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.