Do I Need a Career Coach? Well, that depends on your desired outcome a) If you wish to keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome. Then, you are welcome to keep doing that. However, know that this is the official definition of insanity — nothing will change. Or, you […]
Is Now a Good Time for Career Coaching? I’m gonna be radical because my answer genuinely IS ‘No’. When I first began coaching, way-back-when, I utterly imagined that on January the 1st (OK, maybe the 2nd!), ALL the new clients would come pouring through the door with their New Year’s resolutions. Bringing their career discontents. […]
The Cost of Career Coaching “How much should I spend on a career coach?” … is a reasonable question. “career coaches charge anywhere from $50 to $250 per hour. This varies depending on a few factors, including experience, length of session, and whether they’re certified by an independent entity like the International Coach Federation”(ICF).7 Jun 2022 […]
“What Can A Career Coach Do For Me?” Is a bloody good question: If you are about to commit, time, effort, and money to the process – you are definitely going to know what you will come away with. What this Career Coach can do is to Help You To Remember Who YOU Really Are. […]
Career Coaching: I Don’t Believe in one-off coaching sessions with clients where we have no pre-existing relationship. Why? Because there rarely are there quick-fixes to people’s professional challenges What looks like a behavioural issue in an interview is always linked to something deeper in the person who’s not performing as they wish they could. Getting […]
Career Coaching: Impact — One of the things I adore about coaching is the privilege of seeing the outcomes of this work in the long run. This takes many different forms: It can be a delightful and unexpected email from far-flung foreign lands celebrating a client’s achievement. This work goes far and wide in the […]
Career Coaching: CVs. I’m often asked, “Will you help me update my CV?” Seems logical — As a career coach, I should provide this service, right? However, on the whole, my answer is ‘No’. Why is that? It’s because your CV is merely the tip of the iceberg of WHO you bring to your professional world. […]
Career Coaching: What Do I Do Next? Humans turn up in this coaching space often knowing that they are deeply unhappy doing their work, but they have no idea where to look for their next opportunity. What do I do next? I can turn my hand to anything so what is MY thing? The clients […]
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: Despair — A client came to me saying these words: I despise the senior leadership team. What do I do? . She was distressed . She had worked with the organisation for well over two decades. . She had risen from a Saturday girl to a really senior position. . A new CEO had […]