CCG Strategies Q&A Blog: To-the-Point Answers to Common Leadership and Management Consulting Questions
Is Career Coaching Worth It?
It's a common question that many business professionals ask.
We're going to answer in less than 30 seconds.
Short Answer: Career Coaching is absolutely worth it. It's no different than College Counseling or any other Coaching. You are allowing someone with the experience and education to tell you exactly how to achieve your goals.
Long Answer: Career Coaches are worth it when you have a career goal that is outside of your experience or knowledge base.
What is a Career Coach?
Career Coaches are individuals who help you plan out your career goals and often provide empowerment and confidence-building services that are extremely valuable when chasing career goals.
Is there a Difference Between Career Coaches and Career Consultants?
Coaches focus on planning, empowerment, and confidence. They help improve soft skills and offer advice on how to confidently maneuver through new situations.
Consultants, on the other hand, focus on fixing a problem, teaching transferable skills, connecting their clients to other high impact individuals, and are a sounding board for leadership and management decisions.
Coaches are an emotional sounding board. Consultants are a sounding board for problems.
They are similar but very different. If you want a good experience, know exactly what experience you want.
Is a Career Coach or Consultant Better?
Your choice of having a coach or a consultant is completely up to you; however, if you're making a big leap in your career, you're better off having either one rather than nothing.
The job market is scary. Moving into unknown territory is even scarier.
A Career Coach can be the buffer you need to feel empowered to go after your dreams. They are often able to help professionals realize their true potential.
Career Consultants can move obstacles, bring you in the same room with the people who can make or break your career, or give you advice that can change your career completely.
If you want to see actual changes in your career, choose whichever professional helps you achieve your goals.
If you have career goals that you want to talk about, CCG Consultants offer Career Consulting as well as Coaching. CCG Strategies also has many self-serve options that can be used to build skills and used to get promotions.