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CREATING A PURPOSE- DRIVEN CAREER Alicia Graham | 11th March 2020
CREATING A PURPOSE-
DRIVEN CAREER
Alicia Graham | 11th March 2020
WHAT PROMPTED YOUR JOB CHANGE?
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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CHANGES AHEAD?
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“The only thing that is constant is change.”
- HERACLITUS
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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose
our response. In our response, lies our growth and our freedom.”
- VIKTOR E. FRANKL, AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR
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WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?
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WHAT IF THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ALIGN YOUR SPIRITUAL &
PRACTICAL LIVES…YOUR HEART &
YOUR HEAD?
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IKIGAI IS A JAPANESE CONCEPT
MEANING “A REASON FOR
BEING”
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INCREASE SELF-AWARENESS.ACT WITH PURPOSE.
Best possible
self
Past job assessment
What you can build
upon
What’s in the way
Ideal job criteria Have a plan
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REFLECTION
Market research
Personal vision
ACTION
INCREASE SELF-AWARENESS
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BEST POSSIBLE SELF
♦Research suggests that building optimism about the future can motivate people to work toward it & make it more likely to materialize
♦Take a moment to learn about yourself & gain a clearer picture about what your dreams are for your life
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BEST POSSIBLE SELF
♦ Select a future time period & visualize yourself expressing your best possible self strongly
♦ Not about unrealistic fantasies, rather, things that are positive & attainable♦ Imagine you have worked hard & succeeded at accomplishing your goal e.g.
reaching your full potential, hitting an important milestone, realizing one of your life dreams, etc.
♦ Notice the details: What is your heartfelt reason for having lived the way you did? What is your experience, physically and emotionally?
♦ Write about what you imagined using stream of consciousness As you write, don’t critique; there’s no right or wrong What you write doesn’t have to have perfect spelling, grammar or structure Try & avoid overthinking it – you can think, reflect, refine & rewrite afterwards If you get blocked, just keep writing
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PAST JOB ASSESSMENT
♦ Take note of all the jobs you’ve ever had. Give each role a score from 0-10 based on why you were satisfied / happy or unsatisfied / unhappy in each role. Some things to consider: Your ability to leverage your skills & strengths / the tasks you had
How aligned your work was with your values & passions
The leader you had / team you led / people you worked with
The culture of the organization
Etc.
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PAST JOB ASSESSMENT
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WHAT YOU CAN BUILD UPON
♦ Studies show that people who use strengths in their work have more positive experiences; work felt more like a calling or had more meaning
♦ Focusing on strengths leads people to be more successful
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WHAT YOU CAN BUILD UPON
SKILL STRENGTHS
CHARACTER STRENGTHS
PASSIONS VALUES
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WHAT YOU CAN BUILD UPON
SKILL STRENGTHS
What are you good at?
• Functional skills that are noticeable -you can see them from the outside
• Where your natural talents lie
• Where you’re able to make performance improvements in these types of strengths
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WHAT YOU CAN BUILD UPON
CHARACTER STRENGTHS
How do you show up at your best?
• Character strengths are the qualities that come most naturally to you
• People who know & use their character strengths to handle stress & challenges, become happier
• Gives you energy when you use them
• You can uncover your natural Character Strengths using the VIA Survey
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VIA CHARACTER STRENGTHS
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WHAT YOU CAN BUILD UPON
PASSIONS
What do you enjoy doing? When are you in your flow?
• Flow state is when you’re performing an activity & are completely absorbed in what you’re doing & enjoying the process
• Can lose a sense of time
• Feel a sense of focused energy during the activity & energized afterwards
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WHAT YOU CAN BUILD UPON
VALUES
What gives you a sense of purpose?
• Sense of purpose is shaped by things you believe in and value – your own personal code of behavior.
• Might include things like being a good friend, helping others, keeping healthy, improving the community, looking after your family, etc.
• Often things bigger than you
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“Only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence…One cannot build
performance on weaknesses…It takes far more energy to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than to improve from first-rate
performance to excellence.”
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WHAT’S IN THE WAY
♦ It’s also helpful to be aware of what you want to avoid, or what will not set you up for long-term, sustainable success
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WHAT’S IN THE WAY
SKILL GAPS
UNHELPFUL BEHAVIORS
ENERGY SAPS
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WHAT’S IN THE WAY
SKILL GAPS
What are your skill gaps?
• Functional skills that are noticeable -you can see them from the outside
• Primarily about capability & performance – you can see it from the outside & are able to make improvements
• Sources of insight include:• Feedback from others, 360
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WHAT’S IN THE WAY
UNHELPFUL BEHAVIORS
What unhelpful behaviors do you have?
• What character traits do you exhibit when under pressure / stress ?
• Sources of insight include:• Reflecting upon times when you have
found yourself in difficult situations & noticing how you reacted
• 360 or performance feedback • Personality assessments
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WHAT’S IN THE WAY
ENERGY SAPS
What do you dread doing?
• Work that depletes your energy & leaves you feeling drained
• Can feel like every minute lasts an hour
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ACT WITH PURPOSE
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PERSONAL VISION STATEMENT
♦Draft a personal and/or professional vision statement
♦ It should feel energizing and engage your passion for who you wish to ‘be’, not just what you want to ‘do’
♦There is no perfect answer or format♦ It may change over time & that’s ok
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MARKET RESEARCH
♦What kinds of industries, job areas are growing or where is there a shortage of talent?
♦What types of companies are hiring in my area?♦What types of companies have values or a
culture that align with mine?
DEVELOP IDEAL JOB CRITERIA
Meet the needs of both HEART & HEAD!
♦ What do I love or want to do, or not?
♦ What am I really good at, or not?
♦ What can I get paid for?
♦ What does the world need more of?
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Vision, passions, values, energy saps
Strengths, behaviors, skills
Types of jobs / companies, culture, type of leader
Growth industries, types of jobs available
HAVE A (LOOSE) PLAN
♦What is holding me back from getting a job that meets some of these criteria? Beliefs about myself or how I see myself (identity)?
Support to pursue this (both environmental & human)?
Skills & capability gaps?
Behaviors & routines?
♦What would it take to overcome those obstacles? How long will it take me to overcome them?
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HAVE A (LOOSE) PLAN
♦What kinds of jobs do I want to apply for?
♦How would I approach networking for this kind of work?
♦How can I present myself (resume / LinkedIn) to get these kinds of jobs?
♦When I am interviewing, how can I check for alignment with my job criteria?
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HAVE A (LOOSE) PLAN
♦What am I learning as I’m going through this process?
♦What am I noticing about my passions, strengths, skills, etc. over time?
♦How am I continuing to refine my vision / purpose & refine / shift my direction as a result?
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ALIGN OUR SPIRITUAL & PRACTICAL
LIVES…OUR HEART &
OUR HEAD
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INCREASE SELF-AWARENESS.ACT WITH PURPOSE.
Best possible
self
Past job assessment
What you can build
upon
What’s in the way
Ideal job criteria Have a plan
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REFLECTION
Market research
Personal vision
ACTION
WHAT WILL YOU TAKE AWAY FROM TODAY?
WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to
what lies within us.”
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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THANK YOU
LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/alicialgraham
Websitewww.thehclcompany.com
