Personal development matters after an event like National Careers Week.
Planning the next steps after #NCW2024 means taking stock, working out what can be done straight away to make an impact and scheduling time to move toward change.
Here’s a reminder of what all that means.
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In a few days you’ll be able to have access to more insights, to help your journey toward a better job.
National Careers Week – #NCW2024 – is pitched towards young people at the start of their working life. But career development is a life-long option.
We can always take the initiative and, focus on building on our skills, using our experience and pursuing new job goals.
It helps if advertisers are aware of and respond to inequalities within the jobs market. In that way everyone is able to compete for opportunities in a fair way.
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Our career aspirations can be shaped by self-awareness
The key to #change is taking #action to reach our #goal.
Almost twenty years after Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech at #Stanford, his words remind us that – where our working lives are concerned – we already know what we truly want to become.
What is the key principle which has shaped your goals? Feel free to leave a Like if this reminder is helpful.
Although times are tough, 2024 can be a brilliant year. If we work at making it one.
Take a look at the video for inspiration.
What is 2024’s biggest obstacle for you?
What would it feel like to overcome it?
How will resolutions, goals, or collaboration help?
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As Christmas and the new year get closer, we could do worse than think about the future.
In the short-term there will be parties and socials where our people skills are put to the test. After all, social gatherings can bring out the worst in people.
In those settings our charisma or #rizz helps us get out point across and listen, respectfully, to others’ views. We can remain happy even if the atmosphere gets heated.
In January we will be going after a new set of goals. We might have to work with new people and influence their actions to get something done on our behalf. Charisma will be important in this area too.
So, this holiday season we can all practice using our people skills and see what value we can add to work, or play, by using our charisma.
Why not give it a try and leave a comment about how you got on.
Some people inherit their opportunities and other people spend a long time creating their chances.
If you are over 50 years of age it will be harder to get employers’ attention, as they prioritise attracting recent graduates.
The video should help you think about how to market yourself when the competition may be 20 years your junior.
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It is easy to get caught up with big delivery goals and to be out of touch with everyday problems, like difficult team relationships.
Smart leaders will be open to 360-degree feedback, which will tell them about what is going on.
Feedback could even highlight where their behaviour is adding to problems, not solving them.
That news is important, although it can be hard to hear.
That’s why feedback matters.
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There is nothing better than spending time with loved ones away from work during the summer months.
When it is time to pack away the shorts and T shirts too many people are unhappy to get back to their day jobs, because they feel stuck in a rut.
To make matters worse, way too many people have to face the morale sapping problem of bullying in their team once they cancel their out-of-office alerts.
Here’s a quick reminder that smart leaders create a climate where would-be bullies think twice before throwing their weight around.
Why?
Because the potential bully knows they will be held accountable for the damage they cause to morale, the team’s reputation and the unit’s production schedule.
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The Summer is a great time to take stock.
We can ask ourselves questions while we spend time with family and friends.
Are we getting what we want from work?
Does our personal life feel satisfying?
If there is something missing professionally, or personally, we can decide what we want instead.
Then we can create a smart goal to kickstart our development plan.
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Beyond our professional and personal networks there are limitless potential customers, clients and service users.
The people who use our goods and services can be challenged by unspoken burdens.
When we create a space where they can help us better understand their lives those burdens can become visible.
Once we can see what other obstacles they face, we can help them eliminate them.
It is a win-win situation.
We learn something, while they enjoy greater independence and joy.
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