It doesn’t matter how bright you are or how very astute your ideas, if you do not share them then they have no value. This is a bold statement, but, hundreds of thousands of words, in an unpublished book, are silent. The best entrepreneurial notion, left trapped inside a brain, will have no impact whatsoever […]
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 […]
“It takes a village to raise a child” and it takes a whole community to grow a business. After years of bruising and challenging career experiences I harnessed the lot by using my coaching and supervision skills and began to empower others to harness their expletives in service of their career passion. This was juicy! […]
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 […]
Ethical & Professional Careers I have realised that this is exactly what I do. I enable other people to choose their own ethical careers. Not because I manipulate coachee’s into choosing to be ethical but because ethical decisions are a natural consequence of the journey we embark on together Something profound happens when we […]
Facing Ethical Conflict in Business Having taken myself right out of my comfort zone in a business sense last week I have learned stuff. It often takes us humans being out of our depths to really register where what is important. When we are doing something unfamiliar, something new, something ‘out of character’, this is […]
The best way I have found of restoring my confidence in my professional ability is the get right out and do the work. It is easy to procrastinate when we are fearful of a blank canvas. What if we begin in the wrong place or if we make a bad mark or if we look […]
When you’re tired, remember to rest. It Sounds so simple as to be almost imbecilic, however it’s flippin easy to forget, ignore or believe we are immune to this fundamental truth. Many demands are made of us in a day. Work, home, play. Many distractions pull our attentions off and away into our heads, diverted […]