A Different Take On Career Coaching

There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in the world was gone, save just leather enough to make one pair of shoes.

Then he cut his leather out, all ready to make up the next day, meaning to rise early in the morning to his work. In the morning he sat himself down to his work; when, to his great wonder, there stood the shoes already made, upon the table. The good man knew not what to say or think at such an odd thing happening. He looked at the workmanship; there was not one false stitch in the whole job; all was so neat and true, that it was quite a masterpiece.

The same day a customer came in, and the shoes suited him so well that he willingly paid a price higher than usual for them; and the poor shoemaker, with the money, bought leather enough to make two pairs more. In the evening he cut out the work, and went to bed early, that he might get up and begin betimes next day; but he was saved all the trouble, for when he got up in the morning the work was done ready to his hand. Soon in came buyers, who paid him handsomely for his goods, so that he bought leather enough for four pair more. He cut out the work again overnight and found it done in the morning, as before; and so it went on for some time: what was got ready in the evening was always done by daybreak, and the good man soon became thriving and well off again.

I came across this age-old fairy tale and wanted to share it. I understand that while there is no direct comparison, with career coaching there were key underlying similarities that could be read into the above excerpt.

As many business people often find themselves, the Shoemaker had come to the end of the line in his shop with enough leather for only one more pair of shoes.

Caught up in his own distress, what he needed at that time was an outsider who could lend a hand to stimulate growth within the business. Although the Elves weren't expert life coaches, they fulfilled exactly the same role. They took the Shoemaker from where he was to where he wanted to go.

A key offering from a Career Development Coach such as Helen Roberts, career coaching helps identify solutions to specific work-related issues.

The service also enables openness to personal learning and development, intrinsically motivating people to correct performance difficulties.

Your story could end the same as that of the good Shoemaker couple and become thriving and well-off again.