Have you ever consider the game of chess as an important tool in your career strategy. How you play the career game can have lasting repercussions on your future, and the future of your corporate family.
Creating career strategy takes a lot of the guess work out of life and career. The career guess work of uncertainty. Uncertainty can sometimes feel like an exciting ride, but the reality is; guess work can be exhausting and often this exhaustion is a de-railer for where you really want to go.
Creating a career strategy, not only includes making goals for the future, but also creating a vision of how you want your career mission to be. For example early career individuals have much different goals than experienced career individuals, or late career individuals; and often we can learn from our colleagues simply by observing their career path. Of course objectivity is much like observing our own career as a second person, and requires discipline of not becoming emotionally involved. Emotional involvement can be the biggest de-railer of an individuals career path; because it’s human to become emotionally attached to people, places, or jobs.
The career strategy that includes social media, is a strong career strategy in today’s market. The market demands people change with change, and social media is tool that can be fully exploited for your career advancement. Imagine building your career reputation through LinkedIn. LinkedIn enables individuals to social network to gain career edge in the market. Strategic social networking makes the possibility of career advancement easy, like playing chess. Like chess LinkedIn provides a platform to become strategic World Champion in your career.
As a Corporate Psychologist, I’m often asked to make people look good. Looking good in today’s market is about leadership, politics, flexibility, adaptability, strategic intention, and reputation; and Career Branding. Career Branding provides a persona. A personality presented in a certain way, that others assume is you. I generally work with individuals in organizations to profile the persona, culture and Brand fit of the corporation. Using LinkedIn as a tool to build reputation simply makes profiles come alive, assimilating pieces in a chess game. The chess game takes strategic and tactical moves to advance the organization and corporate position. Game objectives are defined through consultation, and we maneuver pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, Queens, and Kings to your advantage. Our method is evidence-based, formulated on theoretical frameworks, and currently top-secret, until we publish.
We understand that Career Branding is like a personality, with a set of human characteristics that are attributed to the Career Brand. Your Career Brand is you, and we fully support you with Career Brand coaching. Your Career Brand becomes the Face that is instantly recognized by others. Your Career Brand personality is what your colleagues and clients relate to, and effectively increases your Career equity by consistency of traits. Consistency is the added-value that your Career Brand gains functional benefits and value from.
Career Brands are packaged in terms of consultancy, coaching, and continuity of game play. We handle corporate accounts for executives, boards, and upper echelons of power. We offer your Career Brand complete respect, and dignity at all times, and understand the changing face of business in the 21st century, digital business.
Kylie Prince is a Corporate Psychologist who specializes in Career Branding, Leadership Development, Brand Marketing, Strategic HR, and ICT Governance. For more information please email leadership.psychologist@gmail.com.
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