Is career coaching worth it? - Inspiring Portfolio Careers

Is career coaching useful?

Is career coaching worth the cost?

Is career coaching really worth it?

This blog tackles these questions head on.

Below are some of the conversations that you may be having with yourself, or with your partner/friends about whether to do career coaching or not.

I’m too busy and lack time

30 mins. coaching/week saves 8+ hours /week because you become more focused, productive etc.
Alot is achieved with just 30 minutes coaching/week or fortnight
Coaching often takes place on the phone/Zoom so it is very convenient and can fit into even the most hectic of schedules/lives.
We are happy to do early bird weekend appointments (I am an early bird!) and also weekend appointments.

I can’t afford coaching

Clients say that the results from coaching, whether saving time, making more money, feeling more fulfilled etc. are more than worth the investment
We provide additional added value, sharing marketing & personal brand insights as well as coaching with our clients
With outplacement (redundancy coaching/counselling), your new job is more likely to be achieved faster and with a higher salary than without coaching, so you end up banking more of your redundancy money and ultimately saving money
Often people unfulfilled in their jobs make ‘comfort’ purchases to make themselves feel better. This is a temporary ‘fix’. Career coaching to identify the right career for you provides sustainable reward
Many people have saved money in 2020 because of Covid-19, as they haven’t had the cost of train or tube tickets/petrol or lunch and coffees. This could be your budget pot for your career coaching

Getting coaching is ‘a sign of weakness‘

Coaching, as with sports coaching is about enabling already talented people to achieve even more and bring out their best
Many famous people, the perception of whom is far from weak, have a coach e.g. Madonna, President Clinton etc.

Wise people ask for help rather than struggle

How do I know that career coaching will really be worth the time, money and energy?

You can speak with Rachel’s clients to hear it from the horse’s mouth & read our client case studies and testimonials
Coaches have a coach – they would hardly pay for/do it if it didn’t work!
Coaching has agreed timeframes and goals and makes clients self-sufficient & more resourceful – it’s not an ‘open-ended arrangement’

My job is to help people so that they don’t need me any more

When my clients come back at their next major career crossroads, sometimes over 10 years later, this makes me so happy

Isn’t coaching like therapy?

No, coaching isn’t like therapy because it is practical, has goals and focuses on moving forward positively. It’s all about achieving more in the present and creating the future you want
With therapy, the past is an issue, with coaching it’s a fact. Therapy is about addressing issues from the past because without doing this, the client can’t move forward positively.

A coach tells you what to do, I don’t like being told what to do

This is the complete opposite of what happens – a key principle of coaching is that the client has all the answers within them and if they come up with their own solutions, it is more empowering
Coaching gives the client time and space to think, reflect and plan and the coach acts as a sounding board, facilitating & focusing the client’s reflection and turning these into focused actions to move forward towards defined goals. The coach shares any thoughts & ideas only with the client’s permission
Friends and family might tell you what they think you should do, but a coach certainly doesn’t, they are completely objective and yet supportive to your desired outcome. The people closest to you can be a barrier to you, because they have their own agenda and may fear change. E.g. they may like the status or money associated with your current role or career

Partner objects e.g. career change or partner confiding in someone other than them

They can have a chat with me so that they feel comfortable
It may be relevant to have a joint coaching session with you and your partner to work through the blocks
The increased happiness and fulfilment of you being in the right role for you has a positive knock-on effect on your loved ones, whether a partner and/or children
Fear of change is part of being human and this can be explored in the coaching

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