There are times in everyone’s career when they get “stuck on stupid” and just need to figure out where to go and how to get there. You have been cruising along on your defined career path, and suddenly you hit a wall. What are the steps you need to take that will ensure your career path is leading towards your personal goals?
No matter what age you are or what level you have reached in your career path, you should always take time to stop and reflect on goal-attainment. If you are young and just starting out, it is important to articulate your career vision. If you have been working in your defined career for a while you, too, need to stop and assess whether or not you are tracking towards the vision you planned.
Career coaching is often the way to help you determine how to progress with a purpose. It could start with a coach helping you to identify and articulate your life purpose. From there you can define your career goals and the process of meeting those goals through planning, implementation, and identifying resources to ensure success.
A good coach acts as your muse, assisting you in channeling your inner strengths and energies as you explore your true potential. Your coach needs to be someone who can listen and guide, and act as your objective mentor and source of constructive feedback. A coach is someone who can assist as you identify the key successful habits that you need to incorporate in your daily routine.
Though a coach isn’t a therapist, like a therapist your coach will let you come up with the answers you are seeking through probative questioning and support You are the one that does all the work. The coach just keeps you on track and ensures that you are thinking about all important areas that need to be addressed in goal attainment. Most of us can’t go through the process alone because we need the non-biased outsider to help us stay focused on what really matters.
It is often hard to take a step back and look at yourself objectively. Your coach facilitates that process by probing and supporting you as you create your own personal evaluation process. Whatever the issues, a career coach is the person who helps you in your journey towards continuous improvements in all aspects of your life.