The Creativity at Work Blog

Design your future. Sculpt your career.
Compose your life.

Are you looking to achieve

• A life that’s not totally centered around your work?
• Creative satisfaction?
• Meaningful work?
• More harmonious relationships?
• Order and clarity out of chaos?
• Resilience amidst change?
• A higher income?
• A mid-life makeover?

Let me coach you to achieve these results!

Aristotle said the noblest goal in life is eudaemonia: Striving toward excellence based on one’s unique talents and potential for the good of others. For many, this means finding your calling, and making the shift from success to significance.

As your coach, I  will assist you in clarifying your values, vision and goals, and help you develop specific plans to fulfill them, by providing you with resources and support to help you succeed.

Strategies toward revitalising or re-inventing your career

Your Foundation — Self Awareness

Who are you and what do you stand for? Assess your strengths and weaknesses, gifts and talents. Identify your values, interests and passions. Identify and remove the barriers that drain your energy and keep you from moving forward. Develop the habits and behaviours that will help you achieve success.

“Understanding the cycles of creation will help us thrive in change, rather than fear it. We have forgotten that time is cyclical. Nature itself is an example of constant birth, growth, death, and renewal.”
— Linda Naiman, Creativity and the Meaning of Work

Developing Resilience

If you are undergoing a significant change in your life, coaching can help you stay on track and move confidently through the anxiety and confusion that can accompany the process of change. What stage of change and transformation are you in?

Liberate your Creativity:

What would your life look like if it was a work of art? Develop principles and practices from the worlds of art and design to enhance your creativity and effectiveness. Overcome your fears and revive long lost dreams of creative expression. Coaching for creativity will help you begin AND complete your project in whatever art form you choose: writing, painting, music and performing arts.

Finding Your Calling and Creating Your Vision

Aristotle said “Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your calling.”

What is your purpose? How do you know if you’re doing what you were meant to do? Formulate the mission, vision and purpose of your life and career, based on your values, dreams, gifts, talents and needs of the world.

Your Brand Strategy

What is a brand? What is your reputational power? What do you want to be known for? Developing your brand message and communication skills will help you get promoted, and win contracts.

Leading Creatively and Collaboratively

Develop a full spectrum of creative leadership and collaboration skills to improve your effectiveness at influencing others and producing desired results.  If you work on your own, if you are an innovator, or if you are a leader of a group, you will benefit from having a confidential thinking partner as a sounding board.

Productivity

It’s not about how many hours you work, it’s what you produce that matters. Frenzied busyness is counter-productive and detrimental to your business. Coaching will help you get more work done in a shorter time with less effort.

Work/Life Balance

Work/Life Balance doesn’t mean your time is evenly divided between personal and business. It means designing the lifestyle you want to live and improving the quality of your life and work. If you could compose your life/career and design your future, what would it look like?

Contact me for a complimentary 30 minute coaching session.

Resources:

My coaching was featured in a Globe and Mail story:
Managing a Midlife Makeover

The Hero’s Journey as a metaphor for coaching

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Creativity and the Meaning of Work

How do you find your calling? Contact me for a free article on finding your calling.