Career Coaching – Fear: I asked a client about his “Fears” before we began working together and these are the words that he said: . “ I had a deep Fear of failure – that I would walk away from this with fxxk all” He then said: “If I’m coming to you, that means I’m scared […]
How do I know which career coach to trust? — And it is an excellent question these days. When I created this role for myself, over a decade ago, there were very few career coaches in the UK . Now, there are a plethora of coaches offering what probably appear from the outside, to be […]
Do I Have To Commit To Career Coaching? Absolutely! There is commitment in Time. There is a commitment Financially. There is a commitment to Show Up ‘Real’, in all your vulnerability. Scary – Hell Yeah! Will it be uncomfortable? Some of it might be … However, The commitment is ultimately a commitment to you. And this […]
The Biggest Fear About Career Coaching Fears clients have shared with me have been about ‘the financial commitment’ and, ‘the predictability of the outcomes’ of this coaching work. And, I THINK THIS IS A LIE Deep down, the REAL fear of most clients is the fear of Being Really Seen. In northern Europe we are […]
Whats the difference between: A Career Advisor and a Career Coach? At Global Career Counselling They suggest that a career advisor will ‘use metrics to analyse the clients past and tell them what might be a good fit for them’ and that ‘a career coach will not look at the past’. Personally I think the official definitions of […]
Career Coaching: A Good Question asked of me by a client recently: “What if the process doesn’t work for me?” This is such a great question: Firstly, why would you want to invest a whole heap of cash, time and trust, in a process that isn’t guaranteed? And conversely, it takes two to tango: I […]
Career Coaching: Tell Me I’m Wrong: Agreeing on how to work together as “Coach and Coachee” is really important, and it’s a movable feast – you and I might have done a really intense piece of work together five years ago… And if you return to do some further work, we will inevitably have both changed, […]
Career Coaching: Rebellion On asking my clients what they most feared about engaging with career coaching, more than one responded with the words. “ My fear was That I would be told what to do!!!!” Nope! That REALLY isn’t gonna happen. And there are a multitude of reasons for this: Firstly, my Mum was a head […]
Career Coaching: “I don’t want to be sold to” And, I don’t want to be ‘sold to” is exactly how I feel when I’m considering a potentially life-changing decision too. — What I really want in those moments is someone to give me the information. I then want to take myself away so that I […]
Career Coaching: Do You Do One-off Coaching Sessions? The short answer to this question is ‘No’. And, the long answer is still “No” – and there’s a good reason for that. Session 3 or 4 is where ‘it’ all unravels and this is exactly as it needs to be — We cannot keep doing the same old things […]