Career Change, Career Development, Career Management, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Getting Unstuck coaching
Career change is ultimately about loss. It’s no surprise that the root meaning of choice is ‘to cut off’. After all, by choosing we are cutting off the alternatives. In the context of career change,…
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Career Change, Career Development, Career Management, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Getting Unstuck coaching
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Paul Gauguin was a painter who made a mid career change. He was initially a stockbroker, but art was his passion. He realised that money wasn’t buying him the life he wanted, and he wasn’t…
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So, I went to Lake Tahoe. It was breathtaking. Everything about it was vivid – the brightness of the drive from San Francisco, the chill in the air as we ascended the mountain range, the…
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Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning. A man with a violin plays six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people passed through the station, most of…
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Through the Getting Unstuck Programme I feel much more aware of my strengths, weaknesses, skills, values and experience, and how I would like to work in the future. One-to-one support has encouraged me to think outside the box and sparked ideas of how else I can build on elements of my previous career.
