July 2008
I'm delighted to get in touch with you again, and sorry this is a bit late, I've been ill, still am, and it's certainly challenging to communicate with clients when you have lost your voice. I'm taking great care of myself and have appreciated clients waiting for my voice to come back.
Writing this newsletter and looking through my diary at everything I did in June it's probably no wonder that I've become ill - and it's a wake up call to me to make sure not to do too much.
Alongside all my wonderful clients I've also spent 2 days on DJ training with DJ Tanz of the DJ Academy. I love music and had such fun, and it certainly is making me listen to music in a different way.
I get a lot of enquiries, but I try to be careful that there's a good fit. Over this past month I was approached by someone who wanted me to write his presentation for him to use at his assessment centre - I will help people to put a great presentation together but I work with the clients material, I don't write things for the person. This person cheekily wanted me to do it for them - I obviously declined. I've also had my first non payer - he said he'd forgotten his cheque book so I said he could pay online when he got home, but he never did. This is disaapointing and now means I will ask for money at the start of a session.
A lot of people are getting concerned about their career - more people are being made redundant and it can cause feelings of uncertainty. I'm working with a senior manager from a construction company who loves her job but she is being made redundant and all other construction companies are in a similar position so she is looking for something different and following the Gold Career Programme. I've written an article on this.
I offer many different assessments, particularly focused on those most useful when people seek to change careers, but some clients seek to work with me for personal development. They seek greater self understanding to help them be more effective in their job. I've been using the 16PF with people, but am now recommending Saville's Wave which is incredibly powerful and clients love it. .
I love to work with my younger clients and in June worked with Lauren, Toni and Lizzie, helping them all to understand themselves better to make the right education choices for them. It's too easy for young people to go to University without thinking through if it is the right thing for them to do at this time so it's well worth putting a bit of effort in to make sure the right decsion is made.
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