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About this episode

Renata Bernarde discusses the importance of creativity and wellbeing in professional coaching and shares insights on remote work and job searching strategies.

Our guest is Renata Bernarde, a career coach, who works with clients seeking new jobs or career advancement through her self-agency approach, as well as teaching at Monash University, Melbourne. Listen in as we explore the importance of creativity and wellbeing in professional coaching, Renata sharing her experience of working remotely while traveling and how she creates a calming environment for clients through her art-filled background. They explored how background aesthetics can influence client perception during online interviews, with Renata emphasizing the importance of carefully choosing virtual backgrounds to reflect executive presence. Renata shared her journey into coaching, highlighting her natural coaching personality and past experiences in career counseling and corporate roles. She emphasized her expertise in job searching and career planning, explaining how her extensive client base and research inform her approach. We discuss strategies for dealing with micromanagement in the workplace, emphasizing job crafting and self-reflection as ways to improve job satisfaction and career alignment. The importance of self-awareness and professional self-expression…

People in this episode

Host: Carrie

Guest: Renata Bernarde

Topics covered

• career coaching
• creativity
• wellbeing
• remote work
• job searching
• career planning
• self-awareness
• professional self-expression

Keywords

• self-agency
• virtual backgrounds
• executive presence
• micromanagement
• job crafting
• trust
• communication
• leadership adaptability

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Monash University

Places: Melbourne

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