Strategic tips for managing your career – if you are – or seek to be – a paddler…
6. Know your industry and what’s happening within the industry.
Is your industry growing? Stagnant? Shrinking? Individuals who plan carefully and stay abreast can succeed even during times of radical change. Strategic planning, discipline, and focus are a must to take advantage of changing industry conditions.
Paddlers hone their skills, and stay abreast of changing conditions. Life like the river can change quickly.
What is new in your industry? What tools do you use to stay current? Is it time to apply your experience and skills in a new field?
What do you want to learn or experience in the last quarter of the year? Is it time for you to plan the next phase of your career?
Knowing when to paddle in a different direction is key, it helps you grow, and continue to live on purpose. Just as industries change, so do people. As the fourth quarter of the year approaching it is a great time to not only look at what is happening in your industry and your career, it is a great time to look at your plans for next year, the next 3 -5 five years, and the next ten years.
Action Tip:
Identify the top 3 changes in your industry this year. Record where your industry is headed next year and over the next 3 – 5 years and how this impacts your current position and your career; finally review any changes in direction you should make for the coming year based on these changes in your industry.
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