Charting the Path to Success Through Career Coaching

Written by Kerlyn KAM, Jan 2024

Career coaching plays a vital role in guiding individuals towards their desired professions by facilitating a deep understanding of their unique personality traits and strengths. It empowers individuals to align their career choices with their broader life goals, fostering a holistic and purposeful approach to professional development.

Navigating Career Challenges Through Career Coaching:

Many individuals tend to submit numerous job applications on various portals, casting a wide net and waiting to see where they end up. However, this approach often leads to dissatisfaction after securing a job, ultimately prompting a new job search. The root cause of this cycle is frequently a misalignment between one's life, personality, strengths, and chosen career path, compelling individuals to persistently pursue the elusive 'ideal job.'

In a recent online career survey conducted by Team GGO, involving 42 individuals aged between 18 and 44, the top three challenges faced in people’s careers were:

Work-life balance or integration
Lack of advancement opportunities
Lack of mentorship or guidance

Aligning Personal and Professional Aspirations:

Discovering integration between your personal life goals and your career aspirations implies understanding and achieving harmony between your individual life objectives and the professional ambitions you aim to pursue. In Team GGO, we believe in aligning your career choices with your personal values, priorities, and long-term aspirations for sustained success and sustainability in your career.

Employees are tired of the daily grind. They want to reprioritise how work fits into their personal lives, and though progress has been made, we haven’t reached the finish line yet.¹

It requires introspection and planning to ensure that the path you choose in your professional life complements and supports your broader life goals. This may involve considering factors such as work-life balance, job satisfaction, financial security, personal growth, and overall well-being.

Harmonising Life Goals and Careers with Career Coaching:

The idea is to create synergy where your career not only provides you with financial stability but also contributes positively to your overall life satisfaction. Achieving this harmony can lead to a more fulfilling and purpose-driven existence, where your daily work aligns with your deeper aspirations and values, thereby reducing potential conflicts and stress that may arise from a disconnect between these two aspects of life.

Harnessing Strengths for Optimal Working Experience:

A strengths and personality-based approach emphasises leveraging an individual's innate strengths and aligning the learning process with their unique personality traits. At Team GGO, we utilise tools such as Enneagram and StrengthsFinder to help individuals gain a deeper understanding of themselves. This approach recognises that people possess distinct talents, characteristics, and preferences, aiming to optimise the working experience accordingly.

People tend to stay committed to roles and organisations where they feel a strong alignment with their strengths and personality.²

This leads to greater longevity in a career, fostering stability and potentially opening up opportunities for advancement. When you work in a field that aligns with your strengths, you are more likely to feel challenged and motivated to continually learn and grow, thereby increasing your sense of ownership and gaining control of your career.

Impactful Careers Aligned with Personal Traits:

If your career is a good fit for your personality and strengths, you're more likely to make a positive impact in your field.³ This impact could manifest through innovation, problem-solving, or contributing to your team's success, providing both professional and personal fulfilment.

Achieving career growth indeed necessitates a methodical and proactive approach, and in this pursuit, the guidance of a career coach can be valuable.

Crafting a Personalised Roadmap for Success:

A strategic and action-oriented approach to career growth involves setting well-defined goals, understanding your strengths, and charting a course that aligns with your long-term aspirations. It requires a systematic assessment of your current skills, qualifications, and experiences, identifying areas where improvement or enhancement is needed. This self-assessment forms the foundation for creating a personalised roadmap for your professional development.

A journey begins with a single step, and we can start by simply understanding ourselves better.

This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal and financial advice on any subject matter. It should not be relied upon as financial advice.

Sources:

¹Forbes: Work-Life Integration: The Antidote To The Disengagement Trend

²LinkedIn: Using Personality Assessment for Employee Retention and Other Winning Strategies

³Medium: Career Alignment — A Need of the Hour

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