In my blog on 25th September, I talked about some of the tools and techniques that I’ve learnt about and used personally for my personal and professional development. I frequently use these and some others in #careercoaching conversations with friends, colleagues and #coaching clients. Today, we will take a look at some more: career anchors, undertaking a competency based gap analysis and the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Career Anchors Dr Edgar Schein developed the Career Anc

Recent #coaching sessions with several women have focused on their #career pathways – they are wanting to get more focused on the kinds of jobs they want, rather than taking an ad hoc approach to getting their next job. This is something that resonates with me too. I went through a similar stage about five years ago when I knew that I wanted to get more focused on my coaching, mentoring and facilitation experience. This coincided with the time that I began thinking about esta

My name is Dawn Jarvis and I am known as the #DiverseNurse. I am a Registered Nurse and Lifestyle Entrepreneur, motivational speaker, inclusive leadership coach and a #diversity and #allyship strategist. I also have over 35 years experience of working in the English National Health Service (NHS). People ask me how did I get here? Tell me about your journey. Well, I was born in Loughborough Leicestershire in the East Midlands, the first child of Jamaican parents who came here

I learnt to #listen to what was not being said as a child. I was attuned very keenly to the behaviours in my family and my classmates. I was often puzzled and worried about what was happening between individuals in groups. I didn’t know how to speak up about this as a child, and so a lot of it was squashed and some of it came out as outbursts of frustration and anger. When I was in my early 30s, I decided to become a Samaritans volunteer and did this for around five years. Fo