Diverse
As a group, my clients are a good reflection of the diversity that exists among gifted people. If you were to take a random group of gifted people, you would find that they represent a much wider range than a random group of people selected from the population as a whole.
They all share the characteristics so typical for giftedness:
- have advanced cognitive abilities (very quick, wide and nuanced in their thinking)
- enjoy discovering novelties and complexity and depth
- are autonomous in their will, wishes and desires
- driven by their curiosity
- intense in their emotional experience
- sensitive in their perceptions
- broad in their interest and multiple capabilities
- and have a strong creative drive
Lifespan
Most of my clients are over 45 years of age, starting at early 30s to far over 60. Most are at the threshold ending mid-career level, preparing to enter the third fase of their career.
Professions
Coming from all sectors, they range from professionals in leadership and executives in senior management to entrepreneurs and C-level executives. They work predominantly in one of the following fields (often even ‘cross-fertilizing’ two or more):
- Business (Services, Industry, Finance, IT):
- strategy consultant
- managing director
- chief operational officer
- senior management
- accountant & entrepreneur
- Scientists either in for-profit or not-for-profit sectors:
- engineer
- medical specialist
- researcher (R&D)
- technological designer
- Academic Education & Research:
- university department chair/professor
- researcher
- lecturer
- governor
- Professional speaker:
- philosopher
- writer
- lawyer
- legal expert
- journalist