When we plan our career during high school or at college, most of our focus is to the education and to degree program, spending enormous amount of energy in gaining the degree title. Later, when we land up in our first job, the focus shifts to learn and expand skills, achieve more and rise to the top. People often fail to take the factors into account that can support, empower and help to stay focused on achieving the career goals. Identifying the factors that can contribute to a fulfilling career, will eliminate being stagnancy on the career, fight against setbacks and open new doors.
Plus, our work and personal priorities usually get mixed up and changes accordingly. People generally experience drastic and dramatic shifts. Just think about the impact of moving to a new place of getting married on your career and life.
Common to these transitions is that they bring about a fundamental change in our roles and/or routines. Often, these are changes that require us to transform how we perceive and interpret ourselves and the world around us, and to develop new priorities, learn new skills, behaviours and patterns of interpersonal interactions so that we can fit into the new roles
At the individual level, the cost of transition includes stress and burnout or a sense of stagnation, derailment and career dissatisfaction.
Triangle of Career Excellence aims to assess each and every factor which can impact the person’s career and create a holistic development plan for the person.
Triangle of Career Excellence focus on 3 specific nodes which takes all factors that impacts an Individuals career development. A right set of balance among Family, Experience, and Culture can steer your career growth in the direction. Most people take a hit on their career as they often don’t consider these factors nor plan for the same.
- Family: Career is no more a separate identity from family Parents as the first factor are more likely to conclude that happiness lies in finding a career suited to one’s personality and interests, and encourage creative exploration toward discovering that niche. Organizations are more focusing on well-being factors of the employees which includes, financial, health, social and career wellbeing. Influence of life partner to parenthood impacts the career growth of a person to a larger extent
- Experience: Right set of education is only a tag in the corporate world now. Building network leadership and developing competitive advantage through mentorship, and industry eminence is the way to accelerate one’s career. A strong professional network can introduce to potential future employers, potential clients, trusted service providers and more. When we invest in strong we will have a support team—people who we can turn to for guidance, advice or assistance. We will have the platform for multidisciplinary knowledge sharing and best practices. Also, we will be resource for them as they are for us
- Culture: Globalization has opened doors to international mobility. Migrations are based on the shortage of skill sets and employability. Labour demographics are now defining the community development. People have started looking at key markets which can offer the prospective education that can help them to land in high paying job. Economically developed countries and emerging markets offers more opportunities to the niche skills than underdeveloped economies.
When an individual selects the right mix with clear goals on every node, he can easily achieve career excellence. Since the factors are mutually reinforcing, damage caused from a single factor can be minimized. Since TOCE aims at a long term sustainability rather than short term focus, the three key factors mutually reinforce to accelerate the career. TOCE aim to build an exciting, more rewarding career, without expensive setbacks, errors and wrong steps.
