Career Path Strategy and Work-Life Balance
- 1. Career Path Strategy and Work-Life Balance Kelle Cruz CUNY Hunter College
- 2. THE METHOD ▸ Identify: • your own goals and guiding principals • things which you want in maximize in your life • things which you want to minimize in your life ▸ Use these factors to whittle down your options and seek out opportunities Frequent introspection is required
- 3. My Guiding Principles (aka Boundary Conditions) ▸To be mostly happy most of the time ▸Have the option to be in charge ▸Have an impact on timescales longer than my lifetime ▸Not to make money by making other people money ▸ No babies, but maybe adopt later
- 4. Dedicate time & energy to identifying & refining your guiding principals
- 5. Always be trying to identify things you like and things you do not like
- 6. WHERE TO FIND THINGS TO MAXIMIZE & MINIMIZE ▸ Skills required ▸ Schedule ▸ Source and type of direction ▸ Income, earning potential, and rate of increase ▸ Workplace demographics and cultures ▸ Travel required ▸ Impact
- 7. ACTIVITY #1 IDENTIFY YOUR GOALS, BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, AND ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES ▸ 5 mins to think and write on your own ▸ Try to rank them ▸ 10 mins to refine as a group Goals: - - Maximize - - Minimize - - Boundary Conditions: - -
- 8. WHERE TO FIND THINGS TO MAXIMIZE & MINIMIZE ▸ Skills required ▸ Schedule ▸ Source and type of direction ▸ Income, earning potential, and rate of increase ▸ Workplace demographics and cultures ▸ Travel required ▸ Impact
- 9. The present decision Past path resulting from past decisions RangeofAcceptableOutcomes Cone of acceptable future paths
- 10. As you learn more about yourself, your cone will change
- 11. The present decision Past path resulting from past decisions RangeofAcceptableOutcomes Acceptable future paths
- 12. Try to make choices which keep you in the cone of acceptable paths
- 13. THE METHOD ▸ Identify: • your own goals and guiding principals • things which you want in maximize in your life • things which you want to minimize in your life ▸ Use these factors to whittle down your options and seek out opportunities Frequent introspection is required
- 14. ACTIVITY #2 IDENTIFY ACTIONS AND ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES ▸ 5 mins to think and write on your own ▸ 10 mins to refine as a group Small actions - - Big actions - -
- 15. THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS TO DO CHOOSE ACTIONS & ACTIVITIES FOR A REASON ▸ Projects & Collaborations ▸ Talks ▸ Hobbies ▸ Family & Friends What’s in it for me? What goal is this moving me towards?
- 16. THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS TO DO MAKE A COMMITMENT BUDGET ▸ work travel ▸ talks ▸ referee reports ▸ projects ▸ review panels ▸ student meetings ▸ work meetings/ telecons ▸ personal travel ▸ social engagements ▸ self care ▸ family time
- 17. ACTIVITY #3 MAKE YOUR COMMITMENT BUDGET ▸ 5 mins to think and write on your own ▸ 10 mins to refine as a group Travel - - Self Care - -
- 18. SAYING NO THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAY NO ‣ Stall. Ask for more information This sounds interesting. I need some more information before i am able to commit. Could you please tell me…
- 19. SAYING NO THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAY NO ‣ Validate the request ‣ No reason is necessary ‣ Don’t apologize Thank you for thinking of me. This sounds interesting. I’m afraid I am over-committed at the moment and must decline.
- 20. SAYING NO THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAY NO Suggest someone else Here are some other people you might consider for this opportunity:
- 21. SAYING NO THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAY NO Postpone Please keep me in the mind for the future.
- 22. SAYING NO THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SAY NO Don’t respond
- 23. ACTIVITY #3 PRACTICE SAYING NO ▸ Work in pairs Ask partner to give a special seminar at your institution in a far away place. Ask questions which help you evaluate how the activity fits in with your goals and commitment budget.
- 24. ACTIVITY #3 PRACTICE SAYING NO ▸ Switch roles Ask partner to help write a funding proposal. Ask questions which help you evaluate how the activity fits in with your goals and commitment budget.
- 25. TEXT ▸ Identify: • your own goals and guiding principals • things which you want in maximize in your life • things which you want to minimize in your life ▸ Use these factors to whittle down your options and seek out opportunities ▸ Make choices deliberately and for good reasons ▸ Practice saying no.
- 26. Use peer mentoring daily to help strategize