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Successful Career Coaching

Julia Yates

Senior Lecturer, University of East London

for the Career Development Institute

Lack of readiness

Lack of information

Inconsistent information

Lack of motivation

About the process Unreliable sources

Indecisiveness About the self Internal conflicts

Dysfunctional myths

About jobs External conflicts

About researching

Where do career decision makers get stuck?

Gati et al . 1996

Lack of motivation

Indecisiveness

Dysfunctional myths

About the self

Internal conflicts

External conflicts

Which of these do you find most challenging?

Lack of motivation Change talk

Indecisiveness Gut instinct

Dysfunctional myths Cognitive behavioural coaching

About the self Strengths coaching

Internal conflicts Future you

External conflicts Transactional analysis

Which of these do you find most challenging?

Motivating through change talk

You believe what you hear yourself saying

Your brain doesn’t like a conflict between your beliefs and your actions

Focus conversations on the positives of change and the negatives of the status quo

Have a go!

What do you want to change?

Why would it be good if you made the change?

Why would it be bad if you didn’t?

Making Decisions

Have a go!

Think of a decision you have made recently:

What did your head say?

What did your heart say?

Which was right?

Cognitive Behavioural Coaching

• What is the worst that could happen? thoughts

feelingsbehaviour

Have a go!

Think of a situation coming up which you feel anxious about:

What is the very worst that could happen?

How bad would that be?

How likely is it to happen?

Strengths Coaching

• www.authentichappiness.com

• Job satisfaction increases with each additional strength you use at work (up to 4).

Have a go!

Think of something you do really well:

What is it about you which makes you good at it?

Future You

Have a go!

Imagine yourself in 5 (or 10) years’ time:

What advice would your future self give you right now?

Transactional Analysis

Have a go!

Can you remember being involved in conversations like these?

Lack of motivation Change talk

Indecisiveness Gut instinct

Dysfunctional myths Cognitive behavioural coaching

About the self Strengths coaching

Internal conflicts Future you

External conflicts Transactional analysis

How could you incorporate these into your practice?

Julia Yates

j.c.yates@uel.ac.uk

References and Further Reading

• Gati, I., Krausz, M. and Osipow, S.H. (1996) A taxonomy of difficulties in career decision making Journal of Counseling Psychology 43 510 – 526

• Greenbank, P. (2011) Improving the process of career decision making: an action research approach Education and Training 53 4 252 – 266

• Rath, T. And Harter, J. (2010) Well being: The Five Essential Elements, New York: Gallup Press

• Yates, J. (2013) The Career Coaching Handbook Hove: Routledge

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