We Must Manage Our Career

Marshall Goldsmith, one of today’s top Leadership experts and mentor to some of the top CEOs around the world, tells us that we must always be about the business of managing our careers.  No one else will do this for us.  You must take charge of your career.  Mr. Goldsmith suggests three ways that we can do this:

          (1) You need a strategy — what do you love to do?  what skills do you possess?  what is my strategy for personal development?  what plan am I working in order to achieve my goals in life?

          (2) You need a brand identity — what are you known for?  how do you distinquish yourself from others?  how do you want others to know you?  how will people remember you?  what do you offer others?

          (3) You need a mission — why am I doing what I am doing?  what is my purpose in life?  what do I want to accomplish with my life, my talents, and my influence?  how will my career help me fulfill my mission?

As I have been reading more of Marshall Goldsmith’s books, I have appreciated his thoughtful insight into how we might develop ourselves to reach our greatest potential.   I hope that sharing these thoughts today will help you in your personal life and career.  You are an important person–and you are important to someone!