Everyone has the right to sit and delegate tasks to other offices, but effective management requires more. Effective leadership impacts both their team members and the business. Employees working with excellent leaders generally feel more happy, productive and more in touch with their organization, which is a ripple effect on your business bottom line. A good leader will improve not only their business outcomes but their team members too.
Many people who are trying to figure out what they want to do with their careers - want to DO IT NOW! They want to skip really important steps because they want to just figure it out right now. However they have some steps that they need to follow. I believe it every single person should start with some of the BIG “life questions” like “Why do I work?”, “What is Meaningful to me?” you know, “How do I want to be in the world?” You should start here, but there a lot of people that are just not even wanting to do those questions - they want to skip ahead. So, the next thing that they get to is “Okay, I'm going to write out a list of all of the things that I can do.” Then they write out a list of skills that they can do and they start looking at jobs that line up with the skill sets they have. That's actually the wrong way to go about it…
When I lost my dream job, I felt like my heart had been broken and no amount of “Manifest Your Dream Job” mantras were going to help. I needed to stop booty-calling my ex-career and put down the pint of ice cream. I got through the breakup, ummm career transition, with a little help from my friends.
One of the recurring fears that I hear a lot of, especially during career changes or when someone is looking for a new job, is “I'm afraid I'll choose the wrong thing.” So I'm here today to tell you what to do when you choose the wrong job.
First of all, you need to take a breather and realize there is no wrong thing! There is no wrong job.
You need people. We all need people. You need a support system to find your career passion and you are also a support system. Whatever it is, whoever it is- you cannot do anything alone. Nobody is self-made. Sure, you can do - and have done- amazing things in your life or in your career but nobody can do it alone. You have to have a support system to find your thing.
Career fulfillment is a 100% personal concept. Fulfillment doesn’t mean you need to wake up every day with hearts and rainbows in your eyes about your job, but it does need to mean that you get true satisfaction from it - beyond a paycheck. What is fulfilling for one person could be a nightmare for another so you will need to define what “fulfillment” means - for you.
