Starting up Passport Coaching & Consulting

Passport Coaching and Consulting, was developed at the end of the 80s, and had the good fortune to be born in an era of adventure and possibility. At that time Janie and Mary were working in staff development and training and with people who were seeking new careers.They sensed that the more traditional methods of career development, including prescribed questionnaires replete with boxes to tick, were not quite fulfilling the real needs of people.

Armed with some key comments and questions from potential clients Janie and Mary took a trip to Amsterdam.

Sitting in cafes along the canals ideas were created; on large pieces of paper, yes even back then! Janie and Mary got very excited and passionate about how to help people think big and adventurously about their lives not just about their jobs. Janie and Mary reminisce; 'We recognised that people wanted a space to look at the whole picture - not just an individual part of it, as represented by the

job that they did.' They kept on coming back to the same inevitable frustration; that people needed to think about work and how to marry it with the complexities of everyday life. Juggling, prioritising and compromising were all part of the mix.

People often take more restrictive decisions about their work and lives due to this massive juggling exercise. Passport Coaching and Consulting was borne out of the acknowledgement of this. At its essence, it was about allowing space for dreams and passions to flow.