Career Development is the lifelong process of managing learning, work, leisure, and transitions in order to move toward a personally determined and evolving preferred future. Career development is the series of activities or the on-going/lifelong process of developing one's career. It usually refers to managing one's career in an intra-organizational or inter-organizational scenario.
2. The Strength of certain needs.
You are hungry, but you must have a task completed by a nearing deadline.
The perception that taking a certain action will help satisfy those needs.
Same above scenario, you have two burning needs - The desire to complete the task and
the desire to go to lunch.
Your perception of how you view those two needs will determine which one takes
priority.
3. NEED FOR
SELF-ACTUALIZATION
SELF -ACTUALIZATION IS A HEALTHY
INDIVIDUAL’S PRIME MOTIVATION
It’s a desire for self-fulfilment
A motivation to realize one's own maximum possibilities
To develop or achieve one's full potential
In self-actualization a person comes to find a meaning to life that is important to them.
Has no mental illness
Satisfied in basic needs
Fully exploited talents
Motivated by values
SELF-ACTUALIZED PERSON
4. Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear ) and risk
(for the sake of growth: make the growth choice a dozen times a day.
Try to shut out external clues as to what you should think, feel, say and let your
experience enable you to say what you truly feel.
When in doubt, be honest. If you look into yourself and are honest, you will
also take responsibility; taking responsibility is self-actualizing.
Listen to your own tastes. Be prepared to be unpopular.
Use your intelligence. Work to do well the things you want to do, whether that
means finger exercises at a keyboard, memorizing every bone, muscle and
hormone in the human body, or learning to finish wood so it looks and feels like
silk.
HOW TO SELF-ACTUALIZE
5. FORCE
What Is FORCE ?
Unbalanced force - Which means no movement
Life Force - The force that gives something its vitality or strength. Forces
as beliefs, values, interests, fear, and worthy causes.
Internal Forces: needs, interests, and beliefs.
External Forces: danger, the environment, or pressure from a loved
one.
All of you are influenced by the needs for job security, promotion, salary
raise, and approval from your managers & leaders.
They are also influenced by internal forces such as values morals, and
ethics.
Likewise, the organization needs good people.
6. Combination of desire and energy directed at achieving a goal. Self motivation is an efficient way.
SUCCESS
Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness,
constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.
- Ernest Shackleton (First Antarctic Explorer).
7. ETHICS
eth·ic Pronunciation: 'e-thik Function: noun
from Greek Éthos, Date: 14th century
The word “ethics” comes from the Greek root of
“ethos” which in ancient Greece meant “the
persuasive appeal of one’s character.”
1 it is the discipline dealing with what is good
and bad and with moral duty and obligation
2 a: set of moral principles or values
b : the principles of conduct governing an
individual or a group
9. How to reach the career goals set without losing personal and
family life?
How can I keep a promise I make to myself?
There’s so much to do and there’s never enough time. How
can I manage my life effectively?
How can one really congratulate a friend enthusiastically for
achieving some degree of success and recognition without
eating his heart out?
COMMON DEEP PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL PROBLEMS
10. BEING IS SEEING
Be See Think Feel Behave
The more we examine the way we see things,
the more we can test them against reality.
Listen to others and be open to their
perception, to get a far more objective view.
Habits are learned and unlearned
We are not the habits, hence we can change
them
11. GOAL SETTING
5 years from now – publish my book
4 years from now – finish the first draft of my book
3 years from now – complete a university degree in creative writing
1 year from now – develop an outline for my book
Next month – think about ideas and research potential story lines for my book
This week – read two books
S Specific – make each goal specific, so you know exactly what it is.
M Measurable – make each goal measurable so you know how you are progressing.
A Attainable – don’t set impossible goals, make sure each goal and sub-goal is attainable.
R Relevant – make your goals relevant. Ensure your sub-goals are relevant to your life goals.
T Timed – set time-limits or deadlines for when to achieve each goal.
EXAMPLE
12. BODY LANGUAGE
Body language is a kind of nonverbal communication, where thoughts, intentions, or
feelings are expressed by physical behaviours, such as facial expressions, body posture,
gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space.
