“It's about reclaiming their own power, so that they can actually say, this is me. I'm not my parents, I am not my peers who are doctors, lawyers or accountants. I am me and I want to do what is right for me.”

In this podcast episode our host, Mark Crossfield, interviews Rob Nathan, a career coach and trainer with over 40 years of experience, about the role of self-assessment tools in career coaching. They discuss the benefits of using self-assessment tools in providing focus, managing time, and allowing the coachee to reflect between sessions.

Rob shares some specific exercises that he uses with coaching clients and how he determines which assessment tool to use with a particular client or situation. Learn about the five-stage process of career coaching and the different tools used at each stage.

Discover how the use of these tools to aid the coaching conversation often leads to the coachee reclaiming part of themselves they had lost. In coming for help with their career, they discover more about who they are, encouraged to take a longer-term view and a ‘stretching reality.’ This interesting episode provides valuable insights and practical advice for career coaches at any stage of their practice.