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HOW TO UNCOVER YOUR WORKING IDENTITY
everywoman expert
Pippa Isbell
Sheryl Sandberg
COO, facebook
“Careers are a Jungle Gym, not a Ladder”
a) I’m thinking of a major career change
b) I am thinking about starting a family/returning to
work
c) I’m feeling dissatisfied with my professional
status quo
d) I want a better or different work/life balance
Poll 1: what motivated you to sign up for this webinar?
• Ask yourself, who am I now?
• Who do I want to be?
• What gives me joy in my life?
• What are the talents I want to
deploy?
go back to basics
time for self assessment
• When have you been most committed, passionate and
enthusiastic?
• When have you been most sure of yourself and your
decisions?
• When have you enjoyed your work most?
• What talents were you relying on, and using, in these
situations?
• What activities are you drawn towards out of work?
• If money were no concern, what would you be doing?
• Take a long hard look at your situation
• What do you want and need?
• What would work better for you?
• What does your ideal situation look like?
address the practicalities
“Stop trying to find your one
true self. Focus your attention on
which one of your many possible
selves you want to test and learn
more about.”
Herminia Ibarra
what is your goal?
• Change?
• Refresh?
• Reinvent?
• Realign?
Work out what opportunities will suit your goals
Consider all the options
Decide on your direction
Harness your network
Discuss with your trusted advisors
do your research
Set your target
Develop a mental picture of the goal
What will it take to get there?
What will you have to confront in yourself?
How does it impact others?
Develop a plan and a critical path
work out where you want to go
limiting beliefs
“Of all the forces that hold
women back, none are as
powerful as entrenched
beliefs.”
Joanna Barsh, McKinsey & Company
a) I can’t discuss this with my boss – it would harm my
career prospects
b) I’m not sure I have the courage to make major
changes
c) Personal issues
Poll 2: what holds you back?
In a recent
everywoman survey:
• 46% are Avoiders
• 19% are Can’t doers
• 35% are Won’t doers
the fears behind excuses
• What are your limiting beliefs?
• How can you dispel them?
• Work out your place of positive discomfort
• Draw up the pros and cons
• Reframe your thinking
enter the learning zone
• Use challenges to learn
• Take control
• Keep a sense of perspective
• Set goals and tick them off
• Celebrate your successes
• Be kind to yourself
• Choose optimism
develop resilience
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