Teboho Mofokeng a member of the Ubumbo family has recently self-published her book – Finding your seat at the table. To download a free chapter or to purchase her book, visit her site tebohomofokeng.co.za.
Taking Charge of your Career Development
The world of work is constantly changing creating new careers while some are becoming redundant. As a result, in the development of most careers, it is no longer business as usual. On the whole, how safe is your career? For this reason, this book shares global trends on the future of work, the tools to create a career development path and, most importantly, how to execute it.
- Define a career that is aligned with your personal mission and values, gives meaning, and creates happiness.
- Design a career path that is adaptable and in demand.
- Manage teams of diverse culture and background and improve their performance.
- Negotiate your way to a seat at the table.
- Lead and influence when you get the opportunity to sit at the table
Careers forged in tough times gives you the opportunity to build mental toughness
Teboho Mofokeng
About the book
Globally 1 in 2 jobs will be impacted in the future leading to reduced working hours, redundant skills, and loss of jobs. Evidently, lifetime employment is a thing of the past. How do you create a career that will weather the storms of the future and earn you a seat at the table? This book will help you design and reinvent a career that is aligned with your strengths. Accordingly, when you are operating from a point of strength, it is easier to make improvements and adapt. Now more than ever, mental stress and resilience have become a necessity to cope in almost any job. Therefore, knowing the future trends in the workplace is key to get ahead in advancing your career development. For this reason, the book gives a global perspective on the demand for skills to help you invest in upskilling to ensure that your career remains relevant. The future of work requires agility and commitment to a lifelong journey of learning. Therefore, it is important to have the tools and resources to create a career path and most importantly how to execute it. Since most companies cannot make the investment to develop their entire workforce, it is up to you to take charge of your career development and create your own success. Most people will spend 30 – 40 years of their lives working, undoubtedly being happy in your career is important because it takes up so much of our best years. As a result, being happy at what you do is fundamental and can be achieved. Whether you are looking to improve your performance and career or become a manager or run your own company, leadership and getting things done is the ultimate differentiator. Consequently, the book shares principles on managing and leading teams considering the complexities of culture and diversity brought about by the different generations at the workplace. Not only does it share how to negotiate at the table, but it also shares the skills required to lead with self-confidence and influence when you get a seat at the table. This book is your guide to creating the ideal career in the 21st century.
Genre: Leadership and Management, Career development
First Publication: August 2020
