Hi, I’m Lucy. Career Wellbeing Coach
I am passionate about helping people to make better work choices. Having been through my own career changes, I know about the self-imposed barriers that can get in our way if we let them. Through coaching, I’ve helped hundreds of clients gain the clarity, confidence, and courage needed to change their work lives for the better, and elevate their career wellbeing. And I’m here to help you too.
I recreated my work story and I’m here to help you do the same
After a successful career in corporate communications, I was ready for a change. So I established my own business and discovered what I’d rather be doing.
I’m now a career coach living on a lifestyle block in rural New Zealand doing work I love and growing flowers in my spare time. Sounds idyllic, but it was a long time coming…
I’d had my share of burning out in previous incarnations. In my earlier career, like many, I fell into the trap of taking on too much and thinking I could do it all, to the point where it wasn’t so enjoyable any more.
I got to an age and stage where I realised I actually had a choice. That’s when I quit my corporate job, started my own business and began the process of figuring out what I would do if I did it on purpose. That’s when I came to career coaching.
I wanted to help people get to a place where they too could do what they love and have a better worklife. So I retrained and over 10 years I’ve since spent literally thousands of hours coaching hundreds of clients, and have seen the remarkable changes people can make once they have clarity on what matters to them and what they have to offer, and have recognised what might be holding them back.
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Career coach Lucy Sanderson-Gammon is owner and director of Luminous Consulting Limited (now trading as Luminous Career Coaching), established in New Zealand in 2011.
She has a Master of Business Administration (Merit) and a Diploma in Career Guidance (Distinction), as well as qualifications in adult education and training, professional coaching and mentoring, journalism and PR. In her coaching practice, Lucy also uses her Acceptance and Commitment Therapy training, and is a Strong Interest Inventory Certified Practitioner and an Accredited Strengths Profile Practitioner.
Lucy's coaching clients benefit from her own career change and business experience and 25+ years work history. She has held senior leadership positions in the public and private sectors, enabling her to assist others in their own career and professional development.
Her MBA research project looked at the barriers to women attaining senior leadership positions and she was invited to deliver an expert commentary session, Challenging institutionalised gender inequity in public service leadership, at the 2nd Public Sector Women in Leadership Summit 2015.
Lucy is a Professional Member of the Career Development Association of NZ and has served on a number of panels and boards, including the:
All of Government Consultancy Services Panel – Human Resources category: Approved provider (Current)
Council (board) of the Institute of Management Consultants New Zealand (2016)
IABC Blue Ribbon Gold Quill Awards judging panel (2013 and 2014)
Inaugural President IABC Wellington 2007
Editorial Advisory Panel for the IABC’s international communications magazine, Communication World (2008 - 2013)
IABC International Growth Grants Committee
IABC Pacific Global Development Team (Director)
Media Peace Awards (Radio) judging panel.
