LIFEDriver #47 Solutions
When you make changes within your life… things change!
Check out the “Solutions” that have been used by others to impact life and work.
Every solution has a: Detailed Purpose, Time Required, Specific Steps, and any needed Templates.
NEXT STEPS: Review the solutions and select at least one solution to implement within your life.
Development Actions
PURPOSE: Create a development plan for the actions you will implement to build desired skills. Determine how you will build the skills and capabilities needed for future roles and responsibilities.
Career Exploration
PURPOSE: Meet with your manager or a leader you trust to discuss the various career options available to you, as well as possible timeframes for your next career move.
Career Options
PURPOSE: Plan your next career move. Focus on how you can meet your career interests within the organization versus having to leave the organization.
Best Work Contribution
PURPOSE: Determine how your “best work” should be leveraged based on how it impacts organization performance. You just might find a new career possibility for yourself!
Team Member Strength Profile
PURPOSE: Identify a personal strength that positively impacts the team’s overall performance. Share your strength with the team, identifying how the strength can help others.
Brand You for Increased Opportunities
PURPOSE: Create an “elevator speech” to share with senior leaders, peers, and co-workers that highlights your skills, capabilities and desired roles within the organization.
Very Powerful Person
PURPOSE: Create a 10-minute business case to gain support for a new idea with a Senior Leader or “Very Powerful Person” in your organization…especially if they work in an area that you are passionate about. Show them your talents and let them remember you the next time a project or opportunity arises.
One Development Action
PURPOSE: Identify one action you can take in the next 30 days to build a skill or capability needed to achieve your career interests. Focus on one area so it gets the attention it deserves to move the needle.
Me and My Shadow
PURPOSE: Identify a person you can shadow to find out more about a job you are interested in pursuing.
Career Development Network
PURPOSE: Create a Career Development Network of individuals who will be able to provide coaching and performance feedback on the skills and capabilities you need to develop for your next career move.
