I was reflecting on what to expect from coaching based on a comment made by one of my clients who, fairly emotionally, blurted out in a session: "This is not what I was expecting. I was expecting to just put a plaster on some of my behaviors. I wasn't expecting to uncover a whole series of gaping holes in my life”. Now being a human with beliefs, emotions and feelings, this comment threw me a bit as it really concerned me that I might have been pushing this client way

Few people like giving negative feedback. Being on the receiving end is just as hard. However feedback that is skilfully delivered provides valuable opportunities to learn – and therein lies the rub! Many of us never learn how to skilfully deliver or receive feedback, and in many cases have been socialised to see negative feedback as a bad thing. Bill Gates is quoted as saying: “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning”.

Businesses spend a lot of time creating and working on their brand - their logo, value proposition, offerings to various different stakeholders, their differentiators, social media presence and voice, the "personality" of the business. In essence, businesses create the image and experience that they WANT to be known for. Just like businesses, as an individual managing your career like a business, you have the ability to create your brand... and should be doing so. Why? Read

Regardless of whether a business is being run as a “side-hustle” or as an international corporation, companies at the end of the day want a profitable bottom line - it stands to reason that if you are managing your career like a business, you want to see some form of profit in your career too. So what do I mean by profit?

Moving into the world of work is exciting, terrifying, awkward, fun, the start of earning independence and the beginning of realising how little you know! Well that was my experience! I got my first real job just after I completed my Master's Degree. I sent my CV out to about 50 companies and went for a few interviews. I received two job offers - the one I took was from a mining consultancy that paid my flight costs from Cape Town to Joburg for the interview. I remember s

"I can categorically state that I hate marketing and networking. I am not good at it. I don't like it." I used to say these words all the time. I am not quite that categoric these days thankfully. I first started to notice a shift in my approach to marketing after a conversation with a friend. I had said something on Facebook about being surprised at how much I enjoyed an evening of networking - and I really was surprised because I really had found myself chatting eas