The career coaching process is more complex than it looks AND, this process has a fluidity about it that means it almost happens naturally, effortlessly. As the coach I am consciously guiding you through a series of steps that will enable you to find you professional purpose “THIS is The Knowledge, Experience, and the Attributes […]
“From this Career Coaching, You will walk away with your Five Year Professional Plan.” was the answer I gave someone who was seeking to decide what to do next professionally: “I want to know process and what, as a coach, you would expect me to walk away with.” By professional Plan I mean you will […]
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 […]
“What Does Career Coaching Cost?” (‘Shhhhh! It’s rude to talk about money. Well, Fxxk that – it’s WAY ruder to NOT talk about money and then need to sort out a misunderstanding!) . What is the cost to you of you NOT hiring A Career Coach — What will Your Future Self think if you do […]
Career Coaching: Tell Me Why I Don’t Like Mondays. When I ask “Do you dread Monday morning?” I don’t mean do you just resent leaving the fun of the weekend behind you? What I’m asking is this: Do you begin to dread the work week starting from Saturday afternoon onwards? Do you get that sinking […]
Leadership Coaching: Always “On”. There are rising concerns regarding our flexible working culture leading to the ‘always on’. This brings the expectation that employees should always be available… this behaviour in turn leading to burnout. If you are a leader then this will not be unfamiliar to you. If you are a good leader you […]
Leadership Coaching: Perspective. Take a step back. Honestly, it’s so easy to be right at the coal face, doing the fire-fighting and immersed in the everydayness of a team or project, it’s very easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. Time to step away. Get off-site, get away from any kind of work for […]
Leadership coaching: Cultural Change. If management is getting tasks done through people then Leadership is making change through people. That means that “leadership” suddenly doesn’t look as clear-cut as I had imagined. Leaders to me, were the traditional bosses; Those authoritarian types who give orders top down. Now, I know this not to be true. […]
Leadership coach: Core Values. Honestly, I’ll say it over and over and over again. If you are trying to lead change through people then you have to nourish yourself first: “You Can’t give away what you haven’t got…”. However, if you do engage with aggressive self-care and it’s still not serving you, then, what you […]
Leadership Coaching: Expertise: Never be scared to hire people who are better than you. Here’s why: If you can lead a team of experts and those who are already “Authorities” in their own right … then between you there will be something awesome created. Never hire someone because they make you feel better about yourself […]