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 Career Coaching Holistic? — One of my clients fed back to me after our beautiful deep-dive of a process was this: . “An assumption I made was in not realising that it could be a holistic process, not purely focused on my work-life” And, whilst I have no idea how other career coaches work, I […]
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 […]
Career Coaching: Legacy I’m writing this sitting by my Dad’s death bed and it made me think about what we leave behind when we go. With his impending demise, our world here has shrunk a little. The noise of social media and wider acquaintances has faded into the mists whilst we focus on the journey […]
“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: Why Am I SO Exhausted? Many, MANY clients have shown up exhausted in the last couple of years and they have absolutely no idea why… … and yet, when we begin to look at both the content and the context of their work lives together, swiftly, all becomes clear — What’s usually beneath this chronic […]
Career Coaching: Do You Give Refunds? — This is a contentious question and that’s because ‘money’ always has such a lot of baggage around it, both societal and personal. . And my answer to ‘Do You Give Refunds’ is ‘No’. . That feels like a bold and challenging thing for me to say: . And, I […]
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 […]