The Career You'll Love

I’d like to spend some articles here talking about all the different people that you work with. Why? Because it’s crucial to developing the kinds of relationships that will help you not only now, but in your lifelong career journey.

The concept is straightforward: When you become clear on the needs of those you work with, you’re able to make better decisions, deliver more value, and be happier with your job. For the lack of a better term, I’ll call these people your “stakeholders.”

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You’re incredibly busy, I understand. You have more stuff to do than you’ve ever had before. Reading. Responding. Figuring out. Taking calls. Emailing. Before you know it, you’ve worked 10 hours today and you wonder what exactly you accomplished.

That’s the trap.

DOING STUFF is not the same as ACHIEVING SOMETHING. And most people who look at their lives discover that a lot of the stuff they’ve spent time on didn’t actually result in anything particularly useful.

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Everyone’s a leader. No, really!

We often assign the term to people who are in recognized positions of power and authority, but that weakens the term.

If someone is going along with you on any kind of journey, you’re a leader. You are in a situation which you need to exercise some kind of influence over others who are with you on that journey.

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I had a chance to work with over a hundred people last week in workshops around career planning.  The theme of each session was on developing your own resilient career, which many people are struggling with right now.  Worried about insecurity and job loss, many are finding it difficult to realize that they have options and choices.

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Is everyone out to get you? Really?

I ask, because it seems that we sure act this way a lot. Our boss announces something, and instantly we’re trying to figure out why that puts us at a disadvantage. Why would there possibly be anything good in what he said?

Here’s a different way to think about it.

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I had a chance to attend a fantastic workshop this morning, led by the incomparable Gus Lee.  Never heard of him?  He’s a leader in challenging people to find and develop a core of character in their lives.

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In setting up my new business, one of the toughest challenges so far is picking a company name.  I’ve been (kind of) working on that for a month now, but have really been putting concerted effort behind it for the last week.

Why is it so difficult?

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As a manager, if you focus on the employee’s agenda when you’re coaching him or her, how do you ensure that the company’s agenda is being addressed?  Let’s focus on this balancing act for a minute.

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I just got done giving a presentation to a large number of project managers in HP, titled “Coaching Employees on Tough Issues.” How incredibly cool!

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I feel a bit guilty:  I was hoping I could blog my experiences at the training class this week, but just didn’t have the energy.  The week was, in a word, astounding.

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