From the course: Developing Your Professional Image in a New Job

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Start with a plan

Start with a plan

From the course: Developing Your Professional Image in a New Job

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Start with a plan

- With the best will in the world, without a plan, you're going nowhere. If you don't plan your next career move, whether that be to develop in your role, change roles, or work in a different organization, it's really difficult to keep moving in the direction you want to go. Now, I can tell you with years of experience coaching clients, career development, and more importantly, career success, don't just happen. You have to create and execute your plan. A career transition plan is a short document. It's changeable, and it should be updated frequently to reflect changes in your goals or your situation. Plans can and should change. The more fluid and reflective of your current situation your plan is, the more likely you are to use the format as a guide. So have you ever set a goal, perhaps something like a New Year's Resolution, and then not thought about it for a while? Before long, the goal feels out of date, you've…

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