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Coaching Overview - Perspectives
The Fitness Analogy
Have you ever hired a fitness coach to burn off the holiday treats or to get you in top condition for your next marathon? Have you ever hired a financial advisor to help you organize your finances and establish future security. This is great! You understand the benefit of a coach helping you improve important pieces of your life. So now that you are in shape and have great finances, what are you doing about your career? Why haven’t you put time into choosing the right elements for an activity where you spend the majority of your waking hours of your adult life? Why are so many of us willing to pay to get in shape for a race that is over in 6 months but we don’t put the same detailed focus on ensuring we get fantastic results from a career that lasts 5, 10, 15+ years?
Apply the same fitness coaching principles to your career and achieve rewards that will last way beyond the current year.
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Comments from my client’s prior to their first coaching session: -I know I want a different job, but I don’t know exactly where I want to go next -I have no idea what other possibilities are out there
-I really want to try something different, but I’m tied to my current salary -I have a masters degree and if I change jobs I fell like I will be wasting away my degree -I’ve had this new business idea in my head but .... (it seems difficult, costly, I don’t have time, ??) -I really want to make a change, but I need help carving out time for a career change -I like my current job, but don’t I see myself being happy in the role of my manager (partner, CEO, etc…..) -I figured I would stay in this good paying job for another year, but I want to start taking steps right now so that when the year is over I know exactly what to do next
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Is it time for a career coach?
Take the following quiz to find out if it’s time to let a career coach help you transform your career: - Are you frustrated with your current role and feeling stuck?
- Have you thought about making a career change for more than 6 months?
- Do you know that you want a different job, but don’t know what is out there?
- Are you bored or frustrated at work and don’t want to be in the same place in 2 years?
- Have you been complaining about your job (commute, manager, salary, hours, boredom) for more than 6 months?
- Is your career path over the next 2-5 years blurry?
- Have you already made a career change, but realized you may have jumped into the wrong path again?
- Do you have an exciting new career idea, but it seems to be too big of a jump, too costly or just simply too daunting?
Total the # of questions which you answered ’YES’. This is your score. Take your score to find your rating and need for a career coach. Quiz Results - Your need for a career coach:
(Score = 0-2) You’re current career is OK, but you may need to re-evaluate your specific role within the company and shift a few aspects to maximize the benefits of time spent at your job. Your career coach will help you fine tune elements, add more energy to your work, and ensure you stay on a path of progression. (Score = 3-5) Your career is sucking energy out of you and need a significant change. You may have tendencies of putting off this decision and using a coach will prevent you from ending end up in the same place a year from now. Your time is precious, so start planning out how to make improvements today so that you are in a new position by this time next year. (Score = 6+): You need to Contact Coach Kathy today! You have big ideas, wants and goals, but you also have not answered your own calling. You have tendencies to stay put instead of taking action towards what you really want. Your current job may have a nice salary, but you need the help of a coach today so that you can create a new career, express yourself and make your great ideas a reality. Stop wasting another day. note: this is not a scientific survey, but if you’ve gotten this far in reading, you KNOW that you desire something more out of your career and that you will absolutely benefit from using a coach
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