Some of you work as coaches. Many of you have hired life or career coaches. Why does the world need this service? Because decision-making often doesn’t feel right as a solo pursuit. We value input. And the input of an expert in guiding the decision-making process – that can be invaluable.
On this week’s episode of NAPO’s podcast Stand Out – Growing Your Organizing and Productivity Business, host Sarah Karakaian speaks with Allison Task about her career as a coach, and her fascinating life path before coaching.
Allison shares with Sarah about her start in the tech industry, and the huge gift that was for her. Allison worked among people who truly believed and experienced that what they wanted to do was possible. So Allison was able to take that belief with her well after she left tech.
What makes a good coach? How do you break up with a coach when it isn’t working out? How do you measure ROI on what a coach says they will deliver? Allison has some answers for us – even though in her practice, she is the one asking the questions – she knows her clients have the answers within them.
Allison and Sarah go on to talk about how good career coaching is not all about encouraging people to just “follow your bliss.” By all means, follow your bliss. But Allison cautions, if you can’t monetize your bliss, you’ll need a day job.
There’s much more packed into the interview – be sure you take a listen. To check out the podcast and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode, visit: https://napopodcast.com/
Allison Task is a career and life coach who has helped hundreds of people transform their lives. By actively pursuing meaningful personal and career goals, Allison’s clients have changed careers, launched companies, retired early, moved their families across the country — and around the world.
Prior to coaching, Allison was an on-camera cooking host, cookbook author, and marketing executive. She was the host of Yahoo’s Blue Ribbon Hunter, Lifetime’s Cook Yourself Thin and TLC’s Home Made Simple.
Allison has a degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University, a coaching certificate and Master’s Degree from New York University, and a culinary degree from the Institute of Culinary Education. Her latest book is Personal (R)evolution: How To Be Happy, Change Your Life, and Do That Thing You’ve Always Wanted To Do.