Accelerate Your Career

Accelerate Your Career Through Coaching Wednesday 19th May 2010.

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Thank you to everyone who came along to our 'Accelerate Your Career Through Coaching' event that we co-hosted with the Association for Coaching on Wednesday 19th May 2010. The event was fully booked with 50 attendees and the feedback forms were overwhelmingly positive with participants enjoying the evening and the opportunity to gain a better understanding of how working with a coach can help them in their careers. After a short welcome from womenintechnology's Maggie Berry and Darren Robson from the Association of Coaching, we heard from three case studies: Aisling Long, Susannah Quinsee and Jennifer Hogbin who have all used career coaches. They spoke about their own personal experiences and helped to put working with a career coach in context for the audience. We had a short break for drinks, snacks and networking and then broke up into 13 small groups to have two face to face sessions with a range of coaches from the Association for Coaching. These sessions covered topics such as preparing for a new role, career management, influencing and negotiation as well as managing/leading/developing others. Attendees also had the chance to find out how individual coaches work and to briefly discuss their own career challenges. The evening finished up with a short Q&A sessions with our case studies and Darren answering a few final questions from the audience about coaching. As a special offer, if attendees decide to work with a coach provided through this event, they are eligible for a free 30-minute coaching consultation to discuss their needs and learn how coaching can specifically help them - this handout includes bios and contact details for all the coaches at the event. Definition of career coaching: "A collaborative solution-focused, results-orientated and systematic process in which the coach facilitates the enhancement of work performance, work experience, self-directed learning and personal growth of the coachee." (Anthony Grant, University of Sydney, 2000)


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