Working for yourself but not by yourself Rapport Archive Professional Development Working for yourself but not by yourself Rapport Issue 27 Publication Date March 28th 2012 Authors Bev James When I first started working as a coach, the personal isolation hit me like a bolt from the blue. It was an aspect of the work that I had not considered in advance because coaching is a ‘people’ profession. However, for the first time in my working life I was working from home, and I found I missed not being part of a team. As we know, in a coaching conversation the focus is totally on the client. It is not the place to chip in and say, ‘Hey, guess what happened to me today?’ If you are used to the camaraderie of an office or team environment, the adjustment may have more of an impact than you anticipated –... Professional Development To access the rest of this article, you need to use 1 credit ANLP members get complimentary credits that can be used for purchasing from the Rapport archive - a collection of more than a 1000 high quality articles written by some of the leading voices in the field of NLP. Non-members can buy Rapport credits via the ANLP store. JOIN ANLP BUY RAPPORT CREDITS If you have already purchased this article, you can log in to access it