CAREER COACHING
Your job has an enormous impact on your overall happiness...it's difficult to really love life when you don't enjoy your work.

If you're interested in changing careers or wanting to improve your skills within your current role, career coaching is a great option for you. Making the time to talk through what's important to you, formulate a plan and then being held accountable for your actions make career coaching a structure that will help you love what you do for a living.

Chances are that you're visiting our site because you feel ready to make some changes. Maybe you've been talking about changing things for a while now but you're still just talking. If you know you can do it on your own, take the first step today and change something (often all it takes is that one first step...). If you're genuinely stuck, please let us help. Call and make a time for an introductory session. Kate James is happy to speak with you directly to answer questions you have about whether coaching is right for you. Contact her directly on 03 9505 0424. She may be with a client but leave a message and she will return your call within two business days.

'I experienced an altercation at work which left me wanting to bolt out of my job. Kate listened to me without judgement, validated my thoughts and perspectives, and helped me set small weekly goals to deal with the issues one step at a time. Instead of my reactionary bolt, I was able to turn things around. When I did eventually leave this job for another, it was with no bitterness about how I had been treated, but with a sense of victory over my own triumph.' Mary Anne, Occupational Therapist

Career and leadership coaching covers the following areas or you may select an area of your choice:

• Creating balance between career and personal life

• Clarifying direction in your career

• Developing your leadership skills

• Changing careers

• Building confidence

• Improving relationships at work

• Creating time for new interests

• Achieving career goals

• Effectively managing change

• Time management

'Hi Kate,
It's a while now since I've seen you, so I hope you remember me... I came to see you in the first half of 2005, when I was working at a big corporate law firm and trying to work out what to do with my life - primarily in a career sense, but, of course, that led to all sorts of other questions. As you may remember, with your encouragement I eventually applied for a different role which fit much better with my personal goals and values.

I have been receiving your newsletters since 2005 and I really enjoy them every month. I just read the most recent one and it reminded me that I have been meaning to write to tell you how much I enjoy the newsletters, and to thank you again for all the help you gave me. I was so ready to change directions, but I just couldn't find a way to do it without that support. And the conversations that we had and the resources you gave me - the questions about values and the books you referred me to - were so helpful then and are still helpful now. I recently took a year's leave without payand I am working in a volunteer program in Cambodia for a year, working on women's rights issues at a local Cambodian human rights NGO. It is really challenging at times, but feels so much more right - my time doing litigation work at a big city law firm feels like it happened to a different person! But I really value that experience and the experience of working with you to decide how to leave and change direction - it has made me appreciate the choices I have so much more and to realise that whenever I feel like I'm not where I want to be, I can do something to change it.'  CH, Lawyer, Melbourne

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Career & Leadership Coaching Programs:
Your first session is obligation free. We offer two options - a one hour telephone session or in-person session held at either our Elsternwick or city premises. At the completion of this session, you'll have an idea if we're the right people for you to work with. Once you decide that you're happy to continue, we ask that you commit to a minimum of three sessions which can be taken at intervals that suit you. Most clients find that weekly or fortnightly sessions are best to begin with but once you have made some changes, you may like to drop back to a monthly session to keep you on track in the longer term. For more information about the process, check out our frequently asked questions page.
 

'I had decided to see Kate for coaching during a stage when I was unhappy with the way my life was progressing. I was stuck in a job I no longer cared for and had lost direction with what I wanted and in fact liked about myself and my career. I had become anxious and full of self doubt. By slowly breaking down what I wanted to achieve in long and short term goals I was able to tackle ( and continue to) each point. After two months of coaching I have found a job in an area that has more careers prospects and I am now tackling larger issues of friendships and relationships. My anxiety dissipated and my self esteem improved. Kate doesn't provide the answers for you, just the skills to help you build the blocks to taking control of your life.' KM, Melbourne

Coaching is often tax deductible.  Please check with your accountant.

Telephone: 03 9505 0424
ABN: 15 114 394 955

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