Career Advice: tbc… A potential client asked me this question “Can you tell me what the three months course will contain and what the homework might be. I want to ensure I get the best of my time commitment”. My answer was this: “Thank you for your question and here are my thoughts: I cannot […]
“Career Advice: Gratitude. I never realised how “Loss” could bring such gratitude. My mother died last year. What I never anticipated was this gratitude. I never anticipated this love. I didn’t expect to feel so blessedly? Those people who have shown up and been real and been right alongside me on this journey have been extraordinary. […]
Career Guidance Bristol: This might come as a surprise, but as a career coach, I do not give much career guidance. This is what I provide instead: I will give you time: to reflect and set down anything that no longer serves you. I will give you space in order to harness those brilliant things […]
My Career Guidance to You for 2018 is this: “NEVER dismiss your existing skills, capabilities and knowledge”. One of the hardest tasks I sent my clients, all of my clients, is to name their kills capabilities and knowledge. I ask them to list 40. By which I mean 40 of each…. there are usually complaints! Why is […]
Professional Behaviours: Professionalism in business all about is showing up when you said you would. It’s about doing what you said you would do. It’s about being willing to listen and to really hear what is said. Professionalism is the ability to be agile in how you respond the information you are given. There is […]
Winter Solstice Blessings! And, It’s all about the nourishment right now. The shortest day and the longest night before we welcome back the light. This is the time to reflect on what has gone, to be grateful for what it brought and to begin, just begin, to seed the very new beginnings of the next […]
Professionalism Definition: What’s your definition of professionalism? A dictionary defines it in the words below. Mine is way more and than the attributes of a sector or the way I earn my living. My definition is about loving what I do and all of that it encompasses. “1: the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark […]
This is the definition of professionalism by Oxford Dictionaries “The competence or skill expected of a professional. ‘the key to quality and efficiency is professionalism’” When I was in my 20s I really wanted to be seen as professional. And I struggled with it so much because I didn’t seem to understand the rules and […]
I like the following work environment quote. What it does for me is enable me to know that, whatever my next career move is (& believe me I have made a few!), I am not alone. “In the startup work environment, you get to have a relationship with your boss, the investors, and the key […]
When we examine work environment types we can be overly simplistic in our requirements. Whilst some individuals obviously need to be working outdoors. Other individuals like my husband, actually need to be office-based because he is so sweet (read that with the appropriate level of sarcasm), I’m sure he might dissolve in the rain. This piece […]