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#135 - Career coach Kelly Whalley explains how to identify what’s not right at work, create a better work-life balance and take responsibility for your career.

What you'll learn

• [1:33] How Find Your Wings helps people through transitional career periods.
• [2:20] What “brain-based science” is.
• [3:07] What motivated Kelly to start her own coaching business.
• [4:46] How coaches can help people who are beginning their careers.
• [5:56] How receptive businesses are to coaching junior staff members.
• [7:25] The seven key areas to developing a healthy and happy career.
• [9:49] How to figure out where your needs aren’t being met.
• [12:19] The extent to which your job should reflect your passions.
• [13:17] How to spend more time doing the tasks you enjoy.
• [15:33] The value of finding developmental opportunities in mundane tasks.
• [18:13] The importance of being proactive in your learning and development.
• [20:25] How to assess if your work fits in well with your life.
• [24:24] Steps you can take to figure out where improvements can be made and where there’s misalignment.
• [27:20] How to know what needs to change in your work life.
• [34:24] How to discover which careers fit with you.
• [38:03] Where to compromise when searching for your dream job.
• [40:13] The importance of perspective and being positive.
• [41:49] How to explore potential alternative careers.

Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):

• Episode 129: How to sell your ideas to your boss - with Brigitta Hoeferle of Center of NLP
• The High Performance Podcast
• Squiggly Careers book and podcast

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/why-am-i-unhappy-at-work/

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