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Professional challenges and professional development

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Why are challenges important for our professional development?

“How can I do my job justice today and be professionally successful?” Do these thoughts in the morning or on the way to work sound familiar? Then you are certainly experiencing many hurdles in your job at the moment and at the same time you are motivated to master them as best as possible. And that's a great place to start to tackle your professional challenges and capitalize on that experience. I am happy to support you on this path, especially if the current situation feels very unusual, difficult or complicated.

How do we experience professional challenges?

Then you are certainly experiencing many hurdles in your job at the moment and at the same time you are motivated to master them as best as possible. And that’s a great place to start to tackle your professional challenges and capitalize on that experience. I am happy to support you on this path, especially if the current situation feels very unusual, difficult or complicated.

In this growth zone, we benefit from clearly defined goals and an idea of how we can achieve them – targeted planning and consultation are an important prerequisite for professional development.

In addition, we often need specific skills and concrete knowledge in order to be able to achieve our goals – valuable input, further training and some practice are helpful in mastering professional challenges.

Every learning process also confronts us with emotional hurdles and involves the risk that we don’t feel good enough, are overwhelmed or want to give up – confidence, motivation and emotional stability are essential to be successful in a job.

We encounter challenges very often in a professional context – on the one hand we cannot always choose our tasks and at the same time we are also looking for specific challenges in order to advance professionally and personally. And looking back, we are often grateful and proud when we have surpassed ourselves. And it usually feels better to be able to decide for ourselves when and which challenging tasks we want to tackle.

Changes in our professional context – whether voluntary or unintentional – can also be very difficult – they have a massive impact on our future, can be unsettling and require new skills from us. We often feel a certain pressure and only accept changes when there is no other way. We often feel stronger and more confident when we can actively shape our lives.

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What does coaching bring to professional development?

Coaching is helpful in various situations:

In order to master new, unfamiliar tasks in the best possible way.
- Understanding what a change means for us and what can help us to go through it successfully.
- Recognize existing resources and use them as growth opportunities.
- Develop and strengthen leadership skills.
To find a way of dealing with complicated or apparently hopeless situations.
- To clearly define one's own tasks, areas of responsibility and the actual role in the professional context.
- Strategically dealing with difficulties in our environment that limit us.
- Refuelling our energy stores and improving our work-life balance.
To improve professional performance.
- Overcoming hidden blockages within us.
- Identification of concrete goals and action strategies to achieve them.
- Changing behaviours that hold us back professionally.
- Sometimes our current career does not allow us to get the best out of ourselves – then we have to plan our further career steps carefully and sometimes there is a professional reorientation or reorientation – here too coaching can be very helpful

Coaching helps you to master professional challenges and accompanies you in the process of your professional development:

I'll help you take the first step when you don't know where to start.
I'll give you valuable input for the idea generation and planning phase if you still feel overwhelmed at the moment.
As a coach, I open up perspectives for you and we find ways of tackling your challenges.
Together we will develop a strategy on how you can achieve your professional goals.
I give you honest and critical feedback so that you can grow and initiate change.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

How can I approach a new professional challenge?

First, understand what change means for us and what can help us to go through it successfully. Second, recognize existing resources and use them as growth opportunities. Third, develop and strengthen leadership skills.

How can I conquer my fear of challenges?

It’s not about conquering our fears – our fears are not just exhausting, but also a good indication of what is particularly important to us as a person. The aim is to find a way of dealing with our fears so that they do not stop us and do not burden us. The following strategies can be helpful:

Break down your big fears into smaller, more manageable parts.
Ask yourself what would be the worst event that could happen and how you will deal with it.
Think about which fears will no longer be relevant next week and only focus on fears that will still be relevant next year.
Try breathing exercises, meditation or other calming rituals.

Therapy can help you to understand your fears even better and to consciously decide what role you want your fears to play in your life.

What are professional challenges?

Professional challenges are all tasks that we cannot simply solve on the side – all tasks for which we do not yet have a clear approach or a standard strategy. Often we then feel that we do not have enough knowledge, experience and skills to master these challenges. There are numerous challenges and the following are just examples that many people experience:

Conflicts in the team or with the manager.
New tasks, unfamiliar activities or responsibilities.
The possibility to lead other employees or even a team.

Do I have to face the challenges?

No one forces you to face your challenges, but you can often benefit from them. We encounter challenges very often in a professional context – on the one hand we cannot always choose our tasks and at the same time we are also looking for specific challenges in order to advance professionally and personally. And looking back, we are often grateful and proud when we have surpassed ourselves. And it’s often better to be able to decide for yourself when and which challenging tasks we want to tackle.

What does professional development mean?

Professional development means that you grow in your professional role – several areas of your professional identity are crucial:

Their actual tasks and their ability to carry them out.
Your ability to work in a team and your dealings with colleagues.
Your knowledge and expertise.
The responsibility and influence they have in their professional environment.
Your work-life balance.

How can I develop professionally?

There are both formal and informal opportunities to advance professionally. Formal offers are, firstly, special courses, training, workshops or even studies, secondly, mentoring programs or a structured exchange with colleagues and thirdly, coaching and counselling sessions. Informal opportunities can be found anywhere in your everyday life – in conversations with colleagues, tips from your bosses, or new ways you try.

Why should you develop professionally?

Professional development is usually part of our professional life. Because we are constantly evolving, whether we realize it or not. So my answer to the question would be that you are allowed to develop further and that you can also take advantage of opportunities to seek support.