Planning Your Total Career and Life Portfolio

Abstract

Accelerating technology and market changes are creating many new employment opportunities and career challenges. With such changes, viable career development strategies are needed. Through a review of the goal setting and need assessment process, and numerous executive development practices, presents a model for management and career development known as the Total Career and Life Portfolio (TCLP). Developed by the authors for use in career counselling, managerial consulting, training and development, and strategic planning, the TCLP has been found to be a helpful planning process for executives.

Beyond goal setting

“…Progressive, purposeful, and worthwhile goals are a part of the self‐confrontation process which, when attained, can make for more effective career, personal, financial, and life choices. Goal setting underlies the career planning process[3 ]. What type of executive practises effective goal setting?…”

“…In no way, perhaps, do executives reflect their self‐esteem more than in spoken words. To be successful in self‐marketing, executives must be able to communicate their confidence, strengths, weaknesses, potential contributions effectively to the prospective employer, and even their goals and accomplishments[3]. The level of an executive′s self‐esteem will undoubtedly influence the effectiveness of this communication.…”

“…The failure to do so will result in suboptimization of goal achievement for both the executive and the organization. There are numerous tools and techniques available to assist executives in this process of self‐discovery[3]. Through this process, executives are able to develop a greater awareness of their character, and become more effective in marketing that character.…”