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If you want to have a $200k+ leadership role, you need to have your own philosophies and beliefs. This is a mistake I made early on in my career. I falsely believed that I had to play by corporate rules if I wanted to be successful. That false belief was shattered when I saw a colleague use networking to find his next leadership position when for years my HR and management had me believe that networking your way into a job was not something we did here. My career grew 10x when I created my own philosophies and rules. When I decided how long I would stay in a job, which role did I take, whom I networked with, and which rooms I spoke in. Sadly for me, I made this mistake again when I started my business. I falsely believed that to be a good coach, I had to design my coaching package a certain way. To be good at marketing, I need to write my posts in a certain way. To be good at sales, I need to follow certain sales scripts. Only in a lightbulb moment during my own coaching session with my coach did I realize that my business flourished when I stopped following someone else’s rules and created my own rules for my business. My clients got bigger results when I created my own coaching philosophies and worked on showing why my way of coaching was the best for them. My business made more money when I priced my offers according to my own belief instead of copying what others in the industry were charging. If you want to play bigger in your career, you need to create your own philosophies, beliefs, and rules. These can be philosophies on topics like when and how you work, which projects you work on, how you deal with conflict, how you make decisions on business issues, and your thought leadership on macroeconomic issues. This is the first step to being confident. This is the first step to commanding a $200k+ leadership role. -------------------- Found the post useful? Be sure to share it with your network. Ready to make your next career move? Book a call to learn how my 1:1 program can help you land your next $200k+ leadership role. Link is in comments.

“Yeah, right,” I hear you say. “I’m so very grateful” [smirk]. But I am. They may have made my life blinkin' difficult at the time, but this is how I learned so much. To those people who made me grind my teeth and wince, thank you for… 💡 Prompting me to get really accurate and prepped so I never turned up with a half-baked idea. 🤝 Perfecting my art of persuasion and influence as I translated what I wanted for the greater good so it looked like what you wanted. Hello business partnering, hello manipulation with integrity. ⚡ Learning to manage my own lack of emotional regulation in the moment, so I didn’t fly off the handle or go to pieces. You were the heavy lifting that made my emotional muscles strong. I learned to choose my reaction and define my own behaviour (at least most of the time!) 💰 Showing me what single minded drive for achievement looks like, and what good business is, and how you make money. Working with you enhanced my credibility. 👀 Showing me how I don’t want to be perceived. 💚 Making me realise what my values actually are (as you cut across them). 🔎 Leading me to twig that perception is a mirror, and the things about you that really wind me up and trigger me might just be the things I sometimes don’t like about myself….. Pema Chodron, she behind this quote, says that everything that comes into your sphere of experience has the potential to teach you something. Start where you are. If you’re being challenged by a tricky character in your world and are looking for some clarity and ways of interacting more positively with them, drop me a line. I’ve been there. Executive coaching Barrow and Parker HR Consultancy transforms working relationships. #executivecoaching

“Yeah, right,” I hear you say. “I’m so very grateful” [smirk]. But I am. They may have made my life blinkin' difficult at the time, but this is how I learned so much. To those people who made me grind my teeth and wince, thank you for… 💡 Prompting me to get really accurate and prepped so I never turned up with a half-baked idea. 🤝 Perfecting my art of persuasion and influence as I translated what I wanted for the greater good so it looked like what you wanted. Hello business partnering, hello manipulation with integrity. ⚡ Learning to manage my own lack of emotional regulation in the moment, so I didn’t fly off the handle or go to pieces. You were the heavy lifting that made my emotional muscles strong. I learned to choose my reaction and define my own behaviour (at least most of the time!) 💰 Showing me what single minded drive for achievement looks like, and what good business is, and how you make money. Working with you enhanced my credibility. 👀 Showing me how I don’t want to be perceived. 💚 Making me realise what my values actually are (as you cut across them). 🔎 Leading me to twig that perception is a mirror, and the things about you that really wind me up and trigger me might just be the things I sometimes don’t like about myself….. Pema Chodron, she behind this quote, says that everything that comes into your sphere of experience has the potential to teach you something. Start where you are. If you’re being challenged by a tricky character in your world and are looking for some clarity and ways of interacting more positively with them, drop me a line. I’ve been there. Executive coaching Barrow and Parker HR Consultancy transforms working relationships. #executivecoaching

It’s pretty simple. But not easy. You just decide you get to be one of the lucky ones who is really really happy 💖. And you honor your life and move accordingly. No matter the price 💸 or discomfort. At one point you wanted the life you have Maybe it looks great on paper You worked hard for it. But deep down you know something is OFF. That’s when you need to look closer I’m the kind of person that when I *know*, I move fast. True life and business alignment is not for the faint of heart. The last 12 months included: A difficult breakup with a man I was building a life and a business with - I wish him well 10k mile cross country Roadtrip to decide where to live Moving to a city where I knew 2 people Raising my coaching prices Doing the deep deep deep inner work But you know what? On the other side is full ALiVENESS 🌬️🔥 And it’s so so worth it My life has changed SO much in the last year I feel like myself again I have way more energy, I’m sleeping full nights, I deepened into my work My clients renewed for 12 months and all of my relationships are improving across the board. Your whole life, body of work and business can change in 12 months. It starts with listening to the inner nudge, and remembering leaders hire support to move faster. Ask any one of my clients. I love you now go do something bold 🌬️🔥

Confidence. The biggy to a lot of people – not having the confidence to get really clear in what they want. I remember when I was stuck in a place of being super unclear on where I was going and what I was doing. I really had to step into my uncomfortable place and ask people what they thought I was doing in my business, what were my offerings and what I was good at. I knew I would get some answers that wouldn’t sit with me, I also knew that unless I asked then I wouldn’t get the honest answers I needed to get clear. The people I was confident that would give me the real candid answers were trusted friends, business owners and those who I have never met on my socials. What did I get from this? I got the clarity I needed to REALLY get clear on my direction. I have recently changed my title, to a Business Growth Specialist Coach and Consultant. I haven’t shouted out about it yet as in all honesty, a title has NEVER been important to me, but it’s much more clear to me as to what I am. Do you have the confidence to get really clear in what you really want? If you're willing to take the leap and chase after your dreams, drop me a DM to chat about how I can help you to feel confident. #businessgrowth #businesscoaching #businessconsultant ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm Helen, an award winning Business Growth Specialist Coach & Consultant. I work with action takers who no longer want to feel stuck, are ready to grow, pivot and change in their life, business or career.

