Leadership Coaching: Agility. There once was a leader who was Old Skool. He wore a suit every day. He worked in a young environment and all the others dressed smart-casual. He was very sales oriented. He did listen to his employees but would often take the reverse decision at the last minute. Morale was low in […]
Career Coaching: Teamwork. People look at me as a Sole Trader and assume I’m on my own. In reality, I have a whole team surrounding me. I have two questions for you: Firstly, what can you delegate? This might be paid roles or it might be reciprocal. You might find it really easy to promote another […]
Career Coaching: Strengths. Play to your strengths. Many people show up here saying “I’m here because I am not good at XY&Z”. My response is ‘what ARE you good at? Shall we work with that instead?’. We are so good at trying to be everything to everyone that we even work on the bits we […]
Career Coaching: Contracting. When a business of project fails It’s rarely down to the quality of the skill or the service. It is usually the lack of business-like behaviour that has the provider on the floor. You may be really skilled, gifted and talented but that counts for very little if your business protocols and […]
Career coaching: Value. We do not know how to value ourselves professionally. As I was staring this enterprise I was given this piece of advice. “Set your prices higher than you imagine you could ever charge – you will grow into them” Of course, I ignored this guidance. I felt I was ‘too newly qualified’, ‘too […]
Career Coaching: Decision-Making. One of the mistakes people make in decision making is to “think about it”. Thinking about anything too much is dizzy making. Our education system and our society put all the emphasis on our brains. Yes, our brain is useful, and, it is only part of our repertoire. To make good decisions we need […]
Career Coaching: Change: If you keep doing the same thing, again and again, you will get exactly the same outcome. This might seem like an obvious thing to say. It is however pertinent because even when we are unhappy, this is what most of us do. We moan about our weight or our work or our […]
Career Coaching: Roles. Are You A Plant? I bet you never thought you’d be asking that! If you are a plant it might have real significance for your professional development. When I say ‘Plant’ I am not referring to an aspidistra. When I say plant I am referring to one of the Belbin Team Roles. The Plant […]
Career Coaching: Decisions. There is no getting away from the fact that we need to make decisions. We need to make decisions in order to live. We need to make decisions in order to work. Even coming to career coaching does not put off the fact that you will, eventually, inevitably have to make a decision […]
Career Coaching: Accountability. There are three main parts of my job: Firstly I need to understand the landscape and the ambitions of the person in front of me. Secondly, I need to help that person to tackle whatever it is that stands between where they are and where they want to be. Thirdly I help hold accountability […]