Career Coaching: I Was Dangerous
Looking back, before I worked in Career Coaching, I Was Dangerous. Or, more to the point, that was how I was perceived. Even at 24 years of age, I was dangerous. I can see how I was handled within corporate like a hot potato. Everywhere I landed, I was offered another opportunity — yes, because I had the capacity, the capability, the perceptivity.
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But MORE because they didn’t want me “on their manor” – That manager in the stock rooms didn’t offer me relocation into Personnel because he cared for my career progression. He ensured I was offered a trainee position before I took HIS job.
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Why? Because I could instantly see what wasn’t working in the system And thus, I would ask ALL the questions. And that might lead to change or acknowledgement of current failings. — And nobody wanted that!
I didn’t know the word “DISRUPTOR” in my mid-20s. What I did know was that my stating what to me was the blindingly obvious created silences, frowns, and averted looks when I pointed out the systems that were losing their profits.
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I was consistently feeling that I was not doing a very good job — When, in fact, the EXACT opposite was happening; it was MY noticing they were not doing a perfect job that was the problem.
Career Coaching: I Was Dangerous
Now I work in Career Coaching; I am STILL dangerous — however, I have created a place where I am paid to be this way and the information shared is consensual and potent.
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Now, I can stand in my power. Now, I can voice what’s not working. Now, I know the value of what I bring.
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What’s changed? Two things:
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I choose to believe myself.
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I choose to let go of the outcome — those who don’t want to know, well, I am unattached to the result.
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I’ll say “The Thing”, hold my core self, walk away and let go.