In this week’s episode, Chief Victory Officer, Eric Guy, is joined by Pete Schramm, CEO and People Engagement Engineer for Lattitude. They discuss how you can successfully map out your personal growth, and how to surround yourself with leaders who will assist you with your career map.

Takeaways:

• Hiring is expensive, but losing talent can be even more costly.
• A good boss should help you map out your personal growth on your career map.
• If you don’t have a plan or a career map, how are you going to reach your goals?
• Create a Career Map and a Board of Advisors: Pre-Career, Early-Career, Mid-Career, Late-Career, Post-Career.
• Set your expectations from the start with your new hire.
• Give your people the chance to grow. Look at their career map and take the time to talk with them about their goals.
• Leaders should set the tone that life is about more than your workday.

Quotes:

• “Doing the wrong thing can be much worse than doing nothing at all.”
• “Don’t settle for the wrong person.”
• “Life is what you make of it, so why not make it great?”
• “Absorb what is useful. Discard what is not. Add what is uniquely your own.” - Bruce Lee