Unlocking your Career Potential.
Does your alarm go off in the morning, and instead of getting out of bed, you just lie there delivering yourself a pep talk about why you need to work? Then when you get there, you spend all day distracted by thoughts of what else you could be doing or dreaming of frolicking though greener pastures.
Are you so bored with your work, you find yourself missing deadlines causing constant stress to hang over your head and your life becomes a battle against career burnout?
Perhaps you took time off to raise a child, and now you’re not sure how to re-enter the workforce. And if you do, you challenge your thought process around do I want to go back to my old job or is it time for a change?
It’s becoming increasingly accepted we will have multiple careers in our lifetimes, and our desire to not only succeed in our career path but to achieve greater happiness means we may need to seek advice. A Career Transition Coach will help you flourish by working with you to develop your self-confidence, professional interests and personal values.
Perhaps you’re still a little sceptical as to how a coach can help you – here are 6 ways working with a Career Transition Coach can add value to your professional well-being.
When you’re at a crossroads…..If you feel like your internal compass just won’t stop spinning and that dilemma, or challenge is making you feel stuck …working with in a career transition coach can help untangle the messy thought process.
Not channelling your energy to a specific direction has the ability to become unsettling and it’s a lot more common than you may realise. A career transition coach will guide you through an exploratory process, to start recognising what gives meaning to your career, anchoring you and your career and revisiting professional purpose that may have fallen to the way side. Once you’ve identified where you will be at your best, they’ll propel you forward and help you to maintain accountability and drive.
When you’re lacking in career resilience
We’ve all felt lack of self-confidence at some point or another in our lives, your confidence isn’t static, it’s up and down in different aspects of your career depending on your work circumstances. But there are times when this really can unsettle your career. For example, returning to the work place post-partum can be a challenging time, and for some individuals who have concerns that they have forgotten or missed out on important aspects of their careers. Industries change so fast around us, it’s easy to feel left behind! A Career Transition Coach will work with you to build your confidence, put the tools in place to develop your career resilience and sweat the small stuff less, so that that you find it easier to bounce back quicker and deal with whatever work throws at you!
Discovering what matters to you
Arguably the most important trait not only as a professional but as an individual, is to identify and act in accordance with your values and beliefs. By recognising what you stand for, for example having a genuine work ethic, honest communication or responsibility, you’re more likely to end up in a career that is rewarding. Coaching will noticeably improve your leadership performance, enhance your communication skills, so that you feel empowered to motivate your team and colleagues with a renewed confidence.
Identifying your career purpose.
Perhaps you’ve already achieved the career you dreamt of, however you’ve noticed more recently you’re being left out of significant projects and not being taken seriously by your colleagues. A coach will help you to develop and build an authentic voice in your workplace. Occasionally we all feel as though we’ve achieved something we don’t deserve and are unable to credit our success. Ongoing feelings of self-doubt despite your achievements is often referred to as Imposter Syndrome and have been acknowledge by successful individuals like Michelle Obama. Your coach will act as an impartial lens in your career help you shift your mindset and challenge the thoughts and feelings driven by your inner critique.
Developing your Professional Mastery
Achieving the career, you set out for is one part of your victory, but continual success owes itself to professional and personal mastery. Having a coach to act as a confidential sounding board to challenge your thinking and ideas can add immeasurable value to your professional life. A coach will also help you to lead and inspire those around you while guiding you to form genuine connections with those people around you that count the most.
They’re always in your corner
Success comes in many forms and we all have our own ideas of what it means to be successful. Working with a coach, they will nurture your aspirations, encourage your pursuits and challenge your professional thinking. It can often be lonely at the top or working as a solo founder a coach can support at each stage of the entrepreneurial journey to sustain performance, balance and growth. Your coach has your back and will guide you through the up’s and downs and as well be there to celebrate your successes!
How we feel about our career has significant impact on our emotional resilience, so ensuring you’re on the correct path to feeling fulfilled (and accomplished) in what you do should never be neglected!
If these benefits haven’t been enough to convince you that navigating your career can be more successful working with a coach, then send me any further questions to hello@thedevelopmentcoach.com.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Christina.