Career Change: As we grow in wisdom (and maybe age a little physically!), we begin to know our values and refine our beliefs. This can lead to a strong need for a career change. If you feel the thunder clouds gathering in you at work, this could be the reason why. I am often asked […]
Career advice: Quitting. I don’t know about you, but, for me, knowing when to quit has never been easy. My morning has been full of digital fxxk-ups: When none of the ‘devices’ will speak to each other. When I cannot open a simple document or print it (especially printing – see Eddie Izzard on that […]
Career advice: Caution. When they say, “Be careful what you ask for, you might just receive” its true. I watch careers grow themselves before my very eyes. This happens when individuals have the courage to state what it is that they really want. It’s been astounding watching one client as he has journeyed since we first met. […]
Career Advice: tbc… A potential client asked me this question “Can you tell me what the three months course will contain and what the homework might be. I want to ensure I get the best of my time commitment”. My answer was this: “Thank you for your question and here are my thoughts: I cannot […]
Career Advice: Extreme. This blog might be a little note to self, but, if it resonates with you Then I hope it’s of use:). I can be such a ‘Responsible Workaholic’ that I ‘simply don’t know when to stop”. I caught myself out at the weekend engaging in this behaviour again. I will try not […]
Career Advice: Kind: There is a layer or stream that runs beneath career coaching and that is self-care. No changes can be even considered until you attend to that. Most new clients show up here acutely undernourished. They have been running too fast and working too hard. They have been running from pillar to post […]
“Career Advice: Gratitude. I never realised how “Loss” could bring such gratitude. My mother died last year. What I never anticipated was this gratitude. I never anticipated this love. I didn’t expect to feel so blessedly? Those people who have shown up and been real and been right alongside me on this journey have been extraordinary. […]
Career Advice: Be very wary of the “The Shoulds and The Oughts“: Why? It’s because these two words Could indicate that the thing you are considering is not your choice. It can indicate that the thing that you are considering is, in fact, the option that others might have chosen for you. These options might […]
Have you got a new idea? My Career Guidance: Courageous would be to protect that new growth. I don’t know about you, but in my enthusiasm for new things, or indeed in my need to approval, I can expose my new idea to all sorts of people who aren’t in a position to be kind to […]
Do you really need to get a Career Guidance Qualification in order to decide your next professional steps? Try this instead I am told there are two ways to look at our experiences: We can choose to judge out disappointments as “the things that went wrong”. Or, we can choose to see them as opportunities […]