Progressing in your career requires a thoughtful blend of strategy, personal growth, and resourcefulness. For women striving to break barriers and achieve their professional goals, leveraging the right tools and connections can make all the difference. Here are actionable strategies to propel your career forward, a blend of intentional strategy, skill development, and leveraging key resources. Women, in particular, face unique challenges, but by adopting the right approaches, they can unlock significant opportunities for growth and leadership. Here are actionable strategies to propel your career forward.
The pandemic has brought many positive and negative changes around the world, one of them being lockdown. For many, the time of lockdown became a big challenge, within both personal and professional lives.
Have you ever wondered why so many people in your life asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? Did you ever struggle to give a specific answer? If that's the case and you have never felt that something was your “true calling”, you may be what we call a multipotentialite or multipod. What's that, you say?
Corona is finally slowing down but what about our career? Will we go back to normal or should we look for a new challenge? Are we better off with an employer or as self-employed? These are some of the questions you can hardly know the answer to, but there is someone who can broaden your outlook and help you gain new perspectives. A professional mentor.
Does kindness matter in the workplace? How can showing more kindness help you build your professional network, feel more satisfied at work? How do you show kindness in challenging situations? And how can you start adding kindness to your work space today?
Learning itself is a skill. Developing a mindset of intentional learning is a critical factor for long term career success. Those who mastered their intentional learning mindset have the advantage of fast growing than their colleagues and can gain bigger value from every learning opportunity that comes their way.
Did you know that every workplace has its own rules of the game? You probably understood it once you were already employed, as you were trying to get the most out of your position or climb the career ladder. Before we get into tips and tricks on how to win the workplace game, let's check what definitely should be avoided.
Do you tend to over-apologize at work? Does your work email, message, or talk always include "Sorry" in the sentence? Although it's considered respectful to recognize your mistake and apologize, in most cases, we say "Sorry" too often and when our colleagues don't wait for our apology at all.
