Episode 213 - How To Build a Great Career

<p class="p1"><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p class="p2">With so much uncertainty and change it can be difficult to map out your career. However there are still steps we can take to build a great career.</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Transcript</strong></p> <p class="p2">Hello and welcome to episode 213 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we share practical tips to improve your leadership. This week we explore how to build a great career.</p> <p class="p2">In just a few generations the number of jobs someone is likely to have in their lifetime has increased markedly. Estimates vary, but it’s likely a young person commencing their working life today will have around 15 jobs and 3 separate careers. Even across 50 years of working, that’s changing jobs about every 3 years. Career planning is becoming more challenging and complex.</p> <p class="p2">When it comes to building a great career, you will find many people propose finding work with a combination of:</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2">Skills - what you’re good at</li> <li class="li2">Interests - what you enjoy</li> <li class="li2">Opportunities - what the world needs and is willing to pay for</li> </ul> <p class="p2">The missing factor in this equation is growth - what you can develop. A job without growth opportunities will ultimately cause your career to stall. Life expectancy continues to increase so we will be working longer, which has implications for our training and development. The old model of completing training, then working in a career until your skills are bordering on redundant will no longer work. We have to continue learning, growing and adapting right across our career.</p> <p class="p2">But how can you plan for a career when the job you might have in 10 years may not even exist now? Here’s how. A great career comes down to your mindset and actions. Despite rapid change and uncertainty, we can adopt a mindset that welcomes change, where we are willing to take calculated risks and learn from mistakes. We can inves