Career Coaching: Contributing. I have become involved in collaboration with a heart-based organisation. This is SO good for refocusing my intent. “ Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” JFK Similarly, ask not what this job, organisation, or course can do you too, ask what you can […]
Career Coaching: Curiosity might well have killed the cat. It is our curiosity however that enables us to learn. If we cannot he curious and we cannot ask questions, then how else can we get the information that we need?Do you know what gets in the way of my curiosity? It’s my ego. My ego is […]
Career Coaching: inner critic.What has your inner critic sabotaged for you recently? I’ve been all too aware of mine in recent weeks.After four decades I have finally located the place where my inner critic is most active and powerful. This is a great piece of information to have for all of us because then you […]
Career Coaching: Permission. One of the roles of a career coach is that of granting permission. Permission to what? Permission to do this career-thing in the way YOU want. Often we arrive in our adulthood and we are absolutely full of ‘shoulds & oughts’. You may have been absolutely playing by ‘the rules’ for years. […]
Career Coaching: Promotion. You are enough. A question clients are often asking themselves, and me, when they show up here, is this: “What value do I bring to the business?” On the back of a promotion, Imposter Syndrome can really kick in. The gap between how you perceive yourself and what others see in you, […]
Career Coaching: innovation. Some people find it difficult to know what they want to do, even in their 30s, 40s or 50s and it’s not because they are indecisive. It is because their job has not been invented yet. Why has it not been invented? That will be because that person needs to birth the […]
One of the best questions a client has asked me in recent years is this:‘What do I need to do in order to make the most of this coaching?’I was quite put in the spot: this was qualitative, not quantitative. The answer I gave was “Bring your Openness, your Honesty, and your Willingness”. I watch […]
Career coaching: Insanity. In order to change your circumstances, you need to act differently. In order to act differently, you need to take risks. Humans are generally risk-averse. This is a natural part of our psyche. We don’t want to step into the unknown. We want to know exactly what the outcome will be if […]
Career Coaching: Portfolio Career. Increasingly people come to me seeking their Professional Thing, only to find that what they really want, is a series of Professional Things. They want to earn thier living by honouring several strands of things that they love. This is perfectly possible and very joyous for certain personality types. These days […]
Career Coach: Imposter syndrome is SO common. Much more common than you would ever imagine. When you see how some people ‘present’ themselves, you would assume they have never doubted themselves and their ability to do their job, ever. I would counteract that by saying the everyone has their doubts on some days. Comparing […]