Lets be honest, career change is frightening. In fact, any change is frightening. When we think about potential change we can create all sorts of stories in our minds. These stories do not usually contain too much truth compared with reality. Watching The Boy get himself into a real tiz regarding an after school club, […]
I took the following paragraph from sage journals which describes Professional Identity Construction. As i read it I began to panic at the complexity of the layers of the formation of each identity. I began to feel fearful at the shifting boundaries both internally and outside of each of us. I wanted to harness and […]
Here’s a view of what constitutes professional identity formation within a medical paradigm. I believe that much of it rings true for professional identity formation for the rest of us cross-sector too: A Schematic Representation of the Professional The identity of an individual at any moment represents the sum of the influences impacting three domains. The […]
Here is a definition of professional identity theory: It explores how we become, who we become, at work from Oxford Journals. Did that confuse you? It confused me too. Having worked in the professional development field for a couple of decades here is my translation. Your professional identity comprises multiple facets. Environment; Where do you […]
Have you ever noticed that when you compare yourself with others then you come off worst? Comparing your professional identity with that belonging to another person will never serve you. I received an email on the first day of 2017 saying: “Crisis confidence on Day One. A woman posts photos on the local site and […]
Wikipedia define Professional Development opportunities as this: “Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage” Therefore learning opportunities equal the the hands on kind […]
Professional Development Trends: The professional landscape changes daily. Changes are driven by money and politics and global markets. Driven by eternal influences this landscape is mostly out of our control. Professional Development trends follow these changes in the work landscape and these too are outside our remit of design. The piece of the employment jigsaw […]
Professional Development Plan:Have you ever noticed that our professional development does not always go to plan? That sometimes we can get a little down when you consider where we think we should be with where we actually are? Here’s Forbes take on it: A lovely empowering piece from career coach from ‘A Work in Progress’. Well […]
Professional Development means new beginnings. New beginnings are a challenge if you are not sufficiently resourced. It is impossible to go from nought to 60 mph at any great speed if you do not have enough fuel in your tank. It is easy to become depleted at this dark time of the year when, after […]
A coach and horses seems to be a good metaphor for the coaching process. Once both coach and horses have found the right direction then their progress is practically unstoppable. When the expertise of the coach driver is aligned with the wisdom of the horses themselves, then they can drive right on through just about […]