Career & Developing Resilience Coaching

1-2-1 coaching is a great tool to help individuals examine their strengths and areas that are holding them back in their careers. OACD specialises in career coaching and supporting those who may have been made redundant to look towards their future success.

About OACD’s approach to 1-2-1 coaching

OACD’s director Jayne Simmons has had a long-standing interest in career development, personal growth and mental health well-being. Over 25 years ago interest in complementary therapy led Jayne to change careers and undertake training in Stress Management.

A diploma in Stress Management and a certificate in cognitive behavioural training was the route undertaken, along with a counselling skills training course.

Initial courses were delivering evening classes in local colleges. Life has a way of changing in unexpected ways and a move to Aberdeen resulted in Jayne returning to a more corporate role.

As coaching has developed and professionalised, Jayne undertook a post-graduate diploma in coaching at Aberdeen University, whilst working full-time.  Jayne is an active member of the Association of Coaching local Branch in Aberdeen. She has been a full member of the International Association of Stress Management for over 25 years.

Often career coaching involves supporting individuals in identifying what are their career aspirations and potential personal development challenges in achieving them. Over the years Jayne has been actively involved in designing, developing and delivering a range of coaching-based training interventions and supporting employees’ personal development.

Working in a corporate training role in the Energy Sector is challenging, as oil prices drop, often developmental training and the staff delivering it are the first to go. During her portfolio career, Jayne has been made redundant 5 times and each time she has looked to see what can be gained from the experience and continue to develop and grow herself and support others to do so. This personal experience and commitment to continued professional development shape Jayne’s approach to helping others.

Jayne uses a very solutions-focused approach to coaching encouraging the coachee to set their own goals for their future growth and development. 1- 2- 1 coaching can help support personal effectiveness in areas such as time management, assertiveness, presentation skills and confidence building and stress reduction.  One to One coaching is primarily concentrating on achieving personal effectiveness in the workplace. Recognising what transferable skills the coachee already possesses and supporting them in developing new ones. Coaching is about listening to the coachee and looking to see what works best for them in achieving their goals.

Coaching can be face-to-face (Aberdeen area) or online.

Mentoring

I am an active mentor on the AXIS mentoring scheme, working with people looking to develop their careers in the oil & gas and Energy sectors.

Setting up a Mentoring scheme for organisations is a service OACD would be happy to discuss.