Career Coach Mentor:’ How do we take care of each other at work?’ Was a question asked by a colleague today? Given that all present at this meeting had either been recently bereaved or had this journey looming it seems a very wise question… What I was noticing was this: the Colleague who asked the […]
The more work I do in supporting leaders in their development the more I notice one thing that guarantees success. I am coming to believe that when an individual is leading change the only sustainable way of doing so is if they do so from the real understanding of the cultural […]
My absolute best career coach book is this: “Essential Career Transitions Coaching Skills” by Caroline Talbott. It’s awesome. It’s tiny. It’s packed with a multitude of juicy interventions, all with a career bent to them. It’s a modest tome in size. Its author is also disarmingly modest. And, out of all the hundreds of self-help, psychotherapy, supervision […]
Leadership coaching meaning: This question for me focuses less on the types of coaching (which are just a bunch of interventions used at the right time), and more on the type of leadership. Once you know the type of leadership the process of coaching forms itself right around that. Leaders come in a multitude of […]
Looking at the Ikigai image below there arise some career coach questions and answers. If at work you are experiencing feelings of “Excitement, complacency and uncertainty” This means you are meeting three of the four needs of your Ikigai. You are doing what you love. You are providing something the world needs. You are being […]
Leadership Quote: With the passing of Kofi Anan, I was reminded of a wonderful leadership quote in a speech he made in April of 2018 ” leadership is not about the individual” And that says SO much to me. Leadership is NOT about status and leadership is NOT about ego. Leadership is NOT about power. […]