Charlotte Whitehead is a Gallup Certified CliftonStrengths® Coach and a UK-Registered career coach.
She works primarily with mid-career professionals who are seeking to make positive changes to their careers, and she uses a range of tools and exercises to support them including the CliftonStrengths® assessment and the Business Model Canvas®.
Charlotte has particular interests in supporting clients to find purposeful work and also works with people who are considering self-employment or in the early stages of setting up their business. She’s based in Plymouth, UK, but works entirely online.
If you’re thinking about going into private practice as a coach, Charlotte can facilitate that decision-making process. She can also help you think about what your coaching practice might look like in terms of types of ideal clients, value propositions, essential business partners, income streams, marketing channels, costs and infrastructure.
Prior to becoming self-employed as a career coach, Charlotte worked for 16.5 years in the UK’s higher education sector, latterly specialising in skills development and career management for PhD students. Before that, she worked in the heritage sector as a paper conservator (UK, Australia, USA). She switched careers in her late 20s having experienced career coaching herself with a careers consultant.
Charlotte’s professional credentials include:
- Mindfulness Based Strengths Practice (2021)
- Business Model You® Master Class-Certified Practitioner (2020)
- Gallup Certified Strengths Coach (2016)
- Gallup Business Builder Profile (BP10) (2016)
- Test User Certificate in Occupational and Ability Testing (British Psychological Association, 2016)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Education, Information and Guidance (University of Warwick, 2017)
- MEd (Open University, 2002)
Charlotte abides by the UK Career Development Institute’s Code of Ethics and maintains her professional knowledge in accordance with the CPD guidelines laid down by the Careers Profession Alliance. She’s an active member of the Career Development Institute and regularly contributes articles and webinars to her professional community.
You can find out more about her work at www.careerpractic.com.
