On Monday, I wrote about how supervisors and career counsellors could encourage individuals to tell them what the supervisor/CC needed to do to earn the right to coach the individual. A kind of “contracting” conversation if you like. Now let’s think about it from an individual’s perspective. I often hear individuals let their supervisors and
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On Being Coached
This week’s guest blog comes from Nadine Crowe. She writes… When I joined my company four years ago as an experienced hire, I was given a list of available Career Counsellors in my Workgroup. I asked my then line manager if she knew anyone on the list and she recommended a name. My Career Counsellor
Why I changed roles
Yesterday I talked about what my new job is. Tomorrow I plan to talk about how I am managing my transition. So today, let me focus on why. Once again, I am sharing all of this in the hopes that it will inspire you to think through these kinds of questions yourself, should you find


