What happens when you give your all to work

Today I wanted to celebrate one of my clients and share something I’m proud of... ? ?

A number of times a year I do a deep dive case study session with some of my clients about what the real impact is of them being brave enough to step into the coaching room.

Especially, when they feel like they have got off track with who they want to be and need some help to re-imagine how they are living and leading. Nicole is an MD at a big Tech company, and she described to me the impact of the one-on-one Executive Coaching process on her.?

“Sometimes you just don't know what you don't know. It was a work crisis that triggered my manager to suggest coaching but, in the process, I released I was quite lost. I had been in quite senior roles doing the same thing for many years and I gave so much to the organization. What I hadn't realized or not really had the time to reflect on, was where was I in all of this? You know, how was I being perceived? Was I being the leader that I wanted to be? Was I on the right career path?”

I wonder how many of you reading this can relate to Nicole and feeling like you have given your all to something and lost yourself in the process? I also want to acknowledge what brilliant questions Nicole was asking herself that can be helpful for anyone feeling a bit lost right now and wanting to ignite some change in your life. ?

3 Questions to Start You Back on Track?

• How am I being perceived right now? ?
• Am I being the leader that I wanted to be? ?
• Am I on the right career path??

As Nicole continued in the coaching process, she was able to explore who she wanted to be as a leader in her words: ?

“It made me think more about the human element over the last few years, it's significantly changed the way that I speak, the way that I present, the way that I think, the way that I plan. You know, we lead very busy lives and just doing something once isn't enough. I certainly think that the transition that I've gone through my life in the last four years where I've drawn the most value from is going back through understanding your purpose, what it is you want to achieve, what are your strengths and what are your barriers holding you back. Because our mind is very powerful, and our mind can convince us very frequently that we can't do it.” ??

Nicole really wanted to be intentional about the impact she wanted to have both on the people inside and outside of her organisation. ?? ?

If I let you into a little secret this is my ‘holy grail’ of the impact, I want to create with Clarety Coaching. Reaching those leaders that believe great work gets created when you start with being good to your people. Helping these leaders find this sense of purpose and then working with them on the strategies, ideas and ways of thinking that are going to help them bring this to life. This how we can start to create the ripple - to light leaders up so they can light the way in their businesses and organisations. ?

So, channelling a bit of Nicole right now, here are 3 lessons that she suggests can help as you explore who you want to be as a leader...?

1. Understand more about your purpose – as Simon Sinek say’s start with your ‘why’ or at least start with asking yourself ‘what is important to me about the work that I do?’ And ‘Why is that important to other people?’? ?
2. Identify your strengths – with Nicole we did a deep dive into her Clifton Strengths that helped her identify her superpowers as a leader. It also helped her to calibrate her role to play to her strengths and develop the language around the vision of the kind of leader she wanted to be. You can take your Clifton Strengths or take the complimentary VIA Character Strengths to start unearthing more about who you are and what lights you up.? ?
3. Identify your limiting beliefs – or the ways of thinking that are stopping you from stepping into the leader you want to be. We all have beliefs systems that are formed at a young age, largely based on our parenting or those influential in our life at a young age. Having the space to work with a coach to reflect what they are hearing and unearth what might be holding you back on your career journey is a critical step to reach where you want to go.?

My invitation to you?

If you are an accomplished entrepreneur, business owner or corporate leader that feels like you have been giving your all to work and are losing a sense of yourself in the process or doesn’t feel like you are showing up as the powerful leader, you want to be then let’s chat.

I have 2 remaining spots to work with me 1-on-1 this year to focus specifically on re-building clarity on your pathway forward and the confidence and energy to get there! So please just DM me and we’ll find a time in the diary to chat.?

I hope you feel as inspired by Nicole’s story as I do.?

Here’s to a luminous week!?