Why Resilience is important in Career Coaching
In our 30 years of experience as career coaches at Career Counselling Services, we see resilience as a key factor not only for someone trying to gain employment in a recession but for anyone undertaking career change or setting up their own business.
In this session, we will position Resilience as an ability which can be developed in our clients. We draw from a number of studies and applied research, including the work of our colleague Cathy Brown who identified eight factors indicating success for people leaving corporate life for self employment. We will distinguish between self confidence and self efficacy, the term coined by Albert Bandura. We will introduce you to the Personal Success Cycle, and coach you to use the CCS exercise ‘When I’m at my best’, using the CBA mnemonic – Connect, Believe and Articulate.
This practical session will develop your skill and confidence to build your clients’ resilience. You will need to complete the CCS exercise (drawn from the CCS Self Assessment Manual) to use on the day, when you will have the opportunity to receive and give coaching, to observe a demonstration of the approach, and to gain feedback on your own coaching.
Robert Nathan
BSc, MSc, MA, DipCouns, CertSystConsult, CPsychol
Managing Director, Career Counselling Services
Robert has been career coaching and counselling people at all stages of their career since 1978. He has led over two hundred workshops in career coaching, teambuilding and managing organisational change. He supervises the work of professional career coaches and counsellors, and is a Chartered Psychologist. Robert has co-authored the text book 'Career Counselling' ( R Nathan & L Hill, Sage, 2006) and continues to write on coaching related topics. He regularly runs workshops for professional groups, such as the BPS Special Group in Coaching Psychology.
* Trained over 2000 people in Career Coaching & Counselling
* Runs an Alumni association for CCS trained Career Coaches, which provides CPD for some 100 people per annum
* Provided expert input on new Career Counselling Postgraduate Certificate in Managing Medical Careers at the University of Brighton
* CCS was awarded a National Training Award for training some 50 career coaches in the BBC
* Provided career coaching and/or training for The Audit Commission, Bank of England, BBC, Boots the Chemist, BT, Ernst & Young, Hillingdon NHS Trust, Home Office, The Housing Corporation, IESE, University of Barcelona, Metropolitan Police, Ministry of Defence, OECD, Paris: Oxfordshire County Council, Pfizer, Shell International, UNHCR, Geneva.
Gillian Freedman
BA, MLitt, DipPsychCouns
Senior Career Coach, Career Counselling Services
Senior career coach and trainer with CCS for 15 years, providing career coaching to managers and staff in public and private organisations. Wide experience of training over 2000 HR staff in career management skills and coaching skills, and running change management and career and personal development workshops. Supervises the work of career coaches.
Worked on successful CCS bid and won National Training Award for career coaching skills training for the BBC.
Author of CCS Networking Companion and Job Search Guide.
Gilly is a qualified coach (Solution focussed and Systemic Consultation).
Developed with Rob Nathan the Kingston University Postgraduate Masters Programme in Career and Talent Management, attained by work-based learning. This programme currently only admits graduates of the CCS Core Skills Career Coaching & Counselling Training course.