Personal and Career Development

Gaining Clarity on Your Career

Course Description

To create an effective career plan, one must first be able to answer the question “Who am I?” With a clear picture of ourselves, we can then consider how we are seen by others. This whole-self view helps us make career decisions that make sense for us. And, by learning how to successfully manage our career, we can better help others manage their careers. When people are in jobs that match their talents and energy, they are more productive and their performance increases.

This Personal and Career Development session will provide an understanding of one’s natural talents and skills as well as one’s career values. Edgar Schein’s Career Anchor model will highlight a useful way to consider types of jobs and careers that fit. Exploring one’s attitude and ability to be resilient, as well as considering how one is seen by others will provide additional clarity and direction. Individual exercises and group discussion will help guide each individual in creating a personal career plan.

Learning Objectives

As a result of successful completion of this one-day workshop participants are expected to:

• Broaden their perspective of themselves.
• Make career decisions based on their career anchor and career values.
• Adjust their attitude when needed.
• Be more resilient.
• Recognize how others see them.
• Create or clarify their career goals.

Course Details

• Length: 1 day
• Audience: Anyone
• Optimum Class Size: 12 - 24
• Prerequisites: none

Facilitator

Susan Gerke has been in business since 1998 following 21 years working for IBM where she was a manager as well as a technical support representative and a management development professional. Susan's focus since 1989 has been in designing, customizing and implementing leadership and teamwork programs meeting the needs of executives, managers, and employees in a wide number of companies and industries. A recognized expert on remote leadership and teaming, Susan is the co-author of The I in Team …Accelerating Performance of Remote and Co-Located Teams and Quick Guide to Interaction Styles and Working Remotely. She is also the co-author of Quick Guide to Interaction Styles and Time Dynamics. Susan has a B.S. degree in Statistics from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is a graduate of University Associates Human Resources and Organizational Development Intern program.

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