I love career coaching for many reasons.
I have been coaching for over 20 years now, and I still love it as much now as I did at the beginning.
Why do I LOVE my job?
YOU! My clients.
Some become friends.
Many come back at another career crossroads, sometimes 10 years after the first time we worked together.
Why I love career coaching
Inspiring clients – my clients really inspire me and I learn a lot from them. I find it fascinating how people are different and see the world differently and yet how the themes are similar across all of them, e.g. lack of fulfilment, not liking marketing themselves, low self-belief etc.
Help people to help themselves – my job is to help my clients to clarify what they want and help them to get it. I am simply a catalyst and a pair of wing mirrors!
Self-awareness – I enjoy helping my clients to understand themselves better. This so important, especially in challenging times. I have done a lot of personal development work on myself. Awareness of the importance of this is growing, even amongst left brain cynical markets e.g. lawyers and engineers.
Reframing – we all get too close to ourselves to see solutions. Reframing something to help a client to become unstuck, is useful – new or different perspectives.
Positivity – I am naturally optimistic and this is very useful in the uncertain times in which we live, for people who see the world as half-empty rather than half-full, and with growing competition in many markets, whether you are employed or self-employed.
Sharing ideas – one of my best skills is coming up with ideas for careers or businesses for my clients which play to their strengths. I have an insights and ideas brain!
Internal and external – career coaching is a combination of looking internally, within yourself, and externally, at the market and opportunities. I love helping my clients do both. My career heritage is in marketing and strategy, so I have useful tools and frameworks to help my clients to do this.
Overcoming blocks – understanding and overcoming a block to move forward is really satisfying. Pain then relief from the pain, gives you a brilliant ‘lift’, overcoming something that felt so difficult, so that you can move forwards.
Making a difference – a career takes up so much of our lives and has huge impact on relationships, money and happiness. It is a privilege to help people improve this.
Creative – coaching is a creative process. Sometimes I create an exercise for a client or get them to use a prop e.g. a knotty piece of string to help them to create a shift, or to create a drawing.
Connect people – I have always been a natural connector. Introducing my clients to each other for ideas and support, helps them build their network, and enables potential collaborations and opportunities.
Uniqueness – everyone is absolutely unique and yet most don’t see this or define it. A personal brand is a great way to do this.
Building confidence – many people lack confidence. Not all admit this. Helping to build someone’s inner confidence and conviction like the words through a ‘stick of rock’ is one of the most important projects in life.
Growing your resilience – I am very resilient as is my husband who inspires me so much. There are practical tools to do this, even in the most challenging of circumstances.
Marketing you – many people dislike marketing themselves. This is becoming more important. You CAN find ways to do this comfortably, I promise.
Helping my clients to allow themselves to be who they really are and do what they want to do is why I love career coaching.
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