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What do sports and theatrical coaching have to do with career coaching? |
| In sports, every athlete is different. They have different training routines, learning styles, performance capabilities, attitudes, failures and successes. The same coaching does not work for every athlete because they are individuals. In both a team setting or in a solo sport, the general message is the same: to beat the opposing team or player, score more points than last time, introduce the new tactic so you have the competitive edge. In career coaching, everyone is different and has different needs, strengths, goals and competition. The approach to each of those aspects is to mold it to the individual so it fits. While the individuals are different, whether working with athletes or career seekers, the issues are similar: assessing and honing skills, adapting coaching to the individual’s learning style, eliciting their sense of self-control, replacing history with forward vision, building confidence, dealing with their fears or barriers to establishing tactics to use to get back on track and, finally, creating the attitude of a winner. Theatre training is very much like a career search. Whether you are an actor/other theatre professional OR a career seeker, you have to prepare your résumé, have a headshot or be on LinkedIn with one, present your professional qualifications and work experience. Then there’s the audition or interview. You may not have to sing or dance to get a job as an accountant or an HR Manager, but you may feel like that’s exactly what you are doing! The similarities between auditioning and interviewing are that you show up prepared for the role, you are dressed appropriately for the situation, there’s verbal exchange and you do perform, actor or not. Coaching helps you prepare for your interview with the skills of an actor. What you say, how you say it and all the nuances that an actor puts into a performance can be used in interviewing so you present yourself in the best possible light with the right appearance and the best lines to deliver. Then you wait for the reviews…and prepare your acceptance speech! |