For maximum career success and fulfillment, we need to be able to identify and pursue work assignments that provide:
• Contribution (impact)
• Meaning (legacy)
• Fit (alignment of work with core values and other life priorities)
So the WHY/WHY/WHERE/HOW/SO THAT of our career direction represent the core choices in a strategic career action plan….
And given the fluidity of the world and life, a narrow focus on a single manifestation of career success and fulfillment could restrict our ability to recognize and pursue compelling variations on our essential career themes….This is why we don’t identify THE DREAM JOB and call that a strategic career plan.
Please use the following template to articulate the parameters of your strategic career plan. Use whatever additional space you need…but remember: we want to confront, and not avoid some hard choices…. more words/more explanations/longer lists sometimes work against achieving the clarity and focus required to work both effectively and ‘on purpose’.
