Career Adaptation
Mike Milsted
President, Executive Officer | Business Transformation Specialist @ LAK Group | Empowering People for Success | Leadership Coach | Executive Search Empowering Nonprofit Leadership | Career and Community Advocate | Author
Someone's career must evolve to remain relevant.
Think about how you’ve evolved, changed and adapted within your life and how that had informed and invited change in your career.
Just as species evolve over time to adapt to their changing environments, individuals often need to adapt their skills and knowledge to keep up with the changing demands of their industry or job.?
Consider natural selection from Darwin’s theory of evolution. In nature, species with traits that are better suited for their environment are more likely to survive and pass on their genes.?Similarly, in a career sense, this means that individuals who are better suited for a particular job or industry are more likely to succeed and advance in their careers.
The evolution of someone’s career must involve a process of gradual change over time. Just as evolution doesn't happen overnight, neither does career growth. Both require time, effort, and sometimes even setbacks or failures before progress can be made.
What are you doing to drive that adaptation in your career and how well prepared are you to continue your own Career Evolution?
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1 年I agree completely, Mike. I think the saddest thing I see is when a company keeps a person for their "legacy" skills, and then boots them out when the company processes are updated and the employee's skills becomes obsolete. The employee assumes that they are golden because they hold the key to a single vital process, only to find themselves out of a job with outdated skills and in shock. It is crucial to always be aware of your industry's market, network internally and externally, and adding skills to add value!
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1 年Nomadic chameleons. I came up with this term some years ago when I was considering my own career's path and more importantly, my own personal life. My wife and I moved 6 times in the first 5 years we were married - new environments, different people in our network, etc. And 'no' we were not in the witness protection program - ha! We joked about how we had become nomads and despite the physical moves, it brought new experiences for us to grow. It also ... to use the image Mike chose above, chameleons of sorts. Like I tell my kids, life is about adapting right now or in the long run to better 'participate' in work, in play, in life. It isn't who you are that changes (ie values, morals, etc) but rather your mindset - your color. Your way of doing business. I guess the best example that comes to my mind is when I entered the military right out of high school. We all got our heads shaved which evened up the playing field but who we were and who we brought to this new experience remained the same. I'm so thankful for my military service's experience(s). It made me adapt, er, change colors. In the military they might call that camouflage - HA! Thanks Mikey