Get to know some evaluation and career management techniques to boost your work performance; and learn how to apply them
Stop for a moment and think: is your career going as planned? Reflections like this are important so that you don’t go on ‘autopilot’ or allow yourself to stagnate. For your professional side to be aligned with your life expectations, every now and then your need to focus on aspects such as planning, engagement, priorities and purpose.
There are people who seek external orientation to do this analysis. On your own, it’s not always easy to recognize what isn’t going well or to establish new objectives and put them into practice – especially when you don’t have the right tools. Mentors exist to play the role of guide. As we have mentioned here, the purpose of mentorship is nothing more than to help find balance between personal and professional life, bringing clarity as to obstacles and providing resources to achieve goals.
Career management tools
At Datum, we have a individualized mentoring program that includes various aspects. During the meeting journey, many analysis and career management tools are applied to the mentees to work cultural, business, technical and organizational perspectives.
So that you can also focus on your professional and personal development, we have decided to share some of them. Check it out!
Wheel of Life
What is your satisfaction level in important areas of your life? To find out, you can bet on the Wheel of Life. This self-evaluation tool is a circle divided into four structures: personal scope, professional scope, quality of life and relationships. Each of these indicators has three fundamentals to be evaluates with scores from 1 to 10. At the end of the exercise, you will have a clearer view of which elements need more attention.
How about downloading Wheel of Life to start you career development process? Click here!
Personal SWOT
It’s hard to imagine you have never heard of the SWOT Analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats). This technique is often used by entrepreneurs to elaborate strategic plans. However, it is also possible to apply it to achieve personal development and self-knowledge.
We also have a version of the SWOT Analysis for you! Access it now!
The GROW Model
Besides finding out with which aspects of your life you are satisfied or not and working on your self-knowledge, it is important to establish goals and have problem solving skills. Combined, these items will make you improve your professional performance. With the four pillars (goals, reality, options and will) of the GROW Model, you can set up clear and effective goals. For that, you just have to answer some questions related to each pillar. For example:
- In which area of your life you would like to focus?
- What are your professional goals?
- Where would you like to be in 1, 3, 5, 10 years?
Now that you know a few techniques to boost your career, how about finding out more about Datum’s mentoring program?
