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Strategic Career Development
Career Development
Why Strategy: Think and act strategically to produce the highest probability of success in any competitive endeavor (6:58)
Strategy for Career Development: Decide your objectives (Future Picture); Identify what you need to change to get there (Centers of Gravity); Organize and apply your resources (Parallel Operations); Manage success and failure along the way (Exit Points and Plans) (9:51)
Track Your Plans and Progress
Trello: Great for capturing, assembling, and prioritizing multiple inputs
Workbook: Capture and track your plans with this fillable PDF
Building Your Future Picture
Future Picture: The high-resolution view of the future you will create in twelve parts called Key Descriptors (15:31)
• Financial Position: Your future pay, wealth, and debt (7:37)
• Personal Position: Your competitive standing in your field of endeavor (5:29)
• Business Areas: Your vocation and avocation (4:47)
• Innovation: Your path to learning and refreshing your skills (4:18)
• Insider Perception: How you will be seen by your family and very close associates (4:03)
• Outsider Perception: How employers and institutions will see you (5:01)
• Work Skills: The work-related skills you will develop or hone (4:27)
• Brand: The personal brand you will establish and what it conveys (5:16)
• Culture/Operating System: How you will make decisions and interact with those around you (5:04)
• Citizenship: Your philanthropy and volunteer activities (4:12)
• Ownership: Your intention to own partially or completely your business or to have no equity interests with your employer (3:59)
• Incentive Philosophy: How you intend to be paid—straight commission, salary, hourly, non-monetary or a mix (4:20)
Scope The Environment
Scope the Environment: Know and navigate through the obstacles in your environment; Change is ubiquitous and fast—be ready; Time is your enemy—control time, do it sooner rather than later; Predictions are dangerous—at a minimum, hedge your bets; Cycles are fickle—the “in thing” today is the “out thing” tomorrow--be careful! (13:00)
Centers of Gravity
Centers of Gravity: The control points you need to manage to achieve your Future Picture; If your resources are limited (and they are), you must “attack” Centers of Gravity (8:14)
External Centers of Gravity: Identify the Centers of Gravity in your company or external to you that you believe must change to achieve your Future Picture (6:50)
Internal Centers of Gravity: Identify the your personal Centers of Gravity that you must change to realize your Future Picture. (4:04)
Phase and Impact Planning
Phase and Impact Planning: Centers of Gravity must change in the right way at the right time; You can’t do everything at once, so you must prioritize and phase your efforts (16:06)
Phase & Impact Planning--the mechanics (5:16)
Cardinal Rules
Cardinal Rules Planning: Make sure you have incorporated these Cardinal Rules into your career planning (18:55)
Cardinal Rules Assessment I: Before you start execution of your plan, do this preliminary assessment to identify the Cardinal Rules you must emphasize and the ones that may give you trouble (1:28)
Cardinal Rules Execution: Make sure to follow these Cardinal Rules as you make your Future Picture a reality. (18:58)
Cardinal Rules Assessment II: After commencing execution, periodically do this quick assessment to do a self-check on how well you are following the Cardinal Rules (0:47)
Exit Planning
Exit Planning: Anticipate the possible conditions which suggest that it is time to make a change in strategic direction, then plan accordingly (11:15)
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