You Coach You

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER, January 2022

‘An insightful guide, filled with actionable advice to empower leaders hoping to improve their professional abilities and make meaningful change in their lives’ Richard Branson

‘What I love about this book is that it gives us the tools to guide ourselves and know that change and our true value is within us all’ Mary Portas

Our careers are full of potential and possibilities, uncertainty and change. There is no such thing as a straight line to success and there are times when we get stuck, face obstacles, feel frustrated or want to explore new opportunities. In these moments the best place to start is by coaching yourself. No one can solve your problems better than you can, and learning to coach yourself will accelerate your self-awareness and help you take control of your career.

In You Coach You, you’ll learn the mindset, skillset and toolkit you need to coach yourself. You’ll discover practical support on some of the most common coaching challenges including:

– Exploring your progression possibilities and making them happen
– Building your resilience reserves and turning adversity into action
– Moving beyond busy to time well spent and finding the right work-life fit for you
– Building the beliefs that help you succeed and overcoming setbacks
– Creating the connections you need for your career and fixing friction in difficult relationships
– Developing a sense of direction and a purpose that is motivating and meaningful for you

Packed with ideas for action and insightful tools, this practical book will help you to get unstuck, and increase your confidence in and control over your career.

If you enjoyed reading this, check out The Squiggly Career, Helen and Sarah’s Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling guide to supercharging your confidence, playing to your strengths and setting yourself up for success.An insightful guide, filled with actionable advice to empower leaders hoping to improve their professional abilities and make meaningful change in their lives—Richard Branson

A must-read for everyone who wants to pro-actively seize their career—Lynda Gratton, author of Redesigning Work

Sarah and Helen have a way to get right to the point and help the reader do what is needed to navigate the squiggly parts of a successful career. This is truly what self help is all about.—Mo Gawdat, author of Solve for Happy

This is the most useful and relevant book you could buy for your career right now—Bruce Daisley, author of Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat

We all need this book in our lives. Helen and Sarah will help you when things get tough and find the happiness in our work that we all deserve—Holly Tucker, founder of Not On the High StreetHelen Tupper has held leadership roles at Microsoft, Virgin and BP and is now CEO of Amazing If. Her love of learning has led her to study at Henley, Cranfield and Cass Business School. Helen is a trustee for the Working Families charity, a Fellow of The RSA and lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and two children.

Sarah Ellis has led marketing and corporate responsibility teams for Barclays and Sainsbury’s, before becoming Managing Director of a creative agency. She is now Chief Learning Officer at Amazing If. Sarah has studied at Warwick University, London and Harvard Business Schools, and is a qualified Mental Health first aider. Sarah is on the Mayor of London’s workspace advisory board and lives in London with her partner and son.GB