It doesn’t matter how bright you are or how very astute your ideas, if you do not share them then they have no value. This is a bold statement, but, hundreds of thousands of words, in an unpublished book, are silent. The best entrepreneurial notion, left trapped inside a brain, will have no impact whatsoever […]
You may not believe it, but you are most probably managing a ‘portfolio career: The ‘options’ we chose in our teens are mostly redundant as we change and grow as adults. The economic climate means that most sectors are riddled with cuts and redundancies and people are either are either doing two jobs, or have […]
What are the important elements of your career pathway? When it comes down to it only two things really count; Are you earning enough to keep a roof over your head? And are you enjoying enough of it to spend that amount of time doing it? That’s it! If one or t’other is out of […]
Did anyone mention that we as individuals get to choose our own professional identity definition? Did anyone explain that to you whilst you were choosing your ‘options’ at senior school? Nope, nor me! “Professional identity is defined as one’s professional self-concept based on attributes, beliefs, values, motives, and experiences” (Ibarra, 1999; Schein, 1978). I didn’t know […]
“It takes a village to raise a child” and it takes a whole community to grow a business. After years of bruising and challenging career experiences I harnessed the lot by using my coaching and supervision skills and began to empower others to harness their expletives in service of their career passion. This was juicy! […]
When i entered the frustrating fifteen years of my career I had no idea of the benefits. The years filled with what I felt were failures. The years where I quit roles that didn’t quite fit, keeping moving. The years where I felt my confidence being corroded in the corporate world as I sought over […]
We all deserve to do nourishing work. This work nourishes me as much as it nourishes my clients. Together, we ‘still’ time in order to ensure it is all lining right up and that my client is really listening to themselves and what their past is telling them. Autonomy, mastery and purpose hold so much […]
My love of empowering people began in my early twenties when I became a Team Leader for the Prince’s Trust. I witnessed, over and over, the profound impact that ‘opportunity’, presented compassionately to individuals, could have on lives. The challenges we confronted together enabled them see themselves from a totally new perspective. From this place […]
Birthing The Daemon Career Coach: Beltane 2015: One Year On. During an interview last week I was asked “who was actually part of my business?’. The simple answer is of course, that as a sole trader, this business entity is ‘Just Me’. The real answer however has so much more depth and breadth. My first […]
Ethical & Professional Careers I have realised that this is exactly what I do. I enable other people to choose their own ethical careers. Not because I manipulate coachee’s into choosing to be ethical but because ethical decisions are a natural consequence of the journey we embark on together Something profound happens when we […]