From the course: Having Career Conversations with Your Team
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Identifying ideal outcomes in a career conversation
From the course: Having Career Conversations with Your Team
Identifying ideal outcomes in a career conversation
- How many times have you vented to family and friends at the end of a long week at work? And how often did they flip the focus to what's working instead of just commiserating or chiming in with their own frustrations? When they're not regularly scheduled, career conversations tend to happen when people are feeling a little stuck, discouraged, uncertain, or something's just not going well. The result is an overemphasis on what's not working. However, research from McKinsey shows we are five times more productive when we're working from our strengths than our weaknesses. Think like a basketball player. When they stop dribbling, they have one foot firmly planted. That's their plant foot, their source of strength and stability. Then their pivot foot can help them dynamically scan for passing options. This allows them to start passing the ball around the court or piloting with small experiments to test the waters of a…
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