BEAVI©, One Tool to Get to Know YOU

When was the last time you checked in on your BEAVI©?
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It is crucial that you review your BEAVI© once a year if not more often.

What does BEAVI© stand for?

It is an acronym I came up with to support my young clients. Feel free to play around with the words and create your own acronym.

What’s the tool’s name? Discover your BEAVI©
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The acronym facilitates reflection on what makes you happy, what gives you meaning and motivates you to act i.e., the thing that prompts you to get up and start doing stuff.
BEAVI is an acronym for:
B - Beliefs
E - Experiences
A - Abilities/Skills
V - Values
I - Interests
 
With my support and assistance clients proceed to unravel the value of these five factors through powerful inquisitive questioning and 5 tasks that raise awareness, stimulate reflection, and provide in-depth insight into my clients’ BEAVI©.

Discover your BEAVI © Bundle

Discover your BEAVI © Bundle is a professionally designed narrative career coaching instrument. Use Discover your BEAVI© Bundle as a resource to assist you in launching self-awareness among your students or young clients. A Discover your BEAVI result underscores each client’s unique repertoire. The assessment tool is very simple and its power lies in its simplicity.
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Discover your BEAVI© supports you to enable students to understand their BEAVI © (beliefs, experiences, abilities, values and interests). It is intended to be a self-awareness and personal reflexivity tool. 

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Narrative Coaching

Narrative coaching has been proven to be successful in supporting young people to uncover their BEAVI© in both individual and group settings. Utilizing the four phases of the narrative coaching model: SITUATE, SEARCH, SHIFT, and SUSTAIN, your questions along with the Discover your BEAVI © Bundle tasks will lead to students’ boosted awareness of the environments in which they live, increased personal reflexivity and enhanced career decision-making.  
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Discover your BEAVI© can assist your students to:
•       Determine personal, academic and professional next steps
•       Have a process to support their identity work
•       Design a next step that best reflects their BEAVI© (beliefs, experiences, abilities, values and interests)
•       Outline a working plan to move forward with the next step
•       Make intentional choices

Various Discussions

Self-assessment plays an important role in helping youth discover what is most important to them. Start with group discussions if you are using the BEAVI© in your classroom and follow up with individual conversations to elevate self-awareness and increase engagement. It is the self-knowledge and the discussions that motivate students to employ their BEAVI© and take the next confident step.
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The discussions should focus on what students can do and choose the category that they think is a best fit. As they self-assess and think about everyday behaviour, utilizing the questions below, they will move forward. There is no right or wrong answer. Students do not need to answer the questions, they are provided to launch self-reflection.
 
·      What are the first words that come to mind when describing yourself? 
·      What do you consider to be your two or three most outstanding accomplishments from the past three or four years? Why did you select these as most important? 
·      Reflect on any experiences that you think are reflective of your personality, character, intellectual capacity or passions. Be prepared to talk about your choice.
·      In what area(s) have you shown the most development and growth during the past three or four years?
·      What do you consider to be your most outstanding personality trait? 
What do you like to do during your free time?                                                               

BEAVI© result

BEAVI© results provide a visual of who they are, what they have accomplished, and the experiences they enjoyed. In effect, a self-assessment opportunity.
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Try the coaching and assessment out and connect with me if you have any questions or concerns. Remember, if you are working one-on-one with young clients, make sure to alternate tasks with reflexive conversations.

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I am Hoda Kilani, Career and Academic Coach. As a private practitioner, I work with students, parents, teachers and community partners sharing the latest strategies to innovatively craft your career journey your way. Follow me and subscribe to this newsletter for more career insights.