Last time I wrote to you about getting stuck in mid-career and invited you to reflect and rethink your measures of career success. I continue with a focus on factors to consider in career decision-making. The metaphor of climbing the corporate ladder is still a surprisingly strong and influential image for many people, despite their being fewer opportunities for hierarchal advancement than in the past. There are also less clearly defined career paths, and yet most of us want to craft a uniquely meaningful career. Today, I want to invite you to think more kaleidoscope and less ladder when it comes to career success and decision making and here is why.
Read MoreI presented at the Business Woman’s association last week and asked an open ended question about the image the word career evoked in people’s minds. I was surprised to hear that it left some with a sinking and uncomfortable feeling.
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