix it). • Ten video demonstrations showing constructive responses. • Ten downloadable Learning Pathways. • Ten downloadable Performance Pathways. • One shared Skills Capability Matrix. • One PMBOK Cross-Walk Matrix* aligned to our Skills Capability Matrix • Research and practice resources within the Signal modules. • Your Next Three Moves guidance. • Manager-partnership and Keep Your Balance resources. • Comprehensive knowledge checks and final written examination with expert-review and feedback. • 10 affordable and additional support options when you need more help finding your way to performance and career bliss. The platform provides depth and leverages lessons that can stand alone or be integrated for more targeted value by professionals like you. Your current situation determines where to focus.

Curriculum

24 Chapters · 132 Lessons

    1. Welcome to WorkUnblocked RX: Your hub for career growth and performance Free preview
    2. How-To Lesson Demo: My Manager Says, “Be More Proactive.” Now What? Free preview
    3. FAQ: Questions Before You Join Free preview
    4. Why We Keep Membership Affordable Free preview
    5. Client Testimonial: From Career Ambition to a Performance Results Free preview
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      Copy and Use Rights

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      The Book that Shaped Our Platform

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      About Our Cautionary Tales

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      Built for Application (Not Just Information)

    1. Where is Organizational Value Moving Free preview
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      Defining the Employer Value Gravitational Field (EVGF™)

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      The Mentor Protocol

    4. Your Job Is to Create Value Free preview
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      Your Career Is the Value You Build

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      Assessing Your EVGF Audit Readiness

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      How to Take the Audit

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      Understanding Your Scores and Uses

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      Comparing the Mini and Full Reports

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      Connecting Reports to Advisory Solutions

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      Learning Objectives

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      Assessment Scenario

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      Self-Assessment

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      Your Assessment Takeaway

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      How You Become Visible and Valued at Work

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      Learning Objectives

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      Your Five-Step Partnership for Performance and Growth Framework

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      How to Ask for Manager “Feed Forward” — Not Just Feedback

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      How Demonstration Videos Model the 5-Step Partnership Framework

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      One Signal. One Move. One Deadline.

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      About the PMI Talent Triangle® Crosswalk

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      Learning Objectives

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      Reading Organizational Signals (Before they Become Consequences)

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      S-1 A Cautionary Tale: The Business Is Not Your Family

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      S-1 Demonstration: How to Read the Signals Before They Become Consequences

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      S-1 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-1 Learning Pathway

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      S-1 Performance Pathway

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      Skills Capability Matrix

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      Career Oxygen PMI Talent Triangle Crosswalk

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      About Signal Response Knowledge Checks

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-2 A Cautionary Tale: Patterns Have Consequences

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      S-2 Demonstration: How to Respond to Vague, Weak, or Missing Feedback

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      S-2 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-2 Learning Pathway

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      S-2 Performance Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-3 A Cautionary Tale: You Get What You Build Leverage For

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      S-3 Another Cautionary Tale: The Person Everyone Stopped Believing

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      S-3 Demonstration: How to Know Where You Stand

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      S-3 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-3 Learning Pathway

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      S-3 Performance_Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-4 A Cautionary Tale: The Idea That Turned Into a Decade

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      S-4 Demonstration: How to Respond When Your Work is Losing Relevance

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      S-4 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-4 Learning Pathway

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      S-4 Performance Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-5 - A Cautionary Tale: Bosses Don’t Manage Your Ambitions—You Do

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      S-5 Demonstration: How to Facilitate Your Development and Visibility

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      S-5 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-5 Learning Pathway

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      S-5 Performance_Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-6 A Cautionary Tale: The Network That Could Not Open a Door

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      S-6 Demonstration: How to Ensure Development isn't Derailed When Practice Isn't Available

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      S-6 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-6 Learning Pathway

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      S-6 Performance_Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-7 A Cautionary Tale: Some Work Is Hard Because You Are Learning to Carry More

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      S-7 Demonstration: How to Respect Others to Do Their Own Work Using Boundaries

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      S-7 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-7 Learning Pathway

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      S-7 Performance Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-8 A Cautionary Tale: Not All Money Is Good Money

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      S-8 Another Cautionary Tale: Change Is a Meal, Best Served Cold

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      S-8 Demonstration: How to Review An Internal Role or Work Opportunity Before Accepting It

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      S-8 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-8 Learning Pathway

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      S-8 Performance Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-9 A Cautionary Tale: No Job Is Worth Your Soul

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      S-9 Another Cautionary Tale: If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything

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      S-9 Demonstration: How to Respond When a Manager Shares Concerns About Your Performance

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      S-9 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S-9 Learning Pathway

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      S-9 Performance Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      S-10 A Cautionary Tale: Know When Enough Is Enough

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      S-10 Another Cautionary Tale: Not Everybody is Going to Be A Millionaire

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      S-10 Demonstration: How to Engage Your Manager About an Internal Transfer or Leaving the Organization

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      S-10 Next Move Research and PracticeTips

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      Your Next Three Moves: How to Prepare, Apply, and Demonstrate Performance At Work

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      S- 10 Learning Pathway

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      S- 10 Performance Pathway

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      Knowledge Check

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      About the Final Exam

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      Examination Integrity: Misconduct

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      Examination Integrity: No AI Usage Policy

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      Final Exam Workbook Sample - Irma's Exam

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      Final Exam Workbook

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      Learning Objectives

    2. K-1 Follow Your Sky, Find Your Why Free preview
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      K-2 Keep Your Balance

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      K-3 Work Is a Tool, Not a God

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      K-4 You Do Not Have to Be a Superstar

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      K-5 The Signals Pledge

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      K-6 A Final Word

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      Solving for a Challenge You Don't See (Or Need Help With One You Do)

    1. $150 Performance Power Sessions Free preview
    2. $150 Feedback-to-Action Session Free preview
    3. $150 Performance Advisory Sessions Free preview

    1. $249 Performance Analysis and Advisory Service Free preview
    2. $249 Stay-Go Decision Advisory Service Free preview
    3. $249 Role Alignment & Expectations Free preview

    1. $299 Performance Evidence Development Free preview

    1. $349 Promotion Readiness Package Free preview
    2. $349 1st 90 Days Performance Package Free preview
    3. $349 EVGF Performance Alignment Audit Service Free preview

Need more individualized support?

Some situations require more than a self-directed resource. Inside the subscriber-only Performance Store™, you can explore ten optional Coaching+™ “Thought Partnership + Next Step” services addressing a wider range of performance and career challenges. These services provide focused support to think through your situation, clarify the barrier, and identify a practical next step. Services are currently priced from $150 to $349 and purchased separately from Hub membership. (See Curriculum Items #21 - 24. Open to the public through) Start with the resources.  Add individualized support when you need it.

Time to learn. Room to practice. Resources to return to.

Useful progress takes time: to understand a situation, prepare a conversation, practice a capability, and see what changes. We keep membership affordable so you can use the resources when they are relevant and return as your work and career evolve. Monthly membership:  $19 /month Annual membership: $190/yr - Save $9.20 compared with twelve monthly payments. Individual advisory and Coaching+™ services are purchased separately. Membership does not include individual coaching, live sessions, or a member community. Access the Hub’s self-directed lessons, workplace stories, demonstrations, and practical learning and performance resources.

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