Career Coaching: The Great Resignation? “Almost a quarter of workers are actively planning to change employers in the next few months, a report has claimed, as part of a “great resignation” prompted by a high number of vacancies and burnout caused by the pandemic.” The Guardian dated November 1st. However, a month on, and what’s actually […]
Career Coaching: Myth Busting: As a coach who’s been at the coal face of one-to-one coaching for a decade, 2020 brought the revelation of the richness of holding group coaching programmes. Honestly, as a self-confessed introvert, I was skeptical. And, I was shown the potency of six individuals, weaving their magic around each other as they […]
Career Coaching: What’s Your Superpower? I’m noticing just how differently we view ourselves from the inside, totally ignoring what others see of us from the outside. Would it be useful to harness that information? I know, we have ALL been through the 360 performance process, and somehow, soliciting the opinions of bosses and colleagues we neither like […]
Career Coaching: The Pivot – Unhappy at work? You may not need to leave your job. What you might be able to do is change your perspective so that it works for you you. I’m not advocating any kind of toxic positivity or a woman/ man-up attitude. What I am talking about is the realignment […]
Career Coaching: What Career Change at 40? The very idea feels bamboozling right, however, you are in a much better position than you think you are. What’s the best thing about a career change at 40? Well, there are two things I can think of immediately. Firstly, you know yourself. And, secondly, you have heaps […]
Career coaching: Quitting – In the northern hemisphere, we are rarely given permission to ‘quit’. I believe that ‘quitting’ is seen as a failure – I have the tenacity of a daemon and, this tenacity can be my downfall it’s taken me close to death on occasions … . These days it is SO much better/ healthier […]
Career Coaching: Do You Want to Know A Secret? You do not have to stay in your current role. Do you want to know why? It might be much better to leave than to take the consequences of staying put – read on to find out more … Are you letting yourself hear how you […]
Career Coaching: How to make a career change? Here’s a radical idea: in order to make a career change, how about you do a recce of what it is you LIKE doing. . Yes, I know you want to maintain your salary. Yes, I also know you are good at doing what you ‘should’. I’m […]
Career coaching: An Apology The Career advice you probably didn’t get and The Career advice I definitely didn’t get was this “Listen to yourself” I wonder if this resonates with you? Growing up I was taught to listen to my parents and to listen to my teachers, to listen to my ‘careers advisor’ and even […]
Career coaching: Walking my talk – I’ve had a reminder over the past year of exactly how hard I ask my clients to work & the discomfort I expect them to face. The transformation that leads to a career-change or a business-build is not that of the tasks that need to happen on the outside. Before that, […]