People spend more time planning their vacations than they do their lives! - FORTUNE What do you think about that quote above?

I remember the first time I saw that, I thought it was both sad and true. And the perfect point to hopefully help get people's attention?

You see, I’m preparing for my Make 2023 your year - Your personal annual plan for career clarity, focus and success workshop. And I’m getting some great ideas. 💡Goals provide us with a great target, a destination, an experience we long for. In my blog I share 5 Things that Will Happen Without Goal Setting, 5 Reasons Setting Goals is Important in Every Area of Life and 6 Ways to Stay on Track with Your Goals

Goal setting is part of my career and leadership coaching. In my course MOVE UP! it is at the very beginning, it is part of the foundation for the full course the pre-course this is how important it is for sustainable success. The next MOVE UP! program starts in December. Book your place now.

Male and female role models play a crucial role in bringing more women into leadership positions.

Gender stereotypes and gender-typical role expectations of women (and men) continue to be commonplace in all organizations.

The right role models can help women to achieve their goals.

Generally, there are two types of role models: positive role models, who serve as examples of what we "should" do, and negative role models, who serve as examples of things we "shouldn't" do.

As a career coach, I can help you find the role model that inspires and motivates you to achieve your personal career goal. Let´s keep in mind: The best role model is the one who has already achieved the goal you have in mind. For example your goal could be that you want to be able to present your projects in an interesting and lively way so that others can see what you have achieved. My tried and proven 5-step approach is in the blog.

Our own set of values, our character, is the central basis for our actions. It has a direct influence on how our employees perceive and value us. Only employees who (can) trust their leaders will follow them, even in difficult phases.

Therefore, it is important to become aware of one's own values and to review them regularly. This allows us to recognize the effects of our values on the current use of our skills and on our character traits. This provides concrete opportunities to set up targeted measures for the successful further development of leadership competences.

Identifying your values and Self-reflection in leadership if the first steps of my 4- Steps Guide To Becoming the Leader you want to be.

Follow my proven program. We start on the 10th of October. This is a program that I developed when training to be an even better leadership coach. More details in the blog.

In this blog, you're going to be introduced to the world of mentors. We'll start with the basics, where you'll learn exactly what mentors are – and what they are not. You'll find out why you should have a mentor and even touch on the subject of why you might want to consider mentoring someone else.
From there, we’re going to dig deeper into the topic by exploring how you can go about finding a mentor, along with several tips on how to make the most of your mentorship experience once you have one.
Finally, we’ll go back to the idea of becoming a mentor yourself, exploring what you have to offer and how you can get started in reaching out to someone else in a vital and life-changing way.
Mentorship is an exciting idea. Imagine building a relationship with someone else for the sole purpose of realizing your dreams. Let’s get started!
In my mentoring and coaching most of the time we come back to one of these points. In my coaching MOVE UP! I focus on leadership: the soft skills, the mindset and the practical techniques to lead with ease, confidence and fun. Click here if you want to join the course to get the most recent information.