Career Coaching

Whatever career stage you are at, and whether your employed, self-employed or unemployed, one-to-one coaching is a valuable way to work through current career challenges, review your direction and make a change.

Package 1: Who am I? What am I good at? What do I want to do?

This 4-week programme works through:

A review and assessment of your Personality, Skills, Values and Interests using tried and tested tools (Myers-Briggs, Keirsey Temperament Sorter, Strong Interest Inventory, Enneagram, Values Inventories)
Identification of options for work consistent with who you are, what you’re good at and what you want
Exploration and focus on what might be your next move or your new direction

Package 2: How do I get there?

This 4-week programme covers:

Presenting yourself at your best (Networks, Social Media (Linked In/Blogs), in person, in writing)
Developing a clarity of vision and a personal action plan
CV preparation and review
Interview and Assessment Centre preparation

Package 3: 100 days in-job coaching

Whether you’re already in a job or starting a new job, this package of 8-10 one-to-one sessions provides the following support:

To remind you or introduce you to concepts which will enhance your confidence and effectiveness (e.g. Effective Communication Skills, Emotional Intelligence, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)
To explore with you the personalities, political, power and cultural dynamics of your working environment
To explore with you how relationships between you and your colleagues can be effective, rewarding and harmonious
To provide a place for you to reflect on and plan for action back at the work place

Package 4: Setting Up a Business

The package of 8-sessions, based on Bella’s book Make It Your Business, leads you through:

Making the Decision and Shaping your Business (what's your idea? what's stopping you? what does success look like to you?)
Getting Started (people, location, equipment, time
Business Basics (name, set-up, structure, contracts, accounting, compliance, VAT, The Business Plan)
Pricing, Negotiation and Contracts (money, selling, AIDA)
Branding, Marketing and PR (logo, website, ideas, communication)
Developing and Managing Your Business (cashflow, customers, employees, suppliers, project management)
Relationships and Responsibilities (communication, assertiveness)
The Big Picture (your life context, ambitions, desires, setbacks, breakthroughs

Individual or short-term coaching sessions can be booked in London, Guildford, Reading or Basingstoke. After initial face-to-face sessions, coaching can take place through a mixture of face-to-face and telephone/skype sessions.