FountainBlue's February 12 When She Speaks women in leadership series program was on the topic of 'Career Agility in the Age of Digital'. Please join me in thanking our hosts at Lam Research and our esteemed panelists.
We were fortunate to have a remarkably talented and centered group of panelists to speak on the career agility topic. They had a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds, but agreed on many things about career agility.
Embrace opportunities for continuous learning.
'Learn from every opportunity, good or not so good.'
Know yourself - what your skills are, what you're looking for, what you enjoy doing, how you'd like to grow, what's fulfilling for you. This increases the likelihood that you will seek a role which best fits your current and projected needs.
'Know what you don't know, what you don't like.'
Seize the opportunities to stretch yourself so that you can grow strategically in a direction which meets your needs.
'Make the unexpected stepping stones to what's next.'
Solve a problem presented by your team or organization, even if it's not your problem to solve, even if you don't yet have the skills to solve the problem.
Become known as someone who has the skills to solve a problem, not someone with a specific title.
Work for a greater purpose a deeper cause.
Be a passionate world-changer, working with people who also want to make a difference.
Stop comparing yourself negatively to others. Be uniquely you.
'Pretend that your career path to date is something that you meant to do, even if it's not.'
Accept that you are where you are, where you are meant to be. There's time to reach higher, be better in specific ways.
Make each career step an opportunity to learn about yourself and make a difference for the team and organization.
Work with leaders and colleagues you like and respect.
Build relationships with quality people and deliver results consistently for them.
Never settle.
The bottom line is that the pace of business, the pace of technology is rapidly increasing, and we must all be resilient enough to withstand the ugly side of change and agile, courageous and bold enough to keep reaching for what's next despite the shifting landscape.
Resources:
Backable by Suneel Gupta - to be released in late February 2021
Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
Awakening Your Inner Genius by Sean Patrick, Jeff Justus et al