How I work

What’s it like to work with me?

On this page you’ll find an overview of the kind of results you can expect to achieve from working with me.

You’ll also get an insight into the philosophy behind my practice and the approach I use when working with clients.  In addition you’ll discover what makes me different from all the other career coaches out there.

Expected Results

If we decide to work together you can expect to receive the following results:

Clarity – you will be very clear about what’s important to you, what motivates you, what is right for you and how you can make the changes you need.  With so much clarity getting the career and the work-life balance you want becomes so much easier. 

Confidence – you will build confidence from uncovering and tapping into your natural talents, abilities and strengths which hold the key to unlocking your career blueprint.

Self Belief – you will learn how to recognise and overcome any self-limiting beliefs that may have previously held you back, enabling you to develop the self belief required to get the career that you really want.  These techniques will stand you in good stead now and in the future. 

Opportunities – with the new perspective you gain from working with me a whole world of opportunity will open up with choices and options that you never knew were there before.  You never need to feel trapped again.

Contribution – you will recognise that your work can be fulfilling, rewarding and satisfying, that you can do something you feel good about and that makes a positive contribution to the world you live in.

Control – you put yourself back in the driving seat of you career, and get to redesign your life the way you want it, from the inside out.

Answers – to the questions like ‘what would be a fulfilling career for me?’  ‘what do I need in order to feel balanced?’ and ‘how do I make it happen?’

My Philosophy

Here are a few of the core principles that guide the way I work with the clients in my practice:

You can have and do what you want – Work doesn’t have to be boring, draining or frustrating.  Instead it can be fulfilling, rewarding and satisfying.  You can do something you feel makes a positive contribution, and build in all the other things that are important to you so that you have a life outside work too.

Alignment leads to fulfilment – it’s not so much about what you do (or your salary and what car you drive) but more about who you get to be when you are at work that indicates how satisfying your work will be for you.  By aligning who you are with what you do will you have the key to career fulfilment.

Focus on your sphere of influence – in other words recognise what you can influence, and what most definitely is out of your control.  By focusing on your sphere of influence, the things you can change, you will be able to see real, measurable results very quickly.

You create your own reality – your thoughts, feelings and actions shape your experience of the world.  It’s a case of it’s not what happens to you but how you respond to it that’s really important.  By adopting positive beliefs you can change the way you experience your world for the better, for good.

Whatever your situation you always have choices – however bleak your current career situation seems, however trapped you feel, you always have options and lots of them.  There is always some way of bettering you situation immediately, and hundreds of ways of getting where you want to be.

You can start doing what you want right now – you may not be able to change the direction of your career overnight, but you can start building in the thought patterns and the actions that will get you there straight away.  You can also make small changes to what you eat, wear, read and do for fun that mean you get more of the things you love immediately.

My Approach

Here are a few points that outline the way I approach working with the clients in my practice:

Flexible – although most of my clients work with me for similar reasons, I recognise that your circumstances and individual requirements are unique.  For that reason the nature of the coaching programme we follow will be tailor made to meet your requirements, and always reflects your agenda.

Focused – I am focused on and committed to your success.  As your coach I always have your best interests at heart.  I guarantee your confidentiality, and I take my role seriously.  As long as you play your part, I will go the extra mile to ensure that you achieve your goals.

Fun – whilst changing career and finding a new way of living can be challenging, I believe that it should also be fun.  I try to bring some energy and humour to the process to make it not only enlightening, but also fun.

My Uniqueness

There are lots of career coaches out there, so why choose me?

I have walked the path before you – in terms of career change, I have been there and done it.  I have experienced the highs of sales success, project completion, and target achievement coupled with the lows of long hours, bureaucracy, fear management, work overload and stress.  I have racked my brains to think what else I could do, met with hundreds of recruitment consultants and taken the advice of parents and friends in my previous attempts to find the solution to the career fulfilment puzzle. 

I know what you are going through, and I also know from experience that it doesn’t have to be that way and that there is a way out.  Having found the keys to unlock the door to career fulfilment, I want to share what I have learned with others.

I combine my experience with several specialist career tools including The Firework Career Coaching programme, a technique called ‘Printing’ which reveals the DNA of your personality, and numerous coaching exercises I have worked through and used in my own life and with my clients.

Now you have a better idea of the type of results you can expect to achieve by working with me, understand my philosophy, approach and what makes me unique. Why not go to My Services page to learn more about the specific packages I offer exclusively for mid-career professionals like you?