Career Change - finding your ideal work

What kind of jigsaw is your ideal work?

People often find it difficult to define their ideal work because they can’t imagine the big picture or easily define all the elements that make up the grand vision.

I often liken finding your ideal work to creating a jigsaw without initially having the box with the whole picture on it. Because you don’t have the complete picture to work with you have to become more creative and use different rules, and in the beginning you have to let go of the question “what exactly is this a picture of”? If you think of the finished picture as the overall job title then you can see why people are held back in their discovery process because they try to define their job title first without having all the the pieces that make up the big picture.

Just forget for a moment, the need to know the specific job title on your business card or position in a company and magine you are in a really fulfilling job. What are all the elements that make up that job? When you build your big picture up from the outside in, you can begin to gradually piece together the different elements that make up your ideal work. These will include:

• Environment – location, setting, pace
  
• People – With teams or alone, what types of people?
  
• Culture – traditional, fast-paced, growing, stable?
  
• Skills and talents – that you have and want to use or grow
  
• Passions
  
• Values
  
• Ideal Outcomes – what will make you feel fulfilled and satisfied at the end of each day?
  
• Contribution – What contribution do you want to make and on what scale?
  
• Lifestyle
  
• Responsibility – how much, at what level?

What does your ideal career jigsaw look like?

To discover your ideal work and transform your career, join us on this 2-day fun, creative and inspiring Career Transitions Workshop or weekend Career Transitions Retreat