Own your Career Development and Transform your Career Journey

In the last two decades, I have learned the secret of career success. Taking ownership of your career development will help you reach your dream job. To lead and add value, your job title is not important at all. For developing the current capabilities and building long-term organizational resilience, successful companies encourage their people to carefully plan and develop practical competencies. To be successful in your career, be realistic, trust yourself, and focus on continuous learning.

Identify Weaknesses, Uncover Blind Spots, and Strengthen Skills

There aren’t any shortcuts, but with hard work and perseverance, you can develop the skills, experiences, and relationships you’ll need to thrive in the workplace. Carter Cast recommends the six strategies to take control of your career and learning:

• Understand what you’re evaluated on.
• Get feedback, especially on areas that might be blind spots for you.
• Give yourself a grade for each skill you need to do your job well and focus your time and energy on the areas where you can most improve.
• Increase your visibility with senior leaders so that your work can get noticed.
• Become the expert in your department on an emerging issue that’s important to the company.
• Find a good mentor who can help you along the way.

Practice Makes Perfect

Practical learning will help us to gain in depth knowledge and experience. To develop essential skills and knowledge, Starbucks provides the Barista Basics on-the-job training program for a newly hired barista. By using simple and intuitive tools, skills are developed through one-to-one delivery and on-the-job training in Starbucks.

Embrace Change and Enjoy Your Journey

Currently, it is a challenge to find the right talent in the competitive business environment. In today’s technology driven economy, upskilling is critical for your long-term career success. Business leaders focus on upskilling initiatives to convert applicable knowledge into productive results and support business transformation. “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” - John Maxwell

Attitude Makes a Big Difference

In IKEA, former education is not that important. Actually, the career progress is based on individual performance, attitude, continuous learning and development. IKEA believes that a company will grow when its people continuously learn and grow. They are developing talent in a form of special smaller projects. Focused learning approach would help us to be more productive by using the 2X2 matrix. 

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” - Henry Ford

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