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Changing Concept of Career (Characteristics (able to build integrated…
Changing Concept of Career
Need for Tri-Sector Leadership
individuals who are able to bridge the differences that separate the three sectors : Government, Business, Non-for-Profit
develop more holistic and sustainable solutions
Path for tri-sector leaders varies eg (Barack Obama)
Characteristics
Able to balance competing motives
Use and acquire transferable skills
develop and use contextual intelligence
Accurately assess differences in context and translate across them
forge intellectual threads
Focus on a particular issue or theme over time
able to build integrated networks
Particularly significant for a cross-sectorial career.
Utilised so teams develop solutions for cross-sectorial issues
Maintain a prepared mind
Developing tri-sector leadership skills
At the beginning of the career
Undertaking joint-degree programs
Undergoing training and mentoring programs
Mid-career
Undertaking fellowships
Attending conferences where mentors may be found
Media training/establishing connections with the media
Towards the end of the career
Mentoring budding tri-sector leaders
Incoporatimg tri-sector leadership development
Necessary to overcome systematic barriers across sectors
Personal Rebranding
Define destination
Acquire necessary skills
Leverage points of difference
Develop a unique selling proposition and distinguish yourself
Develop a narrative
Describe transition in terms of the value it offers to others
Reintroduce yourself
Utilise different forms of media to showcase your capabilities
Prove your worth
Establish and promote your track record
Evolution of the Employer Contrract
White Collar work, not blue collar
Traditional Employer-Employee Contract
Stable job
Life-time employment and a sense of loyalty to the organisation
Generally a predictable career trajectory
Low employee turnover
Contemporary employer-employee contract
Volatile environment - there is rapid unpredictable change
Employees are in charge of their own destiny and therefore employability
Due to a lack of job security, employees are encouraged to be more adaptable and 'entrepeneurial'
Employee retention is extremely difficult as the most adaptable employees seek 'greener pastures' elsewhere, meaning they continually search for better employment
Mindset
Classroom training not effective
Mindset can be considered more important than employability
Studies have shown that the best employees are the ones who believe they have unlimited potential
Growth Mindset Model
Understand
Understand yourself
Explore
Step out of comfort zone and try new things
Support
Having a supporting figure - someone to encourage throughout work journey
Strategies to Develop Employee-Employer contract as Allies