Figuring Out Your Next Move

Course details

Many smart and talented people find themselves hitting professional plateaus at various stages in their careers. Rather than seeing this as a problem or personal shortcoming, you can embrace these moments for what they are: a signal that you may be outgrowing your current projects and are ready for something new. In this course, business strategist Jenny Blake outlines her four-stage process for helping "high-net-growth" individuals map a pivot plan for growth within their role and look for small experiments outside of it, ultimately to make an even greater impact. Discover how to build on your existing strengths, identify what energizes you most, scan for related people, skills, and projects, and make small changes that will take you closer to your one-year vision of success, starting from right where you already are.

Learning objectives
Optimizing your current role
Identifying your strengths
Crafting a one-year vision of success
Making connections to "friendtors" and one-off mentors
Creating a skill-building game plan
Identifying small experiments and stretch projects
Embracing smart risks
Mapping next moves to make a greater impact

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. What's Next in Your Career

02 - The career pivot methodology
03 - Pivoting for impact within your current role

2. Plant

04 - Reverse engineer past career pivots
05 - Inventory your strengths - What's working best
06 - Craft the vision - What does success look like one year from now
07 - Identify your pivot brackets - Knowns and unknowns

3. Scan

08 - Scan your network for connection opportunities
09 - Create a skill-building game plan
10 - Create accountability with friend mentors
11 - Make yourself discoverable - Find problems you can help solve

4. Pilot

12 - Take small steps to experiment in your career
13 - Aim for the three Es - What makes a strong pilot
14 - Build momentum from small experiments
15 - Cycle through the pivot process

5. Lead

16 - Apply pivot as coaching or conversation framework
17 - Career coaching dos and don'ts
18 - Care - Listen deeply

Conclusion

19 - Next steps