How Career Coaching Changes Lives ft. Nina Bainbridge
Nina Bainbridge is an executive coach who designs leadership programmes and looks to empower people with the skills to transform their everyday conversations in order to solve problems and make lasting connections.
Having worked with young people in a prison and matrons in a teaching hospital, she wants to change the view that coaching is only available to a select few, and encourage a broader range of people to understand the positive impact that it can have on their lives.
Key topics discussed
The beginnings and essentials of coaching
Starting out by solving the problems of Barbie and Sindy dolls as a child
Learning the importance of being a good listener and not interrupting people while they are sharing
Bringing humanity to conversations to encourage people to share
Stepping away from the pressure to rescue your client as a coach
Reaching a broader audience
Coaching in schools to create a coaching culture and reach a younger audience
How to package coaching into soundbites and onto platforms so that it is accessible and immediately impactful
Overcoming self-doubt
Putting your hand up for development opportunities even though on paper you may not feel qualified for them
Trusting that your skills and strengths can be adapted in different environments like prisons
Seeing the ‘ripple effect’ of your work
Working with a teaching hospital with matrons who were under pressure, working somewhere where there is one answer in medical terms
Getting fulfilment from seeing the transformational journey of others, including impact beyond just their working lives
Forming a strong bond with an organisation and giving back to the NHS, having received great care
The Career Equation in Action
Skills: Enabling and framing coaching in a way that is meaningful
Passion: People learning to have coaching conversations
Impact: Having conversations that ignite people’s thinking
Environment: Human, safe and meaningful
Inspiring takeaways
The importance of maintaining a human element in all interactions
Not putting yourself down for finding a difficult environment really challenging
If you frame your conversations correctly, there is nothing wrong with trying to appeal to a broad range of clients
Actionable Insights
To learn new skills to broadcast and produce videos to achieve greater impact and online presence
To use self-belief in innate skills as a grounding for scaling up the business through new connections
Resources and links
Connect with Nina via LinkedIn or Everyday Coaching Skills
Discover the Career Equation framework at www.thecareerequation.com
Don’t miss this great episode with Nina Bainbridge on The Career Equation podcast. Hear fascinating insight from her broad range of experiences – from prisons to hospitals – as she shares her journey as a coach who has come to realise the importance of being a good listener and bringing an element of humanity to conversations.