{"id":35367,"date":"2019-12-05T17:20:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T01:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=35367"},"modified":"2019-12-05T17:20:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T01:20:09","slug":"personal-and-professional-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/personal-and-professional-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal and Professional Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Personal and Professional Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd did you get what<\/span>
<\/span>you wanted from this life, even so?<\/span>
<\/span>I did.<\/span>
<\/span>And what did you want?<\/span>
<\/span>To call myself beloved, to feel myself<\/span>
<\/span>beloved on the earth.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cLate Fragment\u201d by\u00a0Raymond Carver
From:\u00a0A New Path to the Waterfall<\/i>,\u00a0Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989.<\/p>\n

As the last month of the calendar year finally arrives and we collectively celebrate the end of one year and the start of a new year, Raymond Carver’s question is so pertinent. As you look over the year that has been, ask yourself: “was it the year that should have been?” In other words, when you go back to your wish list of dreams on 1 January of this year, “did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?” It is a wonderful question and turns our focus to purposeful self-reflection and to personal and professional transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is this important? Purposeful self-reflection usually leads to self-regulation. The ability to have a review of one’s life and all the components that makes up a life, creates the road map that can lead to self-improvement. The reason as to why this is important to do periodically, was best captured by Stephen Covey. “Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important, is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant” (Covey. S. R., Merrill. R. A., Merrill. R. R. (1994). First Things First. New York: Simon and Shuster. p.32).<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you don’t care about your own personal and professional success why should others, especially an employer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Of course, if you have never taken the time to set goals that are SMART at the start of the new year, most likely as part of your new year\u2019s resolutions, then how do you know if you have ever achieved them or even came close to achieving them? The key is in the SMART goals, as this keeps them sharp and achievable.<\/span><\/p>\n

SMART goals are:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Specific<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep the goals to just one point of focus. The more singular the focus, the sharper and more \u2018doable\u2019 they will be.<\/span><\/p>\n

Measurable<\/strong><\/p>\n

Build into your goals some means by which you will measure your success. It must be meaningful to yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Achievable<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is always the temptation at the start of a new year to be overly ambitious. Make sure that they can be achieved within a skillset you either have or will acquire and can be progressively worked upon in order to achieve the goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Realistic<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is very much related to achievable. Simply if the goal is not realistic to you in your context and with your skillset, it will become near impossible to achieve. Another way of thinking about the notion of setting a realistic goal is to ask yourself this question. What is the likelihood of you working constantly, say 30 minutes a day or for three days a week for the next month on a goal? Why you might ask, does this set the standard for a \u2018realistic SMART goal\u2019? The answer can be found in Neuroscience. According to Eric Jensen in \u2018<\/span>Fool Proof Strategies To Jump Start Any New Habit\u2019<\/span><\/a>, the research from Neuroscience indicates that a series of repeated behaviors, over a sustained period of time, is required to change to the new habit and solidify it as common practice. Typically, self-improvement means changing habits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Timely<\/strong><\/p>\n

The goal cannot be endless. Eternity is the absence of time. You are not writing a goal that is eternal, it is to be achieved in the here and now, the present moment or a future present moment in the new year. You should recalibrate your SMART Goals at least on an annual basis. They must not be timed beyond one year. Highly effective goals will be set to be achieved this year and then be broken into sub-goals that are timed out into days, weeks and months to be achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n

You will find setting SMART Goals an immensely practical way to put in place a Personal Plan. To ensure you have a road map for self-improvement and indeed professional improvement really requires a Personal Plan. This author has been keeping a Personal Plan since 1988. The template that has been used can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are 6 key areas to the Personal Plan that this writer uses and yes, they can blend into each other. For example, Health \/ Well-Being may have a connection with Inner Life and Well-Being and both might lead to Study – Formal \/ Informal or impact Career or even Wealth Creation (hard to achieve if you’re always unwell) and all of these areas will impact Family \/ Friends. Personally, the one area that is the foundation for success in the others is Inner-Life and Well-Being.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ‘6 Key Areas’ are:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  1. Family \/ Friends<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Health \/ Well-Being<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Study\u2013Formal \/ Informal<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Career<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Wealth Creation<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Inner-Life and Well-Being<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Personal Plan underpins an absolutely essential component of personal and professional success. If you don’t care about your own personal and professional success why should others, especially an employer. A mantra that can work well with improving yourself personally and professionally is: “You are as you do. You do as you are.” You are successful because you did something about your success. Your personal plan for success has led to the success you are. This is worth remembering when others around you ask: Why are you doing all that? If you’re good enough you’ll get the job anyway, won’t you? You’ve got a degree, you should get a job now, shouldn’t you? Also keep in mind that people who ask such questions probably won’t be competing against you for the same job and are unlikely to do sufficient preparation for a job interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

    How does this relate to work inside a Government agency? Success usually builds on success. Your success in your career happens within the organisation you work for. It allows you to claim a true sense of belonging to this organization and to your team. Successful people usually become well known throughout the Government agency and indeed throughout the profession they work within.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ultimately SMART Goals are not just about changing habits but mindsets as well. That is where the connection between personal transformation and professional transformation intersect. This was highlighted by Anna-Lucia Mackay (2015) in her excellent book, ‘<\/span>The Four Mindsets: How to Influence, Motivate and Lead High Performance Teams<\/span><\/a>.’ available from Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n

    What are the \u2018Four Mindsets\u2019 Anna-Lucia Mackay identified, that lead to professional and personal transformation? In a nutshell they are:<\/span><\/p>\n