Move forward with confidence, purpose, and direction in your career. Discover untapped potential and navigate your next professional move with total clarity.
"I came away feeling more empowered about my own skill set, and she helped me to identify what I'm good at. This was the confidence boost I needed!"
Strengths Insight Client
If you're feeling stuck, lacking confidence, or unsure about your next career move, I can help. Strengths Insight is a 1-to-1 online experience designed to give you deep clarity on your personal strengths, weaknesses, and unrealised potential.
You'll walk away with clear insights and practical guidance to confidently pivot your career, go for that promotion, or re-enter the workforce with direction and purpose.
A structured 3-step experience designed to give you clarity and confidence in your next move.
A relaxed 15-minute call to get to know you, set your intentions and answer any questions, followed by a 30-minute online strengths assessment identifying your natural strengths, weaknesses, learned behaviours and unrealised potential.
You'll receive a 24-page personalised report explaining your results, with practical tips on how to adapt your behaviour and make the most of your strengths.
A deep-dive into your results via Zoom or face-to-face if you're based on the Isle of Man, helping you understand what your strengths mean for you and identify clear, practical next steps.
Whether you want to pivot your career, target a promotion, or return to work after a break.
Everything you need to know about the Strengths Insight process.
It starts with a free 15-minute discovery call with Kirsty. This is a chance to talk about your situation, what you’re hoping to get from the session and ask any questions — with no obligation to book.
If you decide to go ahead, you’ll complete an online Skills Discovery assessment by Cappfinity, which takes around 30 minutes. It explores your natural strengths, weaknesses, learned skills and unrealised potential, and generates a personalised 24-page report.
You’ll then have a 90-minute insight and action planning session with Kirsty via Zoom, where you’ll explore your results, understand what they mean for you and identify practical next steps.
The process usually takes a couple of weeks, giving you time to complete the assessment and receive your report before your session. The assessment takes around 30 minutes, and the insight and action planning session lasts 90 minutes.
It’s a combination of both. You’ll receive a detailed personalised report, but the real value comes from having Kirsty guide you through it. Together, you’ll explore what your results mean, how they relate to your career and what you might want to do next.
You won’t simply be sent a report and left to work it out yourself.
That’s absolutely fine. You might have a clear career goal, be considering your options, or simply want to understand your strengths better. Wherever you’re starting from, we’ll use your results to give you greater clarity and identify what you can take forward.
No. The free discovery call is a relaxed conversation to discuss your current situation, career aspirations, and how the Strengths Insight framework can best support you.
The 15-minute discovery call is completely free and there’s no obligation to book.
The full Strengths Insight experience is £175, including:
- Online Skills Discovery assessment
- Personalised 24-page report
- 90-minute insight and action planning session
Yes. The discovery call, assessment and 90-minute insight session can all be completed online, so you can work with Kirsty wherever you’re based. If you’re in the Isle of Man, you also have the option of meeting in person for your insight session.
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of your strengths and practical ideas for what you might want to explore next, along with your personalised report to refer back to.
There’s no ongoing coaching commitment. If you have a question afterwards, you’re welcome to get in touch.
It’s designed for women who are feeling stuck, lacking confidence or unsure about their next career move.
It can be particularly useful if you’re:
- Returning to work after a career break
- Considering a change of direction
- Thinking about your next career move
- Preparing for a promotion
- Feeling disconnected from what you’re good at
- Wanting to understand yourself and your strengths better
It’s not about telling you what career you should choose or finding your next job for you. Instead, it gives you the insight and clarity to work out what feels right for you.
The Strengths Insight session starts with a validated strengths assessment, rather than simply talking through your career history.
Skills Discovery by Cappfinity looks at your natural strengths, weaknesses, learned skills and unrealised potential. Kirsty then combines your results with her experience as a careers guidance professional to help you understand what they mean in the context of your career.
The result is a personalised, focused session designed to give you insight, confidence and practical next steps.
Simply book your free 15-minute discovery call using the Book a Discovery Call button. We'll have a quick chat about where you are now, what you're looking for and whether Strengths Insight feels like the right fit.
Founder
"I have made changes in my life to enable me to build a career that gives me the freedom and variety I crave, and am now lucky enough to support other women to do the same."
I'm a Certified Skills Discovery Accredited Practitioner, founder of Career Zest and creator of the Strengths Insight session.
I know what it feels like to be experienced and motivated, but still feel stuck in a role that doesn't quite fit. After taking four years away from work to be at home with my three children, I also experienced the knock to my confidence that can come with returning to work.
I've made changes in my own career to create more of the freedom, variety and fulfilment I was looking for — and now I help other women reconnect with what they're naturally good at, recognise their untapped potential and gain clarity about where their strengths could take them next.
My qualifications
My background
I started my career in HR and training before moving into careers guidance, completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Career Guidance & Development and working as a Careers Adviser in higher education, supporting students and graduates with their career decisions.
After returning to the Isle of Man, I launched Career Zest, allowing me to continue supporting people with their careers on a freelance basis.
I later trained as a Certified Skills Discovery Accredited Practitioner, which gave me access to a strengths-based assessment that looks beyond skills and experience to uncover natural strengths, areas of untapped potential and the things that can give you energy at work. This became the foundation for my Strengths Insight sessions.
Career Guidance & Development (Scotland)
Certified Skills & Strengths Discovery Specialist
“I reached out to Kirsty for guidance while I was experiencing a work and confidence low point, after completing the Strengths Profile, we met to discuss my results. She kindly explained the report and provided coaching around each key area. I came away feeling more empowered about my own skill set, and she helped me to identify what I’m good at. This was the confidence boost I needed and I’ve referred to the report several times since. Would highly recommend!"
"After nearly a year out of work and having lost confidence, I was looking for a boost and some direction. The most valuable part was meeting with Kirsty and going through the result together - she brought everything alive and noticed when I was passionate about something, using that to guide me. She helped me realised not just what I want from my career, but what I want from life. It was so much more than a discussion about work; I came away with clarity, a plan and a much more positive outlook.”
