Career Performance Planning

Be an active participant in the performance management process. It begins with the development of action plans that include goals, communication strategies, training and development opportunities, participation on high performance teams, understanding shared values and vision, and coming through in a pinch.  But don’t go it alone. Involve subject matter experts, mentors to fill in the knowledge gaps and consult with your career coach to prepare for difficult conversations.

Next Steps for Effective Results

Strategic Planning is key to taking charge of the steps you’ll need to take to stay current in your profession and/or industry. Business strategies require a vision and a plan. You might not always be able to control the bumps in the road, but you need to decide where you’re going and put together a plan on how to get there. Be ready to pivot. Roadmaps have curves, and can be like rolling hills. You don’t always know what’s around the corner but you can gather everything you need to be GREAT along the way. What direction is your career roadmap taking you? 

Business Strategies Require a Vision and a Plan

Success becomes more tangible when strategies are aligned with measurable goals that hold you accountable for being in control of what you want out of your work life experience. Remember the old adage, “a failure to plan is planning to fail?” Internal and external industry, and economic changes require flexibility and repositioning. You will be prouder of the results if you customize a plan that is connected to your values, vision, purpose, and self-awareness.  Identify development opportunities and determine resources for attaining them.

Successful people manage their careers by working on internal strategies that point them in the right direction. Here’s where learning plans, credentials, reputations, personal branding and knowing how to have critical conversations that persuade, influence and make a difference.