career coaching

In career coaching, we work with you to plan, manage and execute your career advancement strategies. It is a process where you are involved in determining your career progression and job satisfaction rather than waiting passively for opportunities to arise.

Examples of situations we address in Career Coaching 

• You are starting a new job and want to be equipped with the skills and the mindset to thrive in your workplace.
• A personality clash at work turns your dream job into a nightmare. You want to learn how to handle position conflicts, "difficult personalities" and office politics.
• Your want to position yourself for a promotion within your company and want to plan your steps forward.
• You are in a leadership position and want to become a more effective manager and communicator.
• You have recently moved to Australia. You're excited about your opportunities and want to adapt effectively to your new work culture.
• You want to advance your career by applying for new roles and want to maximise your chances of succeeding in the job search.

What is the difference between Clever Fox's coaching, career counselling and life coaching?

The main focus of career coaching is to help you develop, manage and progress in your career.

There may be aspects of career coaching that overlaps with career counselling and life coaching. Given our flexible coaching style, we are happy to incorporate other areas if required - you are not locked into a career focus just because that's what you started on.

What You Get:

• Personal coaching sessions.
• Identify your short, medium and long term career targets.
• An understanding of what is involved in pursuing your outcomes. This enables you to think through how it may impact you personally, achieve better results and avoid the regret of a poorly managed transition.
• Customised strategies that are relevant to your personal situation and support to guide you through the process
• Discounts on career assessments, resume packages and interview coaching (available with 6 hour program).

Programs:

• 3 x 60 minute sessions, held face-to-face or over the phone, held fortnightly
• 6 x 60 minute session held face-to-face or over the phone, to be completed within 4 months

 Did you know? We offer payment plans to make your coaching investment more manageable. Contact us for details.

Case Studies

Managing Expectations in A New Role

1. Situation: "John" started a new job and soon found himself struggling in managing the expectations of his boss. He felt that the lack of support, training and orientation made the situation even more difficult. Wanting to make a good impression during his probationary period, John was reluctant to ask too many questions as he felt it might make him seem incompetent in the role.

Result: We helped John with practical strategies to communicate his needs diplomatically and to be specific about the support he needed . We taught him communication techniques that enabled him to ask questions in ways that actually displayed his knowledge rather show a lack of it, assisted him to be strategic in how he approached difficult situations, and how to proactively manage the expectations of his boss and peers.

2. Fitting in a new work environment and culture

Situation:  "Sarah" moved to Australia to take up a senior executive role in a close knit organisation. Whilst being highly qualified and capable, she was made aware that many people held negative stereotypes of the country she was from - a factor that could have a negative impact on her role as a leader.

Result:  We worked with Sarah to help her manage perceptions, create a good impression, and build rapport effectively with her staff and peers. We taught her how to develop a communication style that was more suited to her new environment. Sarah deligently put what she learnt into practice and found that her staff and peers responded positively to her style.

Client 3: Discovering and pursuing a new career

Situation:  "Tony" felt stuck in his role. He had been working in 12-month contract positions for the last seven years and wanted to stay in his current role for at least 2 years as he felt he needed to demonstrate "stability".

Results: In coaching Tony, we discovered he was simply not interested in the subject matter of his work. We helped with strategies to improve his motivation levels but advised him to consider a career change for long term satisfaction.

After participating in our Career Foundations program, Tony identified a new career direction that fit in with his goals, personality and interests. He studied part time in the evenings while remaining at his job. Shortly before completing his Graduate Certificate in his new field of study, we worked with Tony again on a career marketing strategy to help him launch himself in his new field, including creating his resume and coaching him in interview techniques.

We are happy to report that Tony is now working in his new field of choice - and is very happy!

Please contact Kathleen Alexander by email or call (03) 8682 9776 to discuss Career Coaching.