#458 How To Deal With Any Challenge At Work (Career Scenario Planning)

This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about how to use scenario planning as a tool to increase your career resilience. They work through a matrix that you can apply to your career to spot different situations and take proactive action to mitigate risk and maximise opportunity. (00:00) Introduction (01:25) Benefits of scenario planning (04:57) Part 1: a sample matrix (07:07) a) best case - promotion (08:54) b) worst case - redundancy (10:33) c) unwanted - changing role (13:15) d) hopeful - job-crafting (16:22) Part 2: why wait?... (17:17) a) best case - sponsorship and skills (18:46) b) worst case - create connections (20:09) c) unwanted - look sideways (21:44) d) hopeful - shadowing (25:02) Part 3: AI add-on (30:09) Final thoughts To use the PodSheet that supports the episode, head to amazingif.com/listen For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email [email protected] Need some more squiggly career support? 1. Download our free careers tools https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 2. Sign-up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024 3. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’ www.amazingif.com/books/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices