Finding Your Unique Combination of Talents

Research has shown that discovering your unique combination of talents is a key to finding your occupational sweet spot. Here are some methods I use with my clients to help them discover their unique combination of talents.

1. Take the Strength Finders test from Gallup. (See the book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald Clifton)

2. Send an email to friends and family asking them to share with you their perception of your key strengths.

3. Take the Best Self exercise from the Positive Organizational Scholarship website at the Ross School of Business.

4. Reflect on your personal history.

5. What type of activity have you always gravitated toward and been successful at?

6. What skill sets have you developed through education and work experience?

7. Perhaps most importantly, describe what you are not good at. Where have you consistently failed, been   frustrated, or have frustrated others?

When you have completed this process, try to summarize your findings in one brief paragraph.

Coach Rob

rob@leadersconnect.com

www.robertpasick.com

Finding Your Passion In Life

I learned many lessons last week from the participants in my workshop at CEO Connect on “Finding Your Occupational Sweet Spot”. You can view this workshop by clicking on the link below. Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing some of the key lessons learned from this workshop. The first circle is about finding your passion. Ask yourself these questions to help you find your passion:

1. What do you seek to regularly learn more about through reading, television, conversations, etc?

2. What newspapers, magazines, or websites do you subscribe to and what section do you read first?

3. Where do you contribute your time and your money?

4. What interests do you currently have that you also had before the age of 18?

5. About what cause or topic do you feel you have “fire in the belly”?

6. If you won the lottery, what activities would you continue to do even if you didn't need to do them for the money?

7. On the days when you are excited about going to work, what is it you are looking forward to doing?

I would appreciate your feedback from the video of the workshop and if you have other ideas about “finding your passion”, please share them with me.

Link to CEO Connect: http://www.robertpasick.com/ceo-video-gallery/

Coach Rob

rob@leadersconnect.com

www.robertpasick.com

Finding Your Sweet Spot in Life

In my workshop on Friday, December 7, you will have the  opportunity to figure out your sweet spot: where you want to be in your career and maybe in your life. After all, we should not be separating our career from the rest of our lives. Here are some tips to better integrate your career and your life:

1. Recognize that if you are in a partnership, you need to plan your career, parenting, and other responsibilities collaboratively.
2. You need also to clarify your values and goals as a couple. What are your collaborative goals regarding:

                 -finance?

                 -lifestyle?

                 -relations with family and friends?

                 -recreation?

                 -health?

      3. You need to create a collaborative vision for what will make you happy and provide             meaning in the short-term and long-term.

If you would like to attend the CEO Connect event, click on the link http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4873210905. Also please feel free to bring your significant other.

Coach Rob

rob@leadersconnect.com

www.robertpasick.com

More On Finding Your Career Sweet Spot

On Friday, December 7, I am offering a workshop on finding your career sweet spot. I will help participants explore the intersection between their passion, unique talents, values, and financial needs and desires. Here are some key questions to consider in each category:

Passion:

1. What activity brings you the most joy in your life?

2. What do you love to do so much that you would do even if you weren’t being paid for it?

Unique Talent:

1. What do you do better than most everybody you know?

2. What are you succeeding at now that you have been  succeeding at since you were a teenager?

3. What are you not good at?

Values:

1. Describe an organization that would enable you to uphold your ethics and societal values while simultaneously enabling you to maintain your desired work-family balance.

Financial:

1. How much money do you need to be paid to sustain your desired lifestyle?

If you would like to attend the CEO Connect event, click on this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4873210905.

Coach Rob

rob@leadersconnect.com

www.robertpasick.com

How to Successfully Manage Transitions

I recently wrote an article which describes my transition from clinical psychologist to executive coach over the last 15 years entitled “Swimming with the Sharks”. It is in the November/December issue of the Psychotherapy Networker.

Here are my thoughts about the steps required to make a successful transition.

1. You have to reflect carefully upon what you want to achieve.
2. You have to visualize what success will look like and write down the vision.
3. You have to translate your vision to a set of goals.
4. You have to act upon your goals.
5. You have to accept that no matter what you will   yourself to do, you will encounter challenges, defeats, and disappointments along the way.
6. To overcome these obstacles, persistence, persistence, persistence.

Change happens no matter what. Why not try to make it the change you want rather than the change that just happens?

To read the article, click on this link http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/currentissue/item/1836-swimming-with-the-sharks.

Coach Rob

rob@leadersconnect.com

www.robertpasick.com

Ken Dallafior’s Seven Cultural Beliefs to Ensure Success

Ken Dallafior, Executive Vice President of Group Business and Corporate Marketing—Blue Cross Blue Shield, gave an insightful and inspiring presentation at CEO Connect. Here are his seven cultural beliefs he tries to instill in all of his employees: 

1. Act Now. I commit each day to act with urgency to beat the competition.

2. Reach Out. I build partnerships across the enterprise to achieve outstanding corporate results.

3. Own It. I take accountability for our results and   constantly ask "what else can I do?"

4. Let's Talk. I see, listen and share to foster an open and honest exchange.

5. Be Radical. I implement innovative solutions for stakeholders as part of my daily work.

6. Embrace Lean. I beat the competition by maximizing efficiency - being leaner, faster and better every day.

7. Be Aligned. My daily actions align with, and focus on, achieving corporate results.

The video of Ken’s presentation can be found at the link below this clipboard.

Coach Rob Pasick

Email: rob@leadersconnect.com

Website: www.robertpasick.com

Grade Yourself As A Coach

Ken Dallafior (Executive Vice President of Group Business & Corporate Marketing, BCBSM), who is our speaker at CEO Connect on November 9, believes that when it comes to leading, it’s all about coaching your people. Here is an assessment to grade yourself on how effective you are as a coach. Please score on an A to E scale.

1. I am scrupulous about coaching each of my leaders on a regular basis (not only at performance review) ____

2. I give my leaders new assignments which stretch their talents ____

3. I regularly give honest positive and negative feedback __

4. I provide them the tools they need to play the game  well ___

5. I set an example through my own behavior ____

6. I find ways to encourage them to believe in themselves ___

7. I am willing to admit I was wrong and they were right __

8. I take time to know them as people ____

9. I know I need them because without them we’d never win the game ___

10. I know that as a coach, they must play the game, not me ___

11. I have their backs at all times ____

Please click the link below, if you would like to attend the CEO Connect breakfast with Ken Dallafior.

Coach Rob

rob@leadersconnect.com

www.robertpasick.com