Posts Tagged ‘Personal Growth’
Job Hugging vs. Job Hopping: Which Career Strategy Pays Off?
One of the biggest career questions professionals face is whether to stay put and “hug” their job or to move on more frequently and “hop” to new roles. In a recent Forbes article, Caroline Castrillon noted that nearly half of workers now identify as “job huggers” — people sticking with their positions out of fear,…
Read MoreWHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES?
Why do we do this to ourselves? We did something that yielded results. We learnt something, applied it, and that resulted in some progress. And then we stopped! I have done it. Have you? While I was planning to write this, my wife, a Nutrition and Wellness consultant, related a story that buttressed the point.…
Read MoreStrategic Personal Development Trumps Experience
Last week I explained why experience alone is not enough. I mentioned that strategic personal development is necessary if we intend to reach our potentials. Today I discuss strategic personal development in detail.
Read MoreSTRATEGIC PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WEBINAR
Strategic Personal Development will take you where EXPERIENCE ALONE CANNOT!
This webinar will present tried and true principles that will help you jump start your personal development.
EXPERIENCE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH
In this third piece on What I Have Learnt In 30 Years of Paid Employment I intend to discuss why experience alone is not enough. I will emphasise that, beyond on-the-job experience, we need strategic personal development to ensure a better future for ourselves both professionally and otherwise. Similarly, Strive Masiyiwa, the Zimbabwean billionaire, founder …
Read MoreLow-Cost Options for Professional and Personal Development
In my last essay I discussed the importance of growth environment in personal and professional development or growth. For most people, the greatest challenge to personal growth is funding. Therefore, I intend to explore some low-cost options for personal growth and development today.
Read MoreEnvironment – A Critical Factor in Personal & Professional Growth
Environment is such a critical factor in personal and professional growth that individuals need to take it into account when changing jobs or making other career moves. But many do not quite appreciate how our environments shape our lives.
Read MoreHOW TO SELECT A COACH OR MENTOR PART 2
I conclude this two-part series by offering suggestions on how to select and work with a coach for personal and professional growth. Few concepts have suffered more misrepresentation and abuse than coaching. For most people, the idea of a coach is more of a sports coach. But in recent times such expressions as life coach,…
Read MoreGoal Setting Lessons from The Project Management Profession – Part 2 – Visibility
In the first part of this series I discussed the need to breakdown goals to daily tasks or mini milestones to ensure that we chip away at our big goals every day. That improves our chances of achieving our goals at the end of the year. Today I intend to examine another practice from the…
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