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Career Reinvention – A Model for Change

Career Reinvention

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I thought of the term Career Reinvention while listening to a Marshall Goldsmith coaching webinar.  He talked about facilitating organizational change. The principles he discussed are directly transferable to career reinvention.

He used the model to the right to guide organizations through organizational change.

We can apply this same model for career reinvention.

Notice that, in one dimension, we have the positive and negative symbols. Another way to look at this is that one direction is either pushing you toward your goals or taking you away from your goals.

In the other dimension, we have what we want to change and what we want to keep.

Creating

Creating is a positive change. What do you want to add to your career? How do you want to positively change your career?

Creating the career you want…what stops you?

  • Fear?
  • Stereotypes? Perhaps you were you told that you were a certain type of person. Maybe the responsible one, the rebel, the quiet one, the pretty one, etc. How does that affect you today?
  • Financial requirements? Do you feel you have to make a certain amount of money?

Can you visualize what you want to become? Can you work backward to find the steps you need to take?

(More: Career Reflection – A Twice a Year Duty)

Preserving

Preserving is keeping positive things in our career. What current aspects, tasks, or rewards do you want to keep?

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You do not need to change everything! What do you want to carry forward or preserve from your current career?

What talents do you have that you want to build skills upon?

There are many characteristics in our careers that have been successful. Even if they have become obsolete, it is important not to discount them.

Marshall spoke about a philosophy or model for change created by  Frances Hesselbein, former CEO of the Girl Scouts of America. It is called tradition with a future. You never want to put down the past. You cannot move to the future by replicating the past but, on the other hand, we can honor where we have been.

(More: Talents versus Skills: Do You Know the Difference)

Eliminating

What are those negative things in your career that you want to be eliminated?  This is a two step process:

  • Knowing what to eliminate
  • Knowing when to eliminate them

If you do not eliminate things, you cannot create. There is not enough time.

You may eliminate talking when you are angry or making destructive comments about others. Another idea is eliminating toxic friends. Do you have toxic friends from your current career who are telling you how hard it will be to change?

Accepting

Let go of the past. Who do you need to forgive?

What are those negative things in your career that you do not like but are willing to accept? Maybe it is the commute or the bad coffee at work. How about your age? You cannot change how old you are. You cannot go back to being 25.

This is all about making a positive difference and not about proving how smart or right we are.

This is all about letting the things go that you do not like but at this time, are going to move on and not deal with it.

(More: The Key to a Successful Career Shift: Asking for Help)

Career Reinvention

So what is positive in your career? What is negative?

What do you want to keep? What do you want to eliminate?

Let me know what you think of this model. Can it work for you? Are you ready for Career Reinvention?

Marc Miller  

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  1. Kevin says

    August 4, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    Great points. Ultimately, you need to decide what you no longer want to do on the way to figuring out what you do want to do. From a personal standpoint, reinventing my own career helped me to quickly move from a layoff to finding work I enjoy doing.

    • Marc Miller says

      August 5, 2014 at 8:39 am

      Kevin,
      When I was listening to Marshall Goldsmith I was reminded of the question my own coach asked me when I started this business.

      What did I want to eliminate from my last job?

  2. Janice says

    August 11, 2014 at 9:38 am

    Mark,

    This makes SO much sense. I went from being a teacher of computer for kids and teachers in an Elementary School to being an invented position of teaching adults how to be successful using technology at their own homes or my home. I still teach, but I have left behind – school politics, full-time schedule, pressure to conform, age-related issues (being one of the oldest people doing a lot of this), impossibility (for myself anyway) of always keeping up. I get to keep learning and doing what I am good at, but more at my own pace and time. I feel fulfilled and have time for things that matter to me.

    Janice

    • Marc Miller says

      August 11, 2014 at 10:29 am

      Janice,
      Good for you! I thought the model made a lot of sense also. 8^)

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