Business and Executive Coaching
Tina Kerkam, President Convergence Group, LLC
Reinventing your Career
Take time to step back from your work and reassess your career strategy. As you master new skills, take on more responsibility, and become more comfortable with the complexities of your work, you need to re-examine whether decisions you have made about where you want to go still make sense to you.
Re-evaluating the assumptions you have made about what you want to achieve in your career can seem overwhelming. The very thought of reviewing your initial goals is uncomfortable - sort of like reviewing that report card in seventh grade.
Reinvention is not only essential for your career, it will also help you combat the burnout and stress that result from being in a job that doesn't match your skills and interests.
Here are some valuable suggestions:
- Make a list of the most compelling problems you solve. What do you do well, and how does that contribute to your company's (or clients') success?
- Improve on your clear strengths. What did you accomplish that you can build on? Ask trusted colleagues (or clients) what they believe your value has been to them. Expand your work (and practice) around what you do well. Do not correct weakness. Most failures come from a variety of things you cannot control.
- Establish your metrics for success. What does success mean to you? How do you know when you have reached it? Define a few clear, measurable metrics to keep you focused on doing the right things right.
- Meet with your boss. Tell her that you are looking for more ways to contribute to the success of the company and ask for her suggestions and help.
- Ignore unsolicited feedback. Don't allow yourself to be surrounded by people who critique you incessantly and put you down.
- Expand your knowledge and expertise. Keep learning new skills and find ways to use them.
- Keep your career aligned with your core values. Consider how your work is supporting those values essential to you. What changes do you need to make?
- Take time for yourself. You need to build "breaks" to keep energized and motivated. Schedule a half-hour two or three times a week just for you. Take a walk outside, attend a yoga class or just sit quietly and think of nothing. Your stress level will diminish as you learn how to let your mind rest.
Reinventing is essential for your career!
Products:
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with external realities and within financial parameters
Creating Wealth in Your Business
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Excellent Customer Service
Harvest Strategy to Exit the Business
Succession Planning and Execution
Leadership Training for Women
Managing Stress: Learning to Survive and Like Living
Managing your Business and Reclaiming your Life
Getting Unstuck
The Art of Reinventing Yourself
Contact Information
Web site: www.convergence-llc.com
Email: tina@convergence-llc.com
Phone: 781-588-4765
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