Maverick Job Searching

It is time for a change, after 3 years in my current role. I’ve achieved great things in that role, and I am very proud of them (excuse my lack of modesty, but the recent Unlimited Human Potential M-Prize win and setting up the Coaching Network are just two examples).  But now, it’s time to look for the role I REALLY want, where I can serve the world in a very unique way.

So how can you help?

1) You can take a look at what I am looking for, below.

2) If you are in a position to create a role like this, to meet the business needs, get in touch and we’ll talk.

3) If you do not have that level of power, but know someone who does, who might be interested, forward this blog to them (please).

Let’s see how this experiment works out

Clare’s career checklist

Context:

My strengths, passions and expertise are in the following areas, and this is where I want to focus:

• Coaching (I am a Professional Certified Coach)
• Coach Supervision (I am a certified coach supervisor)
• Action Learning
• Talent Development (I have 21 years of experience)
• Leadership Development (I combine my years of wisdom and experience, with cutting edge ways of developing leaders to meet business needs)
• People Development (My blog says it all)

My absolute ideal role would be leading a coaching function, ensuring the quality and consistency of coaching to our people; personally facilitating 1-1 and team coaching, and action learning, and providing coaching supervision to those who do the same.

Engagement Drivers…What I want in my:

1. Work:

• Innovation, revolution, changing the game, cutting edge
• Thought leadership AND pragmatism
• Strategy AND implementation (but not operation)
• Sustainability of working on a change program over time, with the same people and seeing the results
• Focused on experiential learning 70, 20, (10)
• Human change management – feelings and emotions (not project change management)
• Keeping my coaching muscle in shape
• Writing
• Reflection time AND deadline driven

2. People

• Leadership who walk the talk
• Boss – philosophy of recognition. Enhances my mastery, autonomy and relatedness.
• Good stretch AND support
• Structure and boundaries to the role (goals) AND flexibility to choose to break out of those boundaries
• Colleagues – original thinkers, philosophy of experiential learning
• Sharp focus on problem to be solved, and on end users
• Customers and employees are special
• Seen as specialist/special.

3. Environment

• Working from home vs office AND working sessions with team
• Working hours – UK hours, up to 45 hours a week
• Technology, tools, systems to support (mature company)
• Organised – processes

4. Rewards and Recognition

• Fair pay
• Culture of continuous recognition

5. Company

• Vision – to change the world to be a better place, through conversations that count
• Lives its values
• Alignment to my values:
  • Be your best
  • Take responsibility for your choices
  • Learn to Learn, in a bid to be independent
• Ethical business
• Diversity and inclusion

6. Opportunities

• Deep specialist training to meet my specialist needs (not sheep-dip)
• Progress and variety
• Career discussions, based on my needs and values