What does it mean to be?
How asking philosophical questions and exploring an existential attitude could add value to career coaching
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https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.5206Keywords:
Philosophy, Existentialism, Career coachingAbstract
This paper explores the value of career coaches asking philosophical questions, specifically relating to existentialism, in order to enhance clients’ self-awareness, goal-setting, and decision-making. It argues that existential concepts, such as authenticity and essence, could potentially serve as valuable additions to a coach’s toolkit to help stimulate, challenge and shift forwards a client’s thinking when faced with difficult career-related questions. Existentialism’s potential value is explored in relation to three established career coaching models – the GROW model, the OSKAR model, and the Skilled Helper model.
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