Career Hazards: 10 Ideas (plus podcast)

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This week our member webinar was on
the topic: Avoiding Career Hazards.

You can Download a Podcast of this webinar

TOP 10 IDEAS
ON AVOIDING CAREER HAZARDS


1. DO Better, LOOK Better, CONNECT Better

My DO Better, LOOK Better, CONNECT better model is really important if you want to build value in your career.  Whether you are looking for a new, bigger job, or just wanting to be effective at the job you have now, missing any one of these is a big Career Hazard.

DO BETTER HAZARDS

2. Missing The Real Requirements for Top Jobs
It’s different at the top.  You need to change the game, not just solve problems.  The scope is different and what you measure and care about needs to change. 

3. Accepting your job As-is
You need to understand what your job needs to be.  What does the business need in the future? It is up to you to evolve your job to add more value to the business, not just keep doing the job as it was given to you.

4. Failing to rise above the activity
You need to make yourself less busy, (no one else will). You need to work ON your business not just IN your business.  You won’t add enough value to the business if you don’t make time to think and act strategically.

5. Holding on to detail
You can’t carry all the detail and deep content knowledge up with you to higher level roles.  You need to let go.  Trust your team, don’t  compete with them.  If you don’t let go you will fail to work on the more important things you need to be doing at a higher level.

LOOK BETTER HAZARDS

6. Being Invisible
Make sure decision makers and influencers know you.  Create positive visibility for your work and your team.  This is not politics.  It is about being effective. But no stalking. Don’t be annoying.

7. Low Credibility and Relevance

Make sure you are building credibility and relevance for your work and your team.  This is critical not just for a getting a new job, but for being effective in your current one.  People with high credibility get more done.  People who are relevant have more of an impact.

CONNECT BETTER HAZARDS

8. Not on “The List”
You need to get on “The List” for any top opportunity.  You won’t get the job if you are not on “The List”.  Find out how it works in your environment and get on it!

9. Getting the wrong experience
Don’t expect your current job to give you the experience you need for the job you want.  You need to get experience in your target job before you are in it.

10. Failing to get help
Don’t let your ego get in the way.  Be open to help, coaching and ideas. Get mentors.  Build your network. Successful people get a lot of help.  That is why they are so successful.

You can Download a Podcast of this Webinar (~35 mins)

 

DO YOU WANT MORE SUPPORT ON CAREER HAZARDS?

Attend one of my Career Workshops.
We spend a full day covering these topics and more.

The workshop is personalized to YOU. 
You will build your plan for your own career with coaching from me.

This is a chance for you to join me and a small group of people to build your plan to be more effective, build your Personal Brand, increase your influence, and grow your network.

Get your Break-through
In this workshop, I help talented people get their career break-throughs.  It’s been wonderful to hear the stories about the big promotions, and the career and life changing events that people have been able to create for themselves as a result of this workshop.  Learn more here
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