How do you share your career goals with your manager and peers?

Mapping out your 1, 3, 5 and 10 year plan is a great way to outline your career trajectory and what matters to your success. Then communicate your goals. This approach isn’t for everyone, but I think you should include it in your review. You should feel comfortable to discuss your personal and business goals with your manager. They can be a great resource in helping you accomplish some of your goals, or connect you with others that can assist you. Be open to feedback, and remember to be confident in yourself and your abilities. The more you communicate your plans and expectations, the more likely you will be to connect with people that will help you get to where you want to go.

Setting personal goals is essential to chart our path to success. There's always room to adjust the plan, but having a clear direction drives our growth. Communicating our objectives to our boss creates opportunities for better professional development. Never underestimate the power of a solid IDP, which develops with the support of your company, as knowing your aspirations increases the likelihood of them investing in improving your technical and interpersonal skills! 💪🌟 #PersonalDevelopment #CareerGoals

Expressing the emotions necessary to communicate future goals with your peers and managers is imperative to success . Be sure you always have a smile and use subtle non aggressive tactics when communicating verbally or electronically. Everyday you should do something to communicate to others this portrait. Envision yourself as a small sapling growing into the biggest redwood tree. Once you see this picture and display the foliage you can convey the message to your forest. Metaphors for life.

Identifying career goals can be easy or difficult depending on the phase of career you are in and the amount of self awareness you have. I have realised that while identifying career goals, you should not stick to lateral goals, instead you should try and have a 360 degree purview. For example generally when we think about career goals, we only think about a job and our way ahead. Instead think about all the aspects including family, peers, finances, social life and career growth to get a clear picture of your career goals, both long term and short term.

Honestly - your peers are often the very best people to help you work through a development area. Often they see you in a more authenticate way in your day to work - a way that your manager may not have the same visibility to!

Seek a mentor who has reached the level of success you are aspiring to reach. Find an accountability partner who will hold you to the small goals that ultimately will reach the final goal. Never allow others to judge your personal goal. If someone is not contributing or encouraging you to reach your level of success, then walk away from them. Lastly, it’s your goal, it has to be tailored and attainable by you ~LChamberlin~

Maintaining a healthy rapport with your peers and superiors is an essential element in sharing your career goals with them. It is best advisable to share your goals in a formal work set up if you are genuinely open to feedback and suggestions. Else, it can be taken up as a casual communication over coffee breaks where you don't have to worry about the other person's opinion. Also, it is a good idea to be doubly sure about your goals before sharing them with peers or superiors.

This is an excellent observation. Sometimes we get tunnel vision, especially when we are focused on doing our best. I have learned keeping an open mind, humble attitude, and grateful approach to any mentoring, provided by those who have been in my shoes before, has allowed me to see the current situation in a totally different light. By doing this I have been able to broaden my creative presentation skills and speak to more audiences, clients, employees, board members, citizens, or whoever the presentation is designed for.

I look at this two ways - take "baby steps" with communicating larger goals up the management chain and ask others about their goals (especially up the management chain). That allows you to: not freak your manager out, create some goals that align with your manager's goals (a win for your manager), and offer help to others in achieving their goals.

Communication can be tricky. In my experience, it is always best to know your audience. If you’re not understanding something clearly then ask until you do (a professional will respectfully communicate it many different ways without irritation). Keep in mind when we communicate sometimes s/he is wearing pink sunglasses and s/he is wearing teal sunglasses. Being able to communicate with the masses is a gift (be willing to share that knowledge with other). ~LChamberlin~

I agree, and it’s so very important to have your goals printed. Your goals should alway be openly displayed for yourself and in a place that you will see them frequently. In my experience I found that taking the time to write out my official goals and then writing out my goals for that week (before the week started) allowed me to stay focused. This simple practice also gave me confidence in knowing I was moving towards something (not just floundering around like a fish out of water). ~LChamberlin~

When seeking feedback it’s best to keep our emotions out of it. Emotionally intelligent behavior is the most important talent that a professional in any field can develop. Reaching the level of an ‘emotionally intelligent expertise’ is not realistic. We evolve continuously. Therefore, our goal must be to consciously develop oneself. However, reaching a level where our thoughts begin and end with - my behavior is ‘Intentional & Acquires Excellence (IAE)’©️ is what will Create Change©️ ~LChamberlin~

One thing I have found is when we are in the middle of everything we believe we know everything we have the right answers and we know what's best. It is not until years later when we reflect that we say, wow! Take your time, slow down, pay attention, do what brings you joy! Be true to yourself and remember self-care. Any business is going to go on if you are there or not…. So do your best every day, but there is never any good justification to cause harm to others or to sell your soul.