Your colleague is facing self-doubt in their career growth. How can you empower them to overcome it?
When self-doubt creeps into a colleague's career journey, it can be a significant roadblock. Here's how you can help them move past it:
- Encourage them to reflect on past successes and learn from challenges.
- Suggest setting small, achievable goals to build a sense of accomplishment.
- Offer to be a sounding board for ideas, providing constructive feedback and praise.
How do you help colleagues combat self-doubt? Consider sharing your methods.
Your colleague is facing self-doubt in their career growth. How can you empower them to overcome it?
When self-doubt creeps into a colleague's career journey, it can be a significant roadblock. Here's how you can help them move past it:
- Encourage them to reflect on past successes and learn from challenges.
- Suggest setting small, achievable goals to build a sense of accomplishment.
- Offer to be a sounding board for ideas, providing constructive feedback and praise.
How do you help colleagues combat self-doubt? Consider sharing your methods.
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First, ask if they want help. I often offer help on LI only to have people freak out. Second, ask if they have actual goals or are they just hoping for upward mobility. Third, ask them to find jobs they want and to write down WHY they want them. Fourth, have them list all the ways they match those jobs, using achievements from the past, and all the ways they don't match. Fifth, have them create a career growth map including skills they need to learn, courses to take, and people with whom to network. You can't actually help a colleague unless s/he is willing to do the work.