Are You Ready for Career Exploration Coaching?

Successful coaching outcomes do not happen by accident! In fact, one of the most important factors determining successful coaching outcomes is your readiness to be coached. By this I mean your motivation to be coached, your openness to new experiences and a readiness to be challenged and stretched. Interestingly, the 2017 ICF Global Consumer Awareness Study revealed that expanding one’s professional career opportunities was in the top 7 reasons for participating in coaching.

Recently, I wrote a blog where I outlined why you should partner with a Career Exploration Coach. So, now I ask you the question ‘are you ready for career exploration coaching’?

Let’s explore the answer to my question together.

The Coaching Process

The coaching process itself is designed to enhance your self-knowledge, increase opportunity awareness and promote purposeful action. It’s a practical strategy designed to generate options and achieve outcomes identified by you, and for you, reflecting your uniqueness and your understanding of the world around you.

Before committing to a coaching partnership, it is worthwhile for you to take a few moments to establish a baseline assessment of your readiness. Keep in mind, career exploration coaching is a commitment you make to yourself and requires an investment of both your time and your resources. You want to be sure you are in the right place, and head space, so as to get the most out of your experience.

Are You Ready for Coaching?

To get the most out of any coaching partnership, you need to ensure you are ready to fully engage in the coaching process. The following statements will give you a gauge as to your readiness for coaching.

Statement

I believe this is the right time for me to partner with a Career Exploration Coach.

I view coaching as a worthwhile investment of my time, energy and finances.

I can be relied upon to arrive at each coaching session on time and ready to work.

I am committed to completing all assigned homework tasks on time.

I believe coaching will assist me in identifying a career pathway that reflects my true self.

I am willing to participate in activities that support my career exploration journey.

I will commit to executing an action plan in order to achieve my career exploration goal/s.

I will accept full responsibility for myself and my actions during, and as a result of, coaching.

I am responsible for my own success.

If you can answer ‘yes’ to each of the above statements, then career exploration coaching may be just what your career exploration journey needs to take it to the next level.

What YOU Can Expect of ME as your Career Exploration Coach

Your decision to engage in career exploration coaching is because you want to successfully navigate change either into or within an identified career pathway. In a nutshell, the purpose of our coaching relationship is to address your career exploration goal/s. The coaching relationship itself is built on mutual trust, honesty, confidentiality and mutual responsibility. So, because we are entering into a partnership it is a reasonable expectation that I share with you what you can expect from me as your Coach.

I will partner with you to enhance your career exploration journey. I will guide, support and encourage you. During our coaching sessions I will devote my time, thoughts and energy to you exclusively. I will bring active listening, understanding, belief in you and a commitment to your success. You can expect me to challenge you, at times offer a fresh perspective and make requests (including assigning homework), acknowledge your wins and guarantee utmost confidentiality.

So, if you’re ready to identify a future that lights you up, feel free to book a convenient time to chat to see whether career exploration coaching is the right fit for you. You never know, you may just be taking the first step towards your new career!

What’s Next?

Let’s talk about how career exploration coaching can enhance your self-knowledge, increase your opportunity awareness and inspire purposeful action. Three key components in the identification of a meaningful and satisfying career pathway.

Meet Bronwyn Wilde

Career Coach, Auckland, Specialising in Career Exploration

Whether you’ve had a career break, transitioning from education or contemplating a career change, you deserve a fresh perspective – that’s where I come in. I know firsthand how challenging and daunting it can feel to successfully identify a meaningful and satisfying career. I created Career Logic as a coaching space dedicated to helping you, the career explorer, transition confidently into or within the modern world-of-work. Together, we’ll explore and discover a career pathway that can lead you to an exciting and satisfying future.