A successful career requires not just the ability to do a good job. The most successful management consultants and other executives invest time in forward planning to build their own career.
Andrew Cooke of Blue Sky GPS (Growth and Profit Solutions) has written an excellent article “Building Your Career” which suggests we can all take useful lessons from politicians.
Specifically, he advocates:
- • setting clear goals
- • enlisting and influencing supporters
- • focus on pursuing ambitions.
It is challenging to find time in a high-pressure job to devote time and energy to career development. However, it is important to set clear goals and identify a strategy to achieve them.
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