I, like so many Rehabilitation Professionals was operating under a very wrong assumption.  You see I thought that the more senior a person was in the world of work, the higher they had climbed the corporate ladder, the more capable and knowledgeable they would be able to how to apply for a new role. How wrong I was! It wasn’t until I had been working with professional clients; Upper management level clients, and executive clients that I realised that a pattern was forming – the actual … [Read more...]

I’ve noticed a bit of a trend here at Purple Co.  We are starting to receive an increased number of referrals for clients who have been job seeking for many months - sometimes for years - without success.  And we are asked to review their job search strategy and help the client become successful in their application for a new job with a new employer.  In almost all cases, what we identify is that the client has very outdated job search tools and methods.  They haven’t been taught how to access … [Read more...]

‘Planning is everything.  Plans are nothing’ Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke Action Plans, Rehab plans, RTW plans, prevocational plans, independent living plans, socialisation plans, living skills plans - the world of recovery rehabilitation and RTW is a planning nation. Who doesn't love a good plan? Estimating and planning are crucial to recovery and RTW success. How else do we take all the “needs” of all the “players” and help the client arrive at the end goal - the goal that meets … [Read more...]

At Purple Co, we are often sent referral requests to “engage” a client in recovery, rehabilitation and RTW. Now, most of us hear that phrase and think – OK this means the client isn’t engaged, and that can mean a couple of things: -         The client is resistant to being engaged. -         The client is going to be difficult. -         The client has no understanding of what rehabilitation can offer. When the referral is coming from an insurer, an employer or a regulatory authority … [Read more...]

Having delivered training to Rehabilitation Consultants in this industry for many years, I continue to be amazed at the seemingly simple things that get missed in the pursuit of doing the job at hand. One of those things that appears to get missed is actually understanding the referral and what's really being asked of us as consultants. Things like... ·        Why is this person being referred? ·        What does this person know about why they are being referred? ·        What has … [Read more...]