Career Coaching: Reality! Whatever job, role or passion you choose to follow, there will always be bits of it you do not like…I have created my dream job: people pay me for the privilege of listening to their stories, of reflecting back their brilliance’s and to enable them. To unpick whatever is getting in their […]
‘What is the difference between working with a career coach vs counselling? This is a fascinating line I often find I am exploring with my supervisor. At its simplest, a counsellor helps people to explore the past in order to make peace with it. In this way, they are free to enjoy their present. At its simplest, […]
Business Coaching: Be clear who exactly is in charge of what. My husband and I are both “leaders”. That means that we both think that we are right. We both think that we are right all of the time. This has caused acute conflict for a decade. Whilst I hesitate to admit this … My […]
Career Change: Biased: We all carry around a head full of unconscious biases. That’s part of the deal of being human. Until they are gently raised to consciousness, they will continue to drive us in our decision-making. It is important that we are consciously choosing the lens through which we view our world. Social talent lists these […]
I find that the biggest career change quiz is the internal one: Do you Trust your head or your heart? In My opinion, it is really wise to trust your heart and decide from there. Remember, at this point in your life, when you are choosing career change, you are in a position of power. […]
Career Change: Failure. So you decided on your new career, you did the research, you applied for the job, you got the interview, and you got rejected? What now? Here’s an excerpt from a conversation I had this week with a colleague. We have both been trying phenomenally big new things. “I feel exhausted. I […]
If you Want A Career Change: Take Action. Sounds obvious right? But it’s important to take the right kind of action. If you have chosen to change your career you don’t have to need rush. But you do need to take action. It’s important to explore, ask the questions, test things out, volunteer, be mentored, shadow […]
Career Change at 40: Have you ever been triggered into trying to be someone you are not? Oscar Wilde did say “be yourself, everyone else is taken”. But, maybe we all have an element of people-pleasing within us? A really big trigger for me lies around going into situations I am unfamiliar with. As a […]
Career change: Values-led. Who are you hanging out with at work? Do they walk the talk they are talking? I am curious to know if it is possible to remain congruent and values-led in both work and business. The pressures on values are two-fold: Firstly, with cuts and financial squeezes as we swing away From […]
Career advice: Quitting. I don’t know about you, but, for me, knowing when to quit has never been easy. My morning has been full of digital fxxk-ups: When none of the ‘devices’ will speak to each other. When I cannot open a simple document or print it (especially printing – see Eddie Izzard on that […]