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\u00a0Professional Development Series<\/p>\n

\"BusinessPlan\"<\/a>This is Laura Lee Rose, a business and life coach that specializes in professional development, time management, project management and work-life balance strategies.\u00a0 In my <\/i>GoTo Academy: Soft Skill Tools for the GoTo Professional<\/a> continuous online coaching series, I go into professional development and\u00a0 real-world IT topics in detail.<\/i><\/p>\n

If you are interested in more training in these areas, <\/i>please sign-up for the continuing online coaching series<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

There is a saying that \u201cIf you don\u2019t know where you are going, then anywhere is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve Wynkoop and I were talking a lot about designing and managing our professional careers on a weekly interview on SSWUG.org<\/a>.\u00a0 This episode was about what steps to change your position in the your current company.<\/p>\n

The most important step is to clarify what you really want.\u00a0 As in any success strategy, clarifying your goals (in any endeavor) is extremely critical.<\/p>\n

Visualize yourself in 5 or 10 years into the future.\u00a0 What are you doing?\u00a0 What is your yearly income? What type of people are surrounding and supporting you? Where are you living?\u00a0 What type of neighborhood, town, and leisurely activities are you enjoying?<\/p>\n

For example:<\/b>\u00a0 What if you see yourself campaigning for a senate seat in 10 years?\u00a0 Or you see yourself a partner and VP of Research and Development at your own company?\u00a0 Or you own a company with 100 employees in 10 years?<\/p>\n

After you clarify your career vision and goals (5 and even 10 years into the future), do the following:<\/p>\n

1) Clarify your career vision and goals. [For a dream sculpting worksheet to help clarify your career vision\u2013 check out the Worksheets for Success<\/a> page]\n2) Do a self assessment on the skills, attributes, and education required to achieve those career goals
\n3) Identify the skills and education gaps between where you are today and where you want to be.
\n4) Put together a 1, 3, 5, 10 year Individual Development Plan designed to achieve those goals and start filling in those gaps. [For a copy of a IDP worksheet \u2013 check out the Worksheets for Success<\/a> page]\n5) Include reasonable forcing functions, accountability partners and manager\/mentors\/coaches to assist you on your journey.
\nIn my <\/i>GoTo Academy: Soft Skill Tools for the GoTo Professional<\/a> continuous online coaching series, I go into each step in more detail<\/i><\/p>\n

For more worksheets (like the individual development plan) check out my Worksheets for Success at http:\/\/www.lauraleerose.com\/worksheets-for-success\/<\/p>\n

Links:<\/b><\/p>\n