“I should change my job, but I’m not doing anything about it.”, “I feel like banging my head against a brick wall, I’ve stopped developing myself”, “I need to rebrand”, “I’m stuck and have no idea what to do next”… sounds familiar? Everyone will be facing an important decision sooner or later. It comes along with resistance, fear of change or getting outside of my comfort zone. These are our clients’ challenges, which every career consultant deals with regularly. In addition, there are changing trends in the labour market, automation, the influence of technology, or – like now – a pandemic, which has changed the behaviour of the market’s players.
To be able to advise successfully, support and motivate clients in making life-changing decisions, knowledge about psychology, coaching and working with resistance to change is necessary.
The psychology of change. Working with resistance. Career coaching.
The second weekend started with the topic “The Psychology of Change” on November 27 at 8:45 with Ph.D. Paweł Fortuna. As a warm-up, he asked the students the following question: “Is there a need to go outside one’s comfort zone?” During lectures he mentioned also:
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Strategies motivated by fear of failure
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The functions of complaining
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Facilitating the change – from the perspective of mentor, role model and coach
Ph.D. Paweł Fortuna in a nutshell:
Business psychologist, author and co-author of several books, the winner of Theophrastus Prize for the best popular science book, triple winner of “Book for Coach” award, from the Polish Association of Business Coaches. He pursues business innovative projects related to change adaptation, breaking down the routine, and searching for ways to create solid relationships.
The first day of the second weekend ended with Bożena Wujec’s lecture “The work with resistance and limiting beliefs”. She mentioned an important issue – the way of thinking, which affects our life, as well as defeating the barriers. During the lectures she answered also the following questions:
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How do the beliefs form?
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How can we recognize unconscious beliefs?
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How can we change the perspective of our beliefs?
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How can we consolidate desired beliefs?
Bożena Wujec in a nutshell:
Coach and intercultural trainer. MBA and postgraduate studies lecturer at many Polish and foreign universities. On a daily basis, she supports her own clients, as well as clients of consulting companies in EMEA, APAC and USA, e.g. for “Center for Creating Leadership”. She leads coaching sessions for senior level management and trainings in intercultural cooperation, diversity and neuroscience.
The second day of the weekend was dedicated to “Career Coaching”, and the lectures were conducted by Klaudia Fatah. One of the most important issues of career consultant job is the knowledge, when coaching, learning and advising should be used. Klaudia mentioned also:
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Generations specificity
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Good questions – how coaching could be different – including the Cartesian Questions
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GROW, GOLD and SWOT methods
Klaudia Fatah in a nutshell:
For more than 20 years, she’s been creating and carrying out training programs in the field of human management, including recruitment and onboarding. Certified Coach of ICC with psychotherapeutic experience. She graduated in Sociology and Clinical Psychology. She has experience in outplacement programs. She is also an active Executive Search headhunter.
Students’ thoughts after the second weekend
“All of the lecturers were fantastic. Only 1.5h with Mrs. Bożena Wujec is a crime :) I think that she should have a class with us for at least half of the day. Very interesting and eye-opening topic. Paweł Fortuna – brilliant. He interested us so much, that we had just a quick break and we went on with the material. He made us aware what is behind people’s behaviour in the change process. Very interesting and inspiring. Klaudia was also perfect. At the end of the classes, we made a group rebellion 😀, it was not enough for us. It was great to work with her. Coaching turned out to be more difficult than we thought. In my opinion, these studies were the best self-development decision I could have made, and I’m very content with it. I’m waiting impatiently for every weekend.”
“For me, both days were very interesting. Lecturer X and Y is a completely different story. The first one gave us a lot of freedom and lack of structure, while the second worked with a plan. But it doesn’t influence my rating. Both classes were 5/5 and for me it was the awakening of my curiosity and craving for knowledge. […] The classes in coaching introduced in our heads a little bit of mess about the differences between the coach, career adviser and consultant.”
We will keep you informed about our students as well as the progress of our studies.
The enrollment for the 2022/2023 academic year has opened:
- study in Polish – details of the program
- study in English – details of the program
PS. read more about the other meetings:
Are you interested in this field and you don’t want to wait for the next edition? Follow information about our courses – also in-house – on this page:
https://careerangels.eu/become-a-career-consultant/