[Two-day workshop of four hours each to help employees take charge of their own career development]

Organizations can no longer afford to have employees who lack self-knowledge, borrow the goals of others, and passively wait for the organization to manage their careers. In today’s world, organizations need self-managing employees who know what they want and take responsibility and the initiative for finding it. This workshop gives employees the tools to do just that.

Targeted participants:

Employees interested in taking ownership of their own personal and career development.

Objective:

To provide employees with greater understanding of their personality natural abilities, values and preferences, clearer career goals, and the tools for taking the initiative in their own career growth in the organization.

Overview:

First half-day

• What’s in it for the organization?
• You, your manager, and the organization—who’s responsible for what?
• The old vs. new career contract
• The new ground rules for organizational career resilience
• The career development process in your organization
• Prioritizing your career concerns
• Assessment of personality, ability, values and preferences
• Building your personal career profile
• Beginning the research process

Second half-day

• Reporting on results of initial research—key learnings
• Six paths to career growth
• Exploring job enrichment—growing in place
• Understanding career paths in your organization
• “Find-a-need-and-fill-it” exercise
• Initiating and managing a career discussion with your manager
• Cardinal rules for career growth
• Obstacles to your development—within and without
• The personal power grid and worksheet
• Completing your career development action plan

Limited to 15 participants.