When our professional plans do not go as we wished, there is a choice to be made. Whilst we may not be in charge of the change itself, we can choose how to respond to it. A client didn’t turn up for a coaching session today. Having not only been looking forward to working with her, […]
In work environments and working relationships the tensions can build at times of crisis. When change is fostered upon us, or, perhaps even more subtly, when a transition begins to take place beneath the surface, old protocols cease to work. When the old way of being or working become redundant there will be a time […]
With the career coaching I provide, the tweak that often needs to be made in order to make everything line up, concerns an individual’s professional identity. Humans are made up of layers and layers of ‘assumed’ notions of self-perception. Throughout our lives we take onboard the expectations of other. These expectations are usually well-meant, but, […]
Where we work has a profound influence on how we feel about what we do. This in turn affects how we feel about ourselves and our lives. All the careers-guidance I have ever received has focused on the ‘what’ of what I wish to do. Rarely has the question ‘where would you like to do […]
What’s the point of your career? I mean that literally. A lot of people I work with are capable of turning their hand to most things. When we are capable of doling almost anything then it becomes difficult to decide what that ‘thing’ might be. Instead of turning your ‘hand’ to things, perhaps it’s time instead […]
.Where our focus lies is where the energy sits is what we give power to. Therefore this is what comes true…. What we think, we say, what we say, we make manifest…… I am not talking about ignoring real safeguarding for vulnerable clients here or avoiding doing a risk assessment on a project. This is not […]
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 […]
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 […]