Do you find yourself in a career cul-de-sac? Would you like to take control of your development? Are you struggling with a clear vision for your future career?
We are cobblers children; we spend more time focusing on other people’s careers than our own. Now is the time to take action and start being the CEO of your career.
During this 30-minute session Katherine will look at the key components of a future-proof career in a world which is requiring us to work longer and to constantly reinvent ourselves. She will look at some beliefs about careers and explore some tools and techniques to enable you to create a vision for your career.
Using mentimeter app on your phone enter in the first word that comes to mind to create a word cloud
Most of us have been raised with the idea of the traditional three-stage approach to our working lives: first education, then work and finally retirement but this approach is already starting to crumble as life expectancy is rising and generous pensions are vanishing.
If we can expect to live to be 100, then it will mean our work lives will stretch over 60 years.
"You probably are thinking, 'I don't want to do that if I am going to be working full-time without any breaks, without any other way of living” and that’s why people will change the way they work.
The only certainty is that more career transitions will be necessary both to avoid complete boredom and to get new skills when the old ones are obsolete.
During the 100-year life, we have to continually reskill, because having a single skill or ordinary skills will not help us traverse a long life. Gratton suggested that we acquire new skills and knowledge as we progress through life.
When we think of assets, most of us think about money. "In a long life, money as a tangible asset is important, of course. But actually what helps us in your 60s and 70s is not having more money, but rather having intangible assets.“ What Gratton terms "intangible assets" are something like personal qualities. She explained the three types of intangible assets.
It’s important to reflect on how relevant our skills are in relation to the Top 10 skills for 2020 identified at The World Economic Forum in 2016 and start focusing and developing some of these skills if we don’t have them already.
BREAK THE MENTAL LINK BETWEEN HIERARCHY AND DEVELOPMENT
There are 6 key areas to focus on when developing your own personal brand. In order for your personal brand to shine, it’s helpful to understand what our own perception is of our personal brand as well as considering others perceptions.
Values – the heart of any personal brand – your values are the things that you that you believe are important in the way you live and work.
Purpose – your purpose is your big picture, internal vision of what you would like to achieve
Behaviours – how does my brand act and behave?
Reputation – what your known for and how others experience you
Image – what I say about myself through attire, body language and communication
Online Brand – your virtual reputation e.g LinkedIn