As a career coach, I help people at all stages of their working lives… From school students planning their first steps, to executives negotiating career transition. Very different groups, with very different experiences – and yet time and again, I see similar beliefs. Beliefs about what careers look like, how they work – and what’s […]
Career choice & development
Stuck in a bad job? 5 survival tips…
Jobs can be bad for a variety of reasons… Pointless tasks, a culture that doesn’t fit you, office politics – toxic colleagues or bullying bosses… They all affect our lives way beyond the workplace, and can erode our confidence, happiness and health over time. Clearly, I’d encourage anyone in this situation to start looking at […]
Career Advice: Who’s on your team?
If you’re familiar with the idea of peer pressure, it’s thanks to psychologists from the 1950’s. In the wake of WWII, researchers wanted to understand what had driven so many to follow the Nazis… and proved that we’re social animals, hard-wired to fit in. One researcher, Solomon Asch, led a series of these peer pressure […]
Bad career advice: The 6 worst ways to choose career
There are many different ways to choose a career direction. Some are pretty predictable, others a bit bizarre… and then there’s the downright bad. I’ve seen lots of less-than-ideal ways to choose careers, with a handful of repeat offenders. These are my top 6 pitfalls, if you’re choosing or changing career… Career Pitfall #1: It’s […]
Career Contexts: The Russian dolls of work…
When people talk about careers and work, they typically mean their jobs… and the job we do – the roles we play, the responsibilities we have and the day-to-day tasks we perform – are certainly key to our work. But if you’re looking to find career fulfillment, there’s much more to consider. Our jobs sit […]
Want to change career? 3 ways to identify transferable skills
As a coach, I help clients to navigate career change all the time – and often what holds people back is the prospect of having to start all over again. Yes, you may need to up-skill or take on some re-training to transition, but chances are you already have many skills and strengths which are […]
