'An insightful guide, filled with actionable advice to empower leaders hoping to improve their professional abilities and make meaningful change in their lives' Richard Branson
'What I love about this book is that it gives us the tools to guide ourselves and know that change and our true value is within us all' Mary Portas
Our careers are full of potential and possibilities, uncertainty and change. There is no such thing as a straight line to success and there are times when we get stuck, face obstacles, feel frustrated or want to explore new opportunities. In these moments the best place to start is by coaching yourself. No one can solve your problems better than you can, and learning to coach yourself will accelerate your self-awareness and help you take control of your career.
In You Coach You, you'll learn the mindset, skillset and toolkit you need to coach yourself. You'll discover practical support on some of the most common coaching challenges including:
- Exploring your progression possibilities and making them happen
- Building your resilience reserves and turning adversity into action
- Moving beyond busy to time well spent and finding the right work-life fit for you
- Building the beliefs that help you succeed and overcoming setbacks
- Creating the connections you need for your career and fixing friction in difficult relationships
- Developing a sense of direction and a purpose that is motivating and meaningful for you
Packed with ideas for action and insightful tools, this practical book will help you to get unstuck, and increase your confidence in and control over your career.
If you enjoyed reading this, check out The Squiggly Career, Helen and Sarah's Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling guide to supercharging your confidence, playing to your strengths and setting yourself up for success.
Sunday Times bestseller, January 2022
Sarah Ellis has led marketing and corporate responsibility teams for Barclays and Sainsbury's, before becoming Managing Director of a creative agency. She is now Chief Learning Officer at Amazing If. Sarah has studied at Warwick University, London and Harvard Business Schools, and is a qualified Mental Health first aider. Sarah is on the Mayor of London's workspace advisory board and lives in London with her partner and son.
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Drawing on the themes of their latest book You Coach You, leading careers experts @HelenTupper and Sarah Ellis from @Amazing_if will share the knowledge and know-how you need to become your own best career coach. Join them at @The_Lowry tomorrow: https://t.co/A7uIxlDWPZ https://t.co/AYXkU7IhDN
author: Getting Along (available now: https://t.co/3RWMXCv5fT) and HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict / co-host: Women at Work podcast / editor: @HarvardBiz
“I find my manager difficult and confrontational. What can I do?” Get my answer to this common career challenge in @HelenTupper + Sarah Ellis's fantastic new book "You Coach You: How to Overcome Challenges and Take Control of Your Career": https://t.co/wOXi50znyP https://t.co/WeYJy7PM5v
CEO of @Amazing_If, co-host of Squiggly Careers podcast, co-author The Squiggly Careers. Positive force for good (work).
Look what just arrived! You Coach You with a note from @richardbranson courtesy of the Literati book club. Sarah Ellis and I had no idea this was coming and being able to read what he has written is ❤️ “𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘮?…https://t.co/RLJkgsWtay