College Students & Graduates

There are certain things that you need to understand as you begin your career and this is not taught in the formal system of education.

You need to start your career with strategic intent while consistently increasing your level of personal awareness.

The start of your career is akin to laying the foundation. Stronger the foundation, the taller your career building will rise.

At this stage, you are test driving your career based on your personality, attitude, interests, values and goals!

Entry Level Professionals

You have entered the workforce! Someone has seen your potential and taken a chance on you. You’ve got the game right so far.

At this stage remember that no work is beneath you. Get involved, be proactive and take initiative. Become the go to person when someone needs help.

Learn immensely through observation. Right now in your career, it is important to listen more and speak less. Prove to them that you are supple clay ready to be moulded.

Focus on building relationships, connecting with and working towards the organisation’s vision.

Roll up your sleeves and get ready to do the dirty work!

Mid career professionals

At this stage, career professionals are busy coming up with solutions for issues and challenges that the organisation might be facing and managing workloads of ever increasing complexity.

This is the stage in which you build your reputation as the 'get it done' individual. This is a make it or break it stage. Your career starts gaining momentum.

This is also the stage in which you will start to be headhunted. Ensuring a good online reputation through a strong personal brand is useful at this stage.

Senior professionals

As a senior professional, you have mastered all the managerial skills such as planning, organising, budgeting, staffing, controlling and problem solving. This allows you to support, guide, teach and mentor your team.

The core of your role is now moving to designing processes and strategies that have maximum impact on the financial statements of the company and creating a vision, galvanising people and leading the way to take your team along on the journey.

In this stage in which you must embody the highest standards of interpersonal skills - morality, integrity and empathy, and communication.