WORKPLACES, PROFESSIONALS & FREELANCERS

IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

With 20 years experience as a freelancer in the creative industries I understand the pressure, stress, anxiety, need to ‘perform’, and even bullying that many people experience in the workplace.

So whether you want to improve confidence, stress, anxiety, work/life balance, create boundaries, improve communication, make career progression/changes, achieve greater results for yourself, your team or your business, I can really help.

Whether you are an employee of a firm, run a small business, the boss or a freelancer, being our best selves at work can be extremely challenging. We can find ourselves playing the role of our job title (the 'in control' boss or 'people-pleasing' assistant) rather than being ourself, who happens to 'do' a certain job. Very often we can find that our identities are wrapped up in our job and industry, and that we are conditioned to behave in a certain way.

That was certainly the case for me. Coaching for Professionals, Freelancers and the Workplace, focuses on finding the person we are within the job we do.

Discovering your strengths and areas of challenge is key to achieving your professional aspirations.

YOU are the leading character in your life...

...do not play the supporting artist!

Quoted from 'The Holiday'

YOU are the leading character of your life, do not play the supporting artist!

Through coaching you will identify what is truly important to you, we often find we are not placing our attention and energy on the things we really want.

Once you know the answer to this question, getting it becomes much easier - I promise!

With the help of a coach you can be held accountable to do the things you say you want and make the changes to achieve them. Sometimes we do things because they are familiar and safe, however they are often the things holding us back. Sound familiar?

Coaching can help to break these patterns and limitations so that you can enjoy doing more of the things you want and discover the limitless opportunities available to you.

WORKSHOPS & COACHING

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR THE WORKPLACE

Designed for groups from an organisation or company to develop some deeper awareness and understanding of self and others to improve communication, employability and productivity. Themes cover:

• Psychology of the Workplace

• Communication styles

• Goals & Outcomes

• Personality Types

• Confidence and tools for Networking, speaking, interviews

Workshops can be tailored to specific requirements and numbers.

They are full of interactive sessions including exercises, self discovery and reflection on real workplace situations. In a group format feedback from participants open up conversations to deepen learning.

1:1 LIFE EDIT COACHING

Group coaching can provide a supportive and motivating space to explore the topics you wish to work on, as well as offer the opportunity to learn from others.

You might think you are the only one experiencing a particular situation or struggling in a certain area of life, and that can make anyone feel very lonely.

When you hear the experiences of others, you not only support them but yourself too. Someone else's struggle can hold the mirror up to yourselves and shine a light on what you need to do to overcome it.

Even if your topic is very personal, the beauty of coaching is that you can work content-free and still reap all of the benefits.

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MENTORING

Mentoring can be extremely beneficial for someone who would learn from direct guidance and experience-based advice. It provides the opportunity to soundboard ideas, ask questions about the mentor's personal experience and be offered direct suggestions and tasks.

Complimenting coaching with mentoring helps individuals to find their own solutions, take the actions they are inspired by and be accountable for them. Ultimately it empowers the person to make the difference they need and offers reassurance that they are on the right path, with the mentor to support them through the process.

When Mentoring, Jo naturally dances between mentoring and coaching, so the individual gets two for one - which means more impactful and lasting results.

I have been mentoring trainees and new entrants to the Film & TV industry for many years, working with organisations such as Screen Skills and the London Screen Academy.

I believe that providing guidance, training, encouragement and nurture is incredibly important for growth and development and can often be missing in the workplace, especially for Freelancers.

I have come from an industry that expects you to sink or swim, and the category you fall into is reliant on your character traits rather than skills you have been taught or provided with.

I am passionate about supporting people find their way, offering support to help them to navigate the challenges they face, and to be their biggest cheerleader to go for their things I know they are capable of. (And I love to celebrate their successes too!).

This is Jo on set of a short film called 'Monday's Child' in the early days of my career.What I would have given to have a mentor to help me straighten my path, share their wisdom and to tell me the career-hacks and avoid many mistakes!

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