Executive Career Coaching, including Career Change Coaching and Interview Coaching for professionals.
Welcome to Working Career. I am Diana Dawson, an Accredited Master Coach and a Coaching psychologist with over 20 years of experience helping professionals and organisations build successful, fulfilling working lives. I specialise in:
Career Coaching & Career Counselling – including Career Change and Transition Coaching to help you to find clarity, direction, and a career path that fits your strengths and values.
Interview Coaching – to build your confidence, manage nerves, and succeed in competency-based interviews.
Executive Coaching – develop your leadership skills, resilience, and the confidence to thrive.
Well-being and Confidence Coaching – improve your resilience, reduce stress, and create sustainable success.
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How Coaching can help you
Feeling stuck or ready for something new? Career change coaching helps you explore options, overcome uncertainty, and confidently move into a career that feels meaningful and rewarding.
Want to feel confident and prepared for your next interview? Whether it’s a competency-based interview, a panel interview, or a high-stakes executive role, I’ll help you overcome nerves, master interview questions, and showcase your strengths with clarity and impact.
Ready to take your leadership to the next level? Executive coaching helps you build confidence, communicate with impact, develop leadership skills, and manage workplace challenges with clarity.
Looking to grow in your current role or plan the next step in your career? Career development coaching helps you identify your strengths, enhance professional skills, and map out a clear path for career growth.
Do you hold back at work because of self-doubt or impostor syndrome? Career Confidence Coaching helps you recognise your strengths, build self-belief, and show up with confidence in meetings, interviews, and everyday work situations.
Feeling stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed at work? Well-being coaching helps you build resilience, manage workplace stress, enhance sleep quality, and restore balance, enabling you to thrive.
Let’s Get Started With Some Free Career Resources
Get Started with Career Change
YOUR FREE QUIZ: How Happy and Fulfilled Are You at Work?
Feeling stuck or unhappy at work?
Take this free 3-minute quiz and discover what’s really going on — and how to feel clearer and more motivated again.
Does this sound like you?
• You’re drained or you’ve lost your spark
• You know something’s off, but can’t put your finger on it
• You feel disconnected from your role
• You’re ready for something to shift
What you’ll get:
• A personalised insight into what’s driving your dissatisfaction
• Clarity on what’s missing for you to feel fulfilled at work
• A clear sense of whether your current job still fits
• One motivating next step you can act on immediately
Created by a certified career coach with 20+ years’ experience helping professionals find meaningful work. 👉 Start the 3-minute quiz
FREE QUIZ: What’s Next For Your Career?
Feeling unsure about your next step? If you’re questioning your role, wondering whether it’s time for a change, or simply wanting more meaning at work, this short 10-question quiz will help you get clear.
You’ll uncover whether you’re:
🌟 Ready for a new direction
🌱 Better suited to developing your current role or exploring new organisations
💙 Already in the right place and ready to keep growing
This coaching-led quiz takes just a few minutes and gives you personalised insights — plus a simple next step to help you move forward with more confidence.
👉 Take the quiz now and discover what’s next for your career.
Get Started with Career Change
YOUR FREE E-BOOK: Managing Change in Your Career
Whether you’re feeling stuck, dealing with unexpected change, or simply unsure what comes next, this free guide will help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
What You’ll Learn
✅ Recognise when change is needed
Spot the signs your work no longer fits — or when change has been forced on you.
✅ Navigate the emotional ups and downs
Supportive strategies to help you stay grounded and steady through uncertainty.
✅ Rebuild confidence after setbacks
Practical ways to recover after redundancy, stress or prolonged dissatisfaction.
✅ Plan your next step
Simple frameworks and coaching exercises to help you explore your options clearly.
✅ Shift your mindset
Gentle reframes that turn fear and hesitation into steady forward momentum.
Get Started with Career Development
YOUR FREE AI PROMPT CHEAT SHEET: AI Prompts to Accelerate Your Career
This free guide gives you simple, practical ChatGPT (or your favourite AI partner) prompts to help you reflect, plan and grow — whether you’re preparing for promotion, developing your leadership skills or exploring your next direction.
You’ll learn how to:
✅ Identify your strengths and development areas
Gain clarity on what you do well and where to focus next.
✅ Set meaningful, motivating career goals
Create goals that actually move you forward.
✅ Prepare for performance reviews with confidence
Use prompts that help you articulate your impact and progress.
✅ Strengthen your professional profile
Build visibility, clarity and confidence at work.
✅ Use AI as a thinking partner
Support your self-reflection and personal growth with guided prompts.
Get Started with Interview Coaching
YOUR FREE SCORESHEET: Interview Readiness Scoresheet
Preparing for an interview and want to feel confident, clear and fully prepared?
Download this interactive score sheet to quickly assess how ready you are — and what to focus on next.
What’s Inside 💼
A simple, structured readiness checklist
Covering everything from your preparation to your STAR examples.
🎯 A self-rating scale
Identify what you’re strong in and where extra practice will make the biggest difference.
🚀 Practical prompts and coaching tips
Know exactly what to work on before your interview, without overwhelm.
📥 A downloadable, interactive PDF
Clear, actionable insights to help you walk into your next interview with confidence.
Why Work with Me?
Work plays a huge role in life – on average, we spend over 100,000 hours at work. Yet many people spend more time choosing a house or car than reflecting on their career direction.
If you are:
considering a career change or transition
preparing for an important interview or promotion
looking to develop leadership skills as an executive
struggling with stress, burnout, or confidence at work …I can help.
My coaching is tailored, practical, and evidence-based. I use a blend of one-to-one coaching, career counselling, psychometric assessments, and tools such as the Highlands Ability Battery and personality questionnaires to give you a clear picture of your strengths and career options.
As a Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapist, I also offer proven strategies to manage interview nerves, presentation anxiety, insomnia, and workplace stress – enabling you to perform at your best.
Everyone deserves to be happy at work - take you next steps to make sure you are happy and fulfilled in what you do.
I am the founder of Working Career and have over two decades of experience as an Executive Coach, Career Coach, Career Counsellor, Interview Coach, Coaching Psychologist, and Well-being Coach.
My mission is simple: to help professionals and organisations achieve clarity, confidence, and fulfilment at work
Diana Dawson – Executive, Career, Well-being & Interview Coaching UK
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