Individual coaching
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Yes and no! Depending on your level of experience and responsibilities, choosing a new career position can be done in a matter of days or weeks, once the preparatory work has been completed and a relationship of trust has been established with the coach. Working with an individual coach means drawing up a complete career assessment, an in-depth career plan, a genuine transition plan, with an action plan to 'sell' your plan effectively. This work of maturing, this process of reconversion, takes time and experience, and I know that skipping this stage is a risk. At the end of the day, the real question is: how long does it take to make the right decision to move on to new experiences, to your future activity, your future profession?

There are a number of professional coaching solutions available to help individuals with their professional development. Here are just a few of the coaching solutions available:

• Professional coaching with qualified coaches: one-to-one coaching that helps you develop the skills, aptitudes, behaviours and attitudes you need to achieve your professional goals over the course of several sessions. This type of support works well if the coachee feels confident from the 1st session and commits to it voluntarily. Effective career coaching can include a psychological and personal development approach to limit any blockages and open up a new dimension. But this type of support is not life coaching or personal coaching.
• Skills assessment: individual, personalised support to help you take stock of your skills, aptitudes, motivations and career aspirations. This comprehensive assessment is often the first step in defining a coherent career plan based on professional experience.
• Vocational training: ongoing training programmes (technical training, diploma courses, etc.) to develop mastery of tools, such as communication tools, and specific skills to improve performance at work, according to a personalised programme.
• Career guidance: guidance services to help people identify career options that match their skills, interests and life plans, based on their work experience.
• Support groups: groups of peers who share similar experiences and offer mutual support in solving professional problems through the sharing of good practice and good humour.
• Mentoring programmes: programmes where an experienced mentor guides a less experienced mentee through their own experience to help them develop their professional skills.
• Online training: online training offered by training organisations to develop specific skills at your own pace. This is not distance coaching.
• Networking events: events organised to enable professionals to meet other professionals, exchange ideas and establish professional contacts.

The systemic approach focuses on the interactions between the individual and his system. Each individual is placed in a system of interactions which he interprets according to his own references and representations. This approach involves taking a global view of human situations as interactions within the "professional world" system, itself broken down into sub-systems such as organisations, companies, etc.

As a professional coach, we think about how to modify the modes of interaction within each system and sub-system. The systemic approach helps to change the coachee's perspective, to look at the situation from a different angle. It aims to build the solution step by step through experimentation, using coaching tools. The solution will be built progressively throughout the coaching process, through collaboration between the coach and the coachee and the use of the coach's tools.