Why join a project manager community? We’ve seen too many good people struggling under pressure and close to burnout working on complex projects. The economy and the industries are causing stress. Pathfinder is here to help people from all areas of professional project management and project support to thrive.
When your days are filled with urgent tasks, broken systems, last-minute deadlines, and decisions made far beyond your control, it’s easy to feel like you’re simply reacting to chaos rather than shaping something meaningful or stepping up. You’re the one picking up the pieces, navigating complexity, and delivering outcomes, often without recognition, and almost always under pressure. And you might not see yourself as a leader right now and that’s entirely understandable.
Yet you are already leading, in ways that matter. Even when no one’s watching, we see you. Our Pathfinder project manager community is here to help you, no matter which level you’re working at. If career growth and personal development are on your mind so you can make the right moves for you, why not hear us out?
Cope with firefighting in complex projects
Before creating Coron, we had found ourselves in those same stressful moments. Maybe it’s late at night, the office is quiet, the emails keep piling up, and the pressure starts to chip away at your confidence? Or perhaps you’re first to arrive, grabbing coffee and a chance to catch up?
We know the feeling of holding responsibility without having real authority. Of being partially proud of the work, yet quietly asking, “is this what leadership is supposed to feel like?” When the communication is letting you down and not quite resolving the issues.
That constant state of firefighting, operating without meaningful support and pushing through simply because the job demands it, it’s not leadership in its healthiest form. That’s survival. While it may feel like the normal expectations of a full-time project management role, it doesn’t have to stay that way forever.
Progress in your project management career
Contrary to what the job titles and org charts suggest, leadership isn’t defined by your position or your pay grade, it’s defined by your perspective. It’s in the quiet decision to own what you can influence, to show up consistently even when the path isn’t clear, and to keep learning, growing, and adjusting—even when nobody’s cheering you on.
That’s where Pathfinder Membership comes in.
Pathfinder is not another task on your already overloaded to-do list. It’s a project manager community space where support, structure and tools meet reflection and growth. It’s for people like you: project professionals who are navigating complexity every day and want to do more than just survive. We focus on you as a whole person, the emotional intelligence you need to succeed and the winning foundations of leadership.
What is Pathfinder?
Pathfinder is a self-led membership programme created by Coron Projects, designed to support project professionals in developing the mindset, confidence and capabilities for project leadership. It’s a welcoming community too.
We’ve structured the membership to provide a balance of learning, connection, and practical resources because we know that growth looks different for everyone. As time is always tight, you’ll be able to work at your own pace and engage whenever you need more.
Here’s what’s included:
- Self-Serve Learning Library
Access a bank of short form learning content, designed to fit into your day, not take over it. From mindset to methods, you’ll find relevant, actionable videos, workbooks and content when you need it most.
- Coron’s Project Management Tools
Gain exclusive access to the templates, frameworks and tools our consultants use in real projects. These are specialist downloads, crafted for complexity and tested under pressure.
One of the core principles of Pathfinder is that you are in control of your journey. This is a flexible programme with no milestones to tick off or performance metrics to meet. There’s no “right” way to participate, and certainly no expectation to show up with the answers.
Whether you choose to attend every session and engage deeply, or prefer to dip in occasionally and explore the tools at your own pace, Pathfinder meets you where you are. This is about creating space to reflect, to recharge and to reconnect with why your work matters. Because when you take time to invest in yourself, even in small, quiet ways, you become a more confident and effective leader, on your terms.
Leadership and community as a growth strategy
One of the metaphors we often return to is that of a mountain climb. Leadership doesn’t mean always pushing ahead from the front, always being the source of energy for others. Sometimes, the most important thing you can do is protect your spark and navigate the way ahead.
Through Pathfinder, we’re here to help you do just that. We offer the shelter, the fuel, and the companionship to help you keep going and, when you’re ready, to tackle that climb to the next level.
If something in this post speaks to you, if you’ve been carrying the load and wondering whether there’s a better way, then the chances are, you already belong here.
You don’t need permission to grow. You don’t need to wait until you’ve “earned it.”
You simply need the willingness to take a small step in a different direction.
Pathfinder is here when you’re ready.
And we’d be honoured to walk with you.
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