Design Legacy
The strategic investment: turning decades of expertise into your most purposeful work yet.
The rarest career mistake is having built something substantial and then letting inertia decide what comes next. Design Legacy uses RAPD + BBD + Work Preferences and certified career strategists to help you design your next chapter — with the same rigour that built your first.
What makes Design Legacy different
What you gain
- ✓Meaningful next-chapter design
- ✓Continued purpose & contribution
- ✓Wisdom shared with the next generation
- ✓Financial security with fulfillment
- ✓Work-life flexibility achieved
- ✓Family-legacy structuring
Why Dheya
- →Senior mentors (25+ yrs)
- →Network of accomplished professionals
- →Mentor-certification opportunity
- →Philanthropy ecosystem access
- →Continued-relevance support
Five steps to strong entry
- D1
Discover
Life audit & legacy visioning
- D7
Destination
Second-innings Sweet Spot
- D5
Design
Skill repackaging & positioning
- D6
Develop
Personalised development plan
- Entry
Strong Entry
Legacy execution & sustenance
- ·Life-Stage Assessment
- ·Legacy Mapping Framework
- ·Wisdom Audit Tool
- ·Second-Innings Opportunity Matrix
- ·Impact Measurement Dashboard
- ·Legacy Vision Document
- ·Second-Innings Career Plan
- ·Skill Repositioning Strategy
- ·Network Activation Plan
- ·Impact & Contribution Framework
- ·Meaningful second-innings career
- ·Continued income generation
- ·Strong purpose & identity
- ·A created legacy of impact
- ·Multi-generational wisdom transfer
Built for professionals designing what comes next
Design Legacy is for professionals aged 45+ who have reached a point of reckoning — not because the career has failed, but because it has run its obvious course and the next chapter requires deliberate design.
- ✓Approaching or past peak corporate career and considering what a meaningful next phase looks like
- ✓Building an advisory or board portfolio and wanting a psychometric framework for which roles to pursue
- ✓Transitioning from employment to consulting, independent practice, or social sector work
- ✓Healthy, active, and decades from retirement — but done with the structure of traditional employment
What You Get
A life-work audit
RAPD + BBD + Work Preferences maps not just career fit but life priorities — what work needs to give you at this stage beyond income.
A legacy design framework
Identify the specific form of your next chapter — advisory, portfolio, social impact, consulting, creative, or hybrid — based on your profile and values.
A transition architecture
A structured plan for exiting, transitioning, or complementing your current role with the next phase — at a pace that works for your situation.
A written IDP for the next decade
A 10-year roadmap calibrated to your life stage — not a generic career plan, but a legacy design document.
Three tiers. One structured journey.
All plans include the core assessments and a written IDP. Upgrade anytime — completed sessions carry forward.
POLARIS
Career Guidance
Direction & Self-Awareness
- Life-stage assessment
- Legacy visioning session
- Second-innings direction report
COMPASS
Career Planning
Personalised Development Plan
- Everything in POLARIS
- Second-innings career plan
- Wisdom monetization strategy
- Network activation roadmap
NORTHSTAR
Career Mentoring
Complete Life Transformation
- Everything in COMPASS
- Legacy mentorship programme
- Board-membership preparation
- Multi-year impact planning
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Seven stages from experience to legacy
Design Legacy follows the 7-D Journey framework — adapted for the transition from conventional career to intentional legacy, with the depth and rigour this life stage deserves.
Discover
Life-Work Audit & Profiling
RAPD + BBD + Work Preferences creates a comprehensive profile of who you are, what you've built, and what you need from the next chapter — beyond income and status.
Define
Legacy Options Mapping
Identify the specific forms your next chapter could take — advisory, portfolio, consulting, social sector, creative, or hybrid — each evaluated against your profile and life priorities.
Decide
Legacy Direction Commitment
Choose your next chapter with intention — with a documented rationale that reflects both your psychometric fit and your personal values at this life stage.
Design
Transition Architecture
Build a structured plan for exiting or complementing your current role — at the right pace, with the right dependencies, and with your financial and personal timeline fully integrated.
Drive
Network & Positioning Activation
Activate the relationships and credentials needed to step into your chosen legacy role — from board nominations to consulting client development to social sector entry.
Deploy
Legacy Chapter Launch
Execute the transition — positioning yourself as the right person for the roles you've designed, and securing the first meaningful engagements.
Destination
Sustained Contribution Review
Review your first year in the new chapter — against the IDP, your personal goals, and the legacy framework you designed.
Three instruments. One life-stage picture.
Design Legacy uses the three instruments most relevant to intentional legacy design — combining career personality, decision wisdom, and work values into a complete framework.
25 minutes
RAPD Assessment
Maps Role, Aptitude, Profile, and Drive — the four dimensions of career fit that remain stable and relevant at every life stage.
30 minutes
BBD Battery
Big Five personality and Decision Style — revealing the decision patterns you've developed over decades of experience, and how they shape your legacy options.
15 minutes
Work Preferences
Maps what you need from work at this life stage — purpose, autonomy, social contribution, intellectual stimulation, and structure. The filter every legacy option is measured against.
What happens step by step
From intake to IDP handover, every touchpoint is structured — so you always know where you are and what comes next.
Life-Work History Intake
A 30-minute intake covering your career arc, key decisions, proudest achievements, and what you want the next chapter to mean.
Assessment Battery
Complete RAPD, BBD, and Work Preferences online at your own pace. Combined time approximately 70 minutes. Results in 48 hours.
Session 1: Life-Work Audit
Your mentor presents the full three-instrument profile and maps it against your career history — identifying the threads of genuine fit that should inform the next chapter.
Session 2: Legacy Options Review
Explore the specific forms your next chapter could take — with fit scores, feasibility assessments, and a structured dialogue to evaluate each path.
Sessions 3–6 (Polaris / NorthStar)
Transition architecture, network activation, advisory role design, and legacy launch planning — with structured accountability throughout.
IDP Handover & Partner Briefing
Receive a 10-year legacy roadmap. Partners are invited to the final session to ensure the plan is aligned with shared life priorities.
Certified, accountable, structured
Design Legacy mentors specialise in the post-peak career transition — one of the most underserved and consequential stages of professional life. Every mentor is CPD-certified with experience in advisory role design, portfolio career coaching, and legacy planning.
CPD Modules
17-module training path across 7 categories
Credit Hours
Minimum 40 CPD credit hours before certification
Supervised Practicum
Every mentor completes a supervised case review
Renewal
Annual recertification with portfolio evidence
All mentors are NCDAP-certified practitioners
Verified credentials · Annual renewal · Supervised case review
Design Legacy FAQ
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