Career coach: Joy. Is it possible to find work that gives you joy as well as an income? Absolutely! Did anyone tell you at school that this was possible? Or were you expected to fulfill someone else’s pre-defined category?With most people, I meet the answer is often sadly, ‘Absolutely’ all over again… “The place God calls […]
Career Coaching: Reality! Whatever job, role or passion you choose to follow, there will always be bits of it you do not like…I have created my dream job: people pay me for the privilege of listening to their stories, of reflecting back their brilliance’s and to enable them. To unpick whatever is getting in their […]
Career Coaching: Agility: I was thinking about relationships and why it is some survive and some do not. I believe it’s connected to the level of agility within each partner. We all change as the years go by. It’s about co-existence in a relationship where both parties are going to shift their perspectives ever so […]
Career Coaching: Sustainability: Work has clear timelines and sometimes things really need to ramp up in order that these time commitments be met… And…. as a colleague put it, ‘ I need to make time to be a normal person too’ How do we do this when work, life, family, relationships all need to take […]
Career Coaching: core values. What are they? How do you find them? And why do you need them? Core values work with coaching clients is such a privilege because it is so intimate, it’s heart-based work. People usually only have three or four core values. How do you find them? It’ll be a word that […]
Career coaching: Detective work. I see people come in who are bright, competent, inspiring change-makers…. but…, they still can’t put themselves forward. This is inevitably due to a belief they hold about themselves form the past. Whilst it has no apparent relevance in the here and now. It is still operating within their lives. I’ve had […]
Career Coaching: Self-Promotion: Warning ⚠️: its Time to woman – up! There had been a cultural change over that past two decades that might leave you at a disadvantage in the job application game. With graduates leaving uni with increasing debts, what they also take with them is a self-promo savvy that I certainly never […]
Career Coaching: Applications – Bring your uniqueness. The job application landscape has changed considerably over that past two decades. ‘Back in the day’, if you filled in an application form, you’d expect a receipt to confirm its arrival. You’d get a standard Letter of ‘thanks but not this time’ If you didn’t get to interview. […]
Career Coaching: Procrastination: Can you turn your hand to anything? Do you have a head full of awesome ideas but often fail to realise them? Are you left beating yourself up and wondering how to generate a secure income? Well? I have news for you. You are probably, paradoxically, A ‘Completer-Finisher’ in Belbin’s Team Roles. […]
Leadership coaching: Fear. The question is this: Is it ok to be open, when in a leadership role, about my fears, my presumptions, my misunderstandings, and even my prejudices? Or is it much safer to be all gung-ho, positive and motivational? I think I know the answer to that for me. I believe that it […]