Taking a career break?
Thinking about a break before you decide what’s next in your career?
Let’s plan your time off with purpose and intention - to make the most of your time out, and prepare well for the next phase in your career.
How I can help
I’m fascinated about the potential and power of career breaks. So much so that I’ve become something of an expert. Throughout my own career, I’ve taken a break at least every five years and I plan to continue this pattern until I retire. From extensive research and my own experiences I know that when planned with intention, a career break pays dividends both personally and professionally.
As part of my coaching offering I’ve tailored an approach for planning career breaks with intention, so people can use them as a springboard for personal and professional growth.
My approach starts with understanding who you are, and what you want from your career break. From there we’ll use design thinking methodology and tried-and-tested tools, tailored to where you’re at.
This approach helps you explore possibilities, removes blockers and encourages experimentation. The result will be a plan that’s right for you, and gets you moving forward.
My coaching programme for a career break will typically include…
Discovery
We scratch the surface on the life you want to lead, including how your career break plays a part.
Instead of starting with a blank page, I meet you where you’re at. Seeking first to understand what activities and reflection you have already done, so we can build from there.
Activity
Drawing from my personal experience and lessons learned from multiple career breaks as well as practical, research-based tools and design thinking methodology, we run a series of activities customised for you.
These will help you explore widely, so you can plan a career break with purpose and intention - to make the most of your time out, and prepare well for the next phase in your career.
Reflection
One-on-one coaching sessions will reflect on what you are uncovering from your activities, and what it all means to you.
We will also explore mindsets. Those that set you up for success and those that could be holding you back - such as fear, ego and limiting beliefs.
Plan
We will craft and practically test your plan so it feels exciting, purposeful and doable. This plan will give you clarity and a sense of direction. It will also be flexible enough to test and adapt along the way.
Experiment
Life is one big experiment. During this phase I support you to decide what your next step will be. It could be a big bold step. It could be a small step to test a new direction. Or it could be doubling down on shaping the life you want within your current career path.
Either way, you will develop an experimental mindset and a clear focus to take the next step on your career break.
