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(video) How to set career goals for the year and keep them!
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Hello Reader, It's almost the end of the year! Have you prepped for your annual review yet, or started thinking about reviews for members of your team? I want to start 2025 strong, with more focus on balance. I have spent Q4 working bizarre hours on one project and I need to shift that around. What about you? It is a good time to be thinking about what you want to get out of 2025, even if you know that your plans and goals are likely to change. Is it training you're after? Is it a promotion? More visibility at work? “Better” projects, whatever that means for you? More balance like me? To help you think through what you could achieve next year (or ditch, because it's just as important to be realistic and factor in some self-care), download my free Career Planner.
This free fillable workbook will help give you clarity on your goals and where you want to go in your career over the coming months. If you'd prefer a bit of accountability time and have me walk you through it, you can watch a recording of the career planning/goal setting drop in webinar where we worked through objectives for the next 3-12 months and looked at what needed to be in place to make those ambitions a reality. And if you really want accountability, I have limited mentoring spots available for January, and my rates for an hour of 1:1 time will be going up to £95 (existing clients will keep their existing rates). Feel free to share the recording and the PDF with your team if you're doing annual reviews and professional development planning for 2025. Have a lovely week! Elizabeth P.S. Don't forget my free session on improving user adoption on software projects is happening on Thursday. Planisware is kindly hosting a discussion, and I'll be sharing the 4 P's of user adoption to help you go beyond the basics of doing some training and comms. |
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