Why would one create a compelling event or deadline for yourself?
Successful company builders know that people can and should be stretched. Unre Visagie built many successful companies. He stretches the people that work with him in building these companies; people discover depths within them they never knew they had. The knowledge successful company builders have is to know when to stop expecting more from an individual and allow that specific growth curve to play itself out. The trick is that anyone wanting to grow their careers can apply this same “pressure” to themselves in building their own successful careers. Have a career builder attitude!
What is compelling events or deadlines?
A compelling event is something that’s going to happen and bears serious consequences on the day of the event, if certain criterion is not met. A deadline is a date or time something must be done; a deadline could be a compelling event. For the remainder of this section we use Compelling Event and Deadline interchangeably; this process is about getting work done, having fun and growing ones career, in the spirit of growing careers, the two terms are the same.
How would one go about setting your own deadline?
Career Builder learned from working with many individual careers. A good place to begin is to grow a win-win mindset! When one has a win-win mindset growth happens almost on autopilot. Ones environment becomes electric and more people become involved in achieving the goals you set for yourself. People want to be part of something that is alive and excels. Build your career by setting your own deadlines. Set your own goals and work hard to achieve these goals. Remember to always stay flexible to absorb opportunities that may arise. Be careful not to chase down ones goals in a destructive manner to the of what's happening around you. Develop your unique win-win mindset and involve other people; growing their careers in the process of achieving your goals. Such a person is always wanted in any team! Career Builder call this process “Create your own compelling events”, in other words create your own deadlines.
Coaching session implementing Create your own compelling events:
It creates an environment of growth around you. You will need extra resources; acquiring those resources to get the job done will fast-track your growth in career skills. Deadlines, ones you created or otherwise, get the job done and that’s always a good thing J
Nadine
Which career skills will one typically expand when I create my own deadlines?
Prioritize your work. Those tasks and projects at the top is the place to begin. Ask questions like:
Do these projects have deadlines?
If not set a reasonable time for them to be completed.
Which extra resources will I need to complete these projects?
Get these resources, use delegation.
Ask yourself what the one with the resources you have needs that you can offer.
If the project does have a deadline, can I complete the project before the deadline date?
Can I create “small” compelling events before the big date that will assist me in completing certain tasks faster?
Create mini projects out of certain aspects of the bigger project.
Nadine
How would I manage these compelling events I set for myself?
Barry
Use organizing and communication processes to do this. There are many tools, CareerDevelopmentPlan and Alephsynergy will have all the tools you need.
Nadine
If I am unable to complete the deadlines I set for myself, how should one handle this?
Barry
Knowing that you worked hard to complete this deadline, the only thing you can do is learn from what happened. Make some time and review what you did, ask yourself questions like:
What could one have done differently?
Which other resources could one have used?
Which of the tools, methods and processes one used worked and which did not work?
Why did they work and, if not, why did they not work?
Which skills did I learn through creating my own compelling events?
Remember to make time and see how much you grew in the process. Do not just focus on the things that did not work…
Take an orange from your backpack of life, sit down on the mountain you are climbing and look back at the view. Appreciate the effort it took to climb to where you are and enjoy the new skills you have learned.
