A Personal Development Module

Overview

For both employees and employers, a new reality and relationship has emerged. The 1950's - 1960's paternalism that promised job security in exchange for hard work and loyalty is gone forever.

No employer, trade or institution, can guarantee job security over the long term. Organizations will continue to “right size” themselves in an effort to improve both efficiency and effectiveness.

While employment security is declining, security of employability for those prepared for this new reality is growing.

“Reinventing Yourself Through Personal Career Ownership” is a three day program designed to help people gain more control over their work lives. Using a hands-on approach, participants learn the tools to develop responsible self-reliance in their careers.

Career ownership is defined as an ongoing process involving self-trust, responsibility and personal accountability for all career decisions.

Participants produce and initial version of their own personal plans for success in the program.

The program gives everyone an appreciation of the fact that:

“Each of us will have the opportunity to reinvent ourselves.”

Program Objectives

At the conclusion of their participation in this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand the necessity of personal career ownership.
• Focus trust, responsibility and accountability appropriately, as they relate to career ownership.
• Use proactive tools to build and maintain a personal plan for success.
• Utilize available resources to enhance their effort.

Program Agenda

Day 1
How we got here and what’s next

• Happenings in the workplace
• A personal perspective
• Where do we go from here
• The new reality
• Reading your environment at work
• Developing a proactive mindset

Day 2
Things a proactive person must do

• Self-assessment
• Creating a personal vision
• Building and maintaining an implementation network
• Marketing yourself
• Continuous self-improvement

Day 3
Dealing with uncertainty…growing with change

• Dealing with the threat of job loss
• What to do if you lose your job
• Personal career ownership, a healthy reality