In today's competitive and ever-changing business climate, an employer cannot promise an employee lifetime employment, yet alone a specific career path. What an organization can offer its employees is the opportunity to learn new skills and to obtain critical experience and knowledge in order to maintain and improve work competencies. It is important that each person takes advantage of opportunities to learn and approaches each day as a skill-building opportunity.

Do you know what it takes to progress your career to the next level? In this module we will explore steps that you can take to fine tune your skills and prepare yourself for more responsibility in this company or at any other.

Course Content

In this course, we will explore the following topics

• Understanding What Motivates You
• Accepting Responsibility for Your Own Skill Development
• Understanding Where You are Now, and Where You Want to Be
• Plotting Your Career Path
• Tips for Growing a Career

Audience:

All employees could benefit from this module. The major objective is to create an awareness that everyone is responsible for achievement of their own personal and career goals. This module requires participants to examine their motivations and aspirations and set goals for achieving them.

Timing:

This module can be presented with a minimum of two hours.

Exercises:

• Self Assessment: Personal Motivational Factors
• Assessment of Skills and Areas of Skill Development
• Personal Strengths and Weaknesses
• Developing goals, support required, and obstacles to achieving goals
• Short-term and long-term goals
• Reference to company resources and development programs
• Group discussions
• Summary and action items