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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