Fanie Zis, PCC, CCDP, CWS, CES, CCS. Coming from a background in Psychology, Counselling, and Career Development, Fanie is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), a Certified Career Development Practitioner with the BCCDA and a Certified Grief Educator. Fanie works as a Life Smart Coach for EFAP program through Homewood Health in the areas of career coaching, career counselling, grief and loss, relationship, family and elder support, stress management and pre-retirement planning. Fanie also works as a freelance Life and Career Coach, supporting clients in grief and loss, personal and professional development and other challenges depending on their situation and life goals.
In Part 1 of this two-part series, I explored six common interferences that can potentially get in the way of a client having a successful stress leave. Identifying problems is...
A stress leave from work is a huge transition and can be a stressful, scary and uncomfortable experience. But it doesn’t have to be this way. As a career development...
“I’ve put 10 hard years of work into that company, I can’t just go work somewhere else.” “I studied management for two years to get to this position. What was...
At first, work from home (WFH) functioned well for many. For some, it meant staying in their pyjamas all day, being in the comfort of one’s home, saving on gas...
In Part 1, I explored seven common myths with the intent of bringing awareness to the importance and function of strong emotions in career coaching. Acknowledging that strong emotions come...
As an Employee & Family Assistance Program Life Coach and Career Counsellor, I have noticed the following assumptions about career coaching and career counselling. Since the area of support is...
The Great Resignation. Epiphany-quitting. The Big Quit. We’ve all seen these phrases pop up in recent headlines. As a career development professional, you may be hearing about them in your...
No, Sunday Scaries is not the name of a horror movie – although for some, it may feel this way. This term refers to: “Anxieties one experiences on Sunday when...
We are in a constant state of career development. Sometimes this is at a subconscious level – i.e. not knowing that our action or inaction is affecting our career; other...