💡Where do you go to reflect?💡 Yesterday took me to Newbury for an initial 1:2:1 session with a new client. 🚙 The client is a senior leader in a FTSE 250 business looking to make the next move up in their career. 🆙 It’s essential to find an environment where you’re able to pause, switch off your autopilot (and your mobile📱) and reflect for a while. Allow your mind to do the following - 1. focus on where you want to go next and…🤔 2. work out how you’re going to get there. 💡 Clients often come to my home office, I go to their home, or we meet somewhere neutral like the hotel I went to yesterday ⬇️. We may even go for a walk and talk if that works better. 🗣️🚶♀️ As long as the location lends itself to a confidential conversation, where you’re not going to be disturbed, its suitable for coaching. Coaching can still have the stigma of being a remedial process; with the complexities of modern business I very much see it as a prerequisite to achieving high performance and something I wish I had more access to earlier in my own career. 🙏 📈 Yesterday’s session was great, I often come away feeling as supercharged and invested in the clients success as they do! 🙌 PS - If you’re thinking “shouldn’t the lamp in the picture below be on top of the pillar?” So am I! 😂 #coachingworks #reflectandgrow #highperformance

I wish I had the courage to explore this when I first entered the corporate world. But early on in my career I was once told that emotions didn’t belong in the workplace or in leadership. Often we believe that hiding our emotions and pushing them down is a sign of strong leadership. But what we don’t account for is if we push them aside for another day while we fight the latest fire, these feelings stack up on each other and impact us in other ways. ➡️ They affect our resilience ➡️ They invite conflict and frustration at work ➡️ They impact our wellbeing at work and at home And so when we hit a new stage or event in our career, the road feels even bumpier. In 20 years I’ve experienced: 🔵 Relocating to another country 🔵 Redundancy 🔵 Loss 🔵 Company restructures 🔵 Returning to my leadership role after becoming a parent 🔵 Managing conflict Emotions are everywhere in the workplace. And they can stay with us longer than the time it takes to restructure a team or well beyond a contentious meeting with a tricky stakeholder. Understanding how these career events affect our resilience and developing our self-awareness is key to having a greater impact as a leader and having a more fulfilling career. And it’s why, as an Emotions and Executive Coach, I invite the emotions of my coaching clients into our sessions if they want to explore them. Because the more we support ourselves, the more we can support others. If you’re curious about understanding more about emotions at work but you don’t feel ready for coaching, this book is a great starting point. _______________________________________ I'm a qualified & accredited Executive & Emotions Coach, specialising in working with Procurement leaders & teams to increase their impact in a way that brings out their strengths and career fulfilment, without the burnout! Get in touch for a confidential chat about how I can support you. I

Some people dont want you to be successful… Yes you heard that right… That might hurt to hear… But its true… With 30 years experience working in Corporate Business, coaching Senior Executives around the world I can tell you this is what I have seen… And I have experienced it personally myself…so I can see this very well…and help others to deal with this… What does this mean? You may be left out of opportunities that will raise you in the company... It means they may be feeling threatened by you if you got to be too good… It means they might not feel as adequate when you start to shine… It means they have scarcity mindset… Choose who you listen to carefully… If you are looking to improve your career chances and want to look into working with me personally…please see the link in the comments. Numbers are limited due to personalised one on one tailored coaching. #career #careercoach #executivecoach #highperformancecoaching #business #womeninbusiness

You’ve encountered the crossroad. There’s a decision to be made. One that you’ve been pushing down for some time. But you can’t deny it any longer. ➡️Keep giving more (time & effort) in your corporate job or ➡️Create more time, vitality & cash (freedom!) as a premium consultant or coach. The choice is yours, just as it was mine 3 years ago. Yes, I was once the high achieving corporate leader who was consumed by business, overcome by overwhelm & burnt out. But here I am now living a free, abundant life as The Business Confidante and taking great pride & pleasure in assisting others with the same transformation. So, which is it? 😣Your job that’s robbing you of your time, passion & vitality or 😁Leading your own premium consulting or coaching biz to work less, earn more & live a light n bright life? If you've decided the latter, it’s time to take the first step. Asking for help. You’ll find me in my DMs. I look forward to connecting with you. Megan Savill The Business Confidante #TheBusinessConfidante #FreedomBusiness #FreedomMakers #LifestyleOfChoice #MakeTheChange #JustDotIt #LaunchWithConfidence

“That’s not what I was expecting” … the first words I heard from a client after sharing my rate for coaching. Here’s the deal… My first call with a client is a consult, there’s no fee. We learn about each other and decide if it’s a fit. During that call, we make a plan and I give you an estimate. That’s it. It’s not a fancy, sexy, or sleek process. It’s simple and it works for me. Maybe it would be a good fit for you. Important note: Most of my clients AREN’T executives. Most of my clients are somewhere in the midst of their career, and want to grow professionally. Don’t feel like you need a certain title or corner office before you partner with a coach. Send me a DM, that’s the first step to setting up a consult.