What are the best ways to measure your career development progress?

This is probably the most crucial step. Unless you know where you are going, you wouldn't know which road to take! Setting goals, breaking them into manageable steps, building habits all lead to better career development

Lo que no se mide no se puede mejorar ... pero, cuidado, no sobre-optimices tu vida, puede generar un efecto contrario de frustración y cansancio Me cuesta ver a una persona que mide los vasos de agua que toma diario, seguir una agenda inflexible o anota hasta las mínimas tareas para optimizar el tiempo En su lugar, mantengo un ritmo de vida dirigido por los hábitos Prefiero medir mis hábitos, como organizar mi agenda el día anterior, leer o estudiar Al final, para lograr el éxito no necesitas muchas herramientas o trucos. Solo necesitas CONSTANCIA Lo demás llegará con el tiempo. Se paciente Recuerda: "No todos los que vagan están pérdido" - R.R. Tolkien

??I disagree on setting goals. ??Instead of goals, have a purpose and an objective in mind. ??Then form processes and systems to achieve your objective ??Keep repeating. Flaw in keeping goals in mind may drive you in short run, but processes and habits drive you for long run and help in building super strong habits.

Setting SMART goals lays the foundation of all the other elements while measuring progress. You may consider a new approach to this where all parts remain same except for “S” S- Small Small goals itself make it achievable and thus the motivation to continue working towards them fuels the desire to improve. Set Small accomplishments that are time bound and measure their progress.

The most important strategy that I use is goal setting and I break it down into SMART goals—Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant and Time Bound. I have always started at this stage and I created a strategy that works for my career and personal growth. The next steps are Plan Strategize Focus Perseverance Resilience Success and Celebrate your achievements. I have used this approach for goal setting growth and achieving and succeeding in my career progression.

In my opinion, seeking feedback is very crucial for measuring career development progress. You should regularly request input from the mentors, supervisors, and peers to gain insight into your strengths, areas for improvement, and progress toward your goals. In addition to that, constructive feedback helps you refine your skills, identify blind spots, and adapt strategies, ultimately fostering continuous growth and advancement in your career.

Fail fast -> Again do something -> Fail (it is okay) -> then succeed. Fail fast strategy helps in seeking feedback faster. (qualitative or quantitative) Thus improving faster.

??Developing portfolio of your work is just one aspect. ??Maintaining the portfolio of your work is another aspect. People develop super fast. However, it looks like maintaining that is still a challenge.

Celebrating Wins! ??This is something which I learnt after 5 years of corporate experience. I used to always look for next big thing rather than celebrating what I have already achieved

I will put it in very simple words that measuring your career progress means celebrating your successes, both big and small. Basically, when you take time to acknowledge your achievements, you stay motivated and can see how far you've come. This actually helps you keep moving forward and striving for more success in your career.

Celebrating your wins as Jack Welch said is important to your team and in your career progression. It improves morale confidence and motivates you to continuous improvement and to achieve a competitive advantage. Celebrating small victories and large accomplishments encourages you to do more and be more.

A CAREER JOURNAL is also an effective way of assessing our career accomplishments. Here we document our achievements, challenges, gained skills, learned lessons, new ideas. I personally keep a career journal as - electronic files on the computer, - traditional notebook (writing by hand improves our memory and creativity), - posting on social media. All formats complement one another. Thus I reflect on my progress and identify areas of improvement.