Have you ever found that in your workplace, you don’t get the recognition that you’d expected? Perhaps you’d worked flat-out on something and nobody noticed, or priorities changed and your endeavours had suddenly become irrelevant? Are you ever frustrated that your manager doesn’t seem to “get it”, and although there may be interesting technical work, you can’t get the flexibility to try something new?
Sometime success in the workplace, and getting what you want out of your career can seem elusive.
What if you could be in control of your career with the flexibility to branch out successfully in a new direction when you wanted?
What if you were well rewarded and had plenty of opportunity to do interesting work?
What if you were more influential, got on better with your co-workers better and had less stress at work?
Study after study over the last 50 years have consistently proven that career success is not primarily about your technical prowess.
Study after study over the last 50 years have consistently proven that career success is not primarily about your technical prowess.
It seems unfair and annoying, but investment in work-life or “soft” skills is four times more significant than investment in technical skills when it comes to career success.
But, you say: “with pressures of work, I don’t even have time to develop my technical skills, never mind all this other stuff! I get that soft skills are important but I don’t know how to go about fixing that, and it’s not what I’m good at or enjoy doing.”
I’ve got some news for you:
You have what it takes…
Let me say that again:
You have what it takes. I’ll let you into a secret: You can treat work-life skills as technical skills you haven’t yet mastered.
The same focus, effort and analytical skills that you’ve used over the years to learn technical stuff can be used to develop expertise in communicating, influencing, management, leadership, and all the other work-life skills that will accelerate your career.
The same focus, effort and analytical skills that you’ve used over the years to learn technical stuff can be used to develop expertise in communicating, influencing, management, leadership, and all the other work-life skills that will accelerate your career.
Developing these kinds of skills is a lifelong journey and the best time to start is now. Let me help you, and you won’t be bogged down with assignments and lectures – 30 minutes a week is all you need. Little and often is a recipe for success.
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