13. BE PROACTIVE
Self-Awareness – Examining thoughts, moods and
behaviors
Imagination – Visualizing beyond experience and present
reality (work on alternatives)
Conscience – Understanding right and wrong and
following personal integrity
Independent Will – Acting independent of external
influence
Responsibility = “Response-ability”
PROACTIVE PEOPLE:
The are Personal leaders
Take the initiative and are solutions to
problems
Successfully handle direct, indirect and
no control problems
REACTIVE PEOPLE:
Unhappy people who feel victimized and
immobilized, who focus on the weaknesses of
other people
Blame other people and circumstances they feel
are responsible for their own stagnant
situation.
Reactive Language Proactive Language
There's noting I can do Let’s look at our alternations
That’s just the way I am I can choose a different approach
He makes me so mad I control my own feelings
They won’t allow that I can create an effective presentation
I have to do that I will choose an appropriate response
I can’t I choose
I must I prefer
If only I will
14. Circle of Concern
Circle of Influence
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
Our deepest center:
Work
Family
Spouse/Husband
Friend
Religion
Self
Pleasure
Possessions
Money
Enemy
15. CENTER
Security
Power
Wisdom Guidance
SECURITY: Sense of worth, self esteem & personal strength
GUIDANCE: Source of direction in life
WISDOM: Perspective on life
POWER: Decision making ability
Principle-Centered
Someone who is principle-centered bases decisions on principles that govern human
effectiveness. Principles are the ideal core because they allow us to seek the best
alternative through conscious choice, knowledge and values.
Principle-centered people try to : Stand apart from the emotion of a situation and from
other factors that would act on them.
Make proactive choices after evaluating options.
16. THINGS WHICH MATTER MOST MUST
NEVER BE A THE MERCY OF THINGS
WHICH MATTER LEAST.
Mission Roles Goals
LONG-TERM ORGANIZING
WEEKLY ORGANIZING
Roles Goals Plans
Schedule
Delegate
17. Urgency - An activity is urgent if you or others feel that it requires immediate attention.
Importance - An activity is importance if you personally find it valuable, and if it
contributes to your mission values, and high-priority goals.
TIME MANAGEMENT
I - Procrastinator
Urgent
Important
2-Prioritizer
Not Urgent
Important
III – ‘Yes Man’
Urgent
Not Important
IV - Slacker
Not Urgent
Not Important
The Key is not to prioritize your schedule but
to schedule your priorities.
18. LEADERSHIP
• Understanding the individual
• Attending to the little things (Kindness and courtesies are big things)
• Keeping commitments (Keep up your promise)
• Clarifying expectations (roles & goals - solves conflicts)
• Showing personal integrity (Goes beyond honesty / Build trust)
• Apologizing sincerely when you make a withdrawal (gentleness resolves this issue)
Leadership Qualities
19. Think Win/Win
Five elements to agree on in a win/win agreement
Desired results: Clarify the end in mind, objectives and outcome.
Guidelines: Specify boundaries and deadlines for accomplishing the results
within which results are to be accomplished
Resources: human, financial, technical, support to help accomplish the
results
Accountability: sets up the standards of performance and the time of
evaluation. Identify the standards and methods of measurement for
progress and accomplishment.
Consequences: Determine/Evaluate the result (s) of achieving or not
achieving win-win
20. PRINCIPLES OF EMPATHIC COMMUNICATION
Four common levels for listening:
• Ignoring: Making no effort to listen
• Practice pretending: Making believe or giving the appearance you are
listening
• Practice selective listening: Hearing only the parts of the conversation that
interest you.
• Attentive listening: Paying attention and focusing on what the speaker says,
and comparing that to your own experiences.
Seek first to understand:
• Requires high levels of consideration
• Deep understanding of the problem first
• Requires more than practicing listening techniques
• Get inside another persons’ frame of reference and see things the way he sees it
• It is diagnosing before prescribing
Then seek to be understood
• Requires high level of courage
• Equally critical in reaching win/win solutions.
21. Thoughts Become Things… Your thoughts and your feelings create your life.
When you have inspired a thought you have to trust it and you have to act on it.
The sooner you take action on your ideals the better..”
Seek guidance but you Focus on what you really need to be in life.
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions”.
FOCUS
22. Be Proactive.
Begin with the End in Mind.
Put First Things First.
Think Win-Win.
Seek First to Understand, Then to
Be Understood.
Be Reactive.
Begin with No End in Mind.
Put Second Things First.
Think Win-Lose or Lose-Win.
Seek First to Be Understood.
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE INEFFECTIVE PEOPLE