career coaching - inplacement
Often referred to as Career Management or Career Counselling this form of career coaching is specifically aimed at the “internal” candidate, often someone who has come to a ‘cross roads’ in their career or who whilst valued by the organisation is somehow struggling in their present role. Either way, decisions need to be made by both the individual and the organisation, Career Coaching can greatly assist understanding and the decision making process to all-round advantage.
Company Benefits
- Greater employee commitment
- Willingness/increased ability to adapt to change
- Matching of corporate goals with individual goals
- Matching of talent with opportunities, succession planning
- A more confident and willing workforce
- Integral part of a performance management and development programme
- Improved recruitment and retention
- Enhanced EVP and organisation effectiveness
The basis of the programme is to help individuals answer questions such as:
- Who am I?
- What do I enjoy/want?
- Where am I going?
- How will I get there?
- How do I construct a career plan?
What’s in it for your people?
- They will find it motivating and reassuring that you value their career enough to bring in a professional coach.
- They can look objectively at their careers, but with the safety net of your approval and support
- Understand and appreciate their own role, increasing their awareness of their own potential
- They can re-appraise what motivates them and deal with any barriers to development
- They can uncover new skills and unexpected career options
- They will gain confidence to take control of their careers
The programme is flexible and will be tailored to each individual, typical areas of coaching influence might be:
(1) Understanding yourself
- Main achievements at work and elsewhere
- Career review, to date
- Self appreciation
- SWOT analysis
- Psychometric assessment (if appropriate)
(3) Career Plan
- Life balance/life style
- Preferences and ideals
- Barriers to success
- Options available
- Opportunities for personal development and gap analysis
(2) Where you fit in your current organisation
- Corporate goals and values
- Current role
- Working relationships and understanding others
- Networking and Inter-personal skills
- Career path analysis to date?
(4) Personal Marketing
- Changing peoples perceptions of you
- Creating networks
- Mentoring and Coaching
- CV writing
(5) Career Action Plan
The benefits work both ways, getting people to focus on what they’re good at, revealing new development directions and hidden skills, as well as identifying and development needs. People who have been feeling stale, frustrated or uncertain about their progress often realise that they can achieve exactly what they want by staying. Once they see where their career is going their approach to work changes with new commitment and confidence.
The programme can be delivered as one-to-one or in groups, its flexibility can create a comprehensive programme addressing the particular needs of both the individual and the organisation.