How to Advance In Your Career
Hitting a career plateau can feel frustrating, but it’s often a turning point for growth—below I share a pathway to move beyond a plateau and uncover new opportunities for advancement in the framework I’ve created, G.L.O.W.
Using the four pillars, Goal, Leadership, Others Collaborated With, and the Win/Wisdom will support you for where you want to go now and keep you visible in the long term in all the right ways.
Professionals generally want to work hard, feel valued for what they do, understand how their role connects to the organization they work for, and live a good life. They are so driven to continue to add value to the organizations and teams they work for, they often don't take the time to reflect on their contributions and connect it to where they want to go and what they want to do, which often leads to a career plateau.
They end up in autopilot going through their days doing the best they can until they realize they've plateaued, or want something more or different.
This awareness is a great opportunity to pause, reflect, and uncover new opportunities for advancement.
With clients I work with, we start identifying what they enjoy, what they want more of, and what they don't enjoy, or what they don't want more of.
We uncover what success looks like for them, and what they want to feel when they step away from their career at retirement along with what they'd have regrets about not doing at this intersection. This is an important component as making change is often scary, and taking steps towards the right thing instead of falling into the something that's going to have them feeling similarly makes a difference.
From there, we take stock of their impact, experience, and leadership so they can reflect on what they’ve achieved (and why it matters), track success stories so speak about their work with clarity, confidence, and alignment.
From their, how can they stay visible, valuable, and empowered to ask for something more in their current roles or strategize how to look for it elsewhere through avenues like networking.
Without this process, clients are often so disconnected to the incredible impact they've had in their careers at this point, from entry level to very senior, the pause and reflection makes a huge difference and allows one to regroup and determine what advancement looks like for them and how to strategically make it happen.
Clients who do this go from overwhelmed with too many options to finding clarity and confidence about what they really want, makes the ask for advancement so much easier, and land in roles they feel aligned with and happier about.
G.L.O.W. Framework
For many of these reasons, and after working with dozens, if not hundreds of people in similar spaces, I created the G.L.O.W. Framework
It looks like this:
Goal: What were we (my team and I), or was I trying to achieve?
Leadership: What did I do?
Others: Who did I work with and how?
Win/Wisdom: What was the outcome and what did I learn?
Please know, you are absolutely responsible for being able to tell employers, your leadership, interviewers, those you network with and more why you are valuable. You are not bragging. You are not being too much. You are staying relevant and visible and letting people know why you are important, deserve the raise or promotion, or qualified for a role.
Making others assume anything about your value in this corporate climate is likely not going to help you.
This is the hard work, repetition is key.
Click here to download a copy of the G.L.O.W. Framework and start implementing it today!
About me:
I am a career development and transformation expert with 8+ years of experience helping people align their careers with their strengths, values, and personal story, so they can thrive professionally and personally without sacrificing well-being. From early career to very experienced professionals, I’m driven to equip people with tools to thrive for the longevity of their career.
Most of us were never taught how to navigate burnout, career transitions, or build a meaningful life; we were only taught how to perform.
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