Developing a growth mindset and linking it to a career is important for every employee. Especially in an industry that is constantly changing as it is today. In the context of a career, someone who has a growth mindset tends to see changes in his job, work environment, and career as opportunities for growth even though they are full of pressure or challenges.

On the other hand, those with a fixed mindset‍ tend to believe that they cannot develop or hone skills. As such, they tend to see changes in their work environment, roles, and careers in a more negative light.

Having a growth mindset will keep employees open to opportunities, helping them continue to develop and expand their current capabilities. In the end, it is possible for employees to thrive in a business environment that is constantly changing.

To ensure that you can continue to adapt to changes, let's take a look at the tips we've put together below for developing your career with a growth mindset.

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Tips for Developing Your Career with a Growth Mindset

1. Get to know yourself better

Utilize self-insight to understand yourself and the values you hold. With this, you will gain an understanding of your values, interests, strengths, personality type, and ambitions to make career decisions that align with what you want for the future.

2. Self-exploration

The next step is to explore the choices you have made. Consider your aspirations and the opportunities available. This also applies to any obstacles you need to consider in making career decisions or obstacles you need to overcome if you want to pursue certain goals. These obstacles may be based on skills or education, organization or even geography.

3. Set long-term and short-term goals

Career goals are targets or objectives you want to achieve in the future related to your career path. Examples of long-term career goals could be becoming a director of a company in five years, becoming a CEO in ten years, starting a small business in three years, and so on. Setting your future goals will eventually determine the steps you need to take to achieve them and help you stay motivated.

4. Start implementing your plan

The final step is about how you take action and implement your plan to truly develop your career towards your goals. This means you need to be prepared to do something or achieve something – networking, gaining more experience, and seeking opportunities and roles that will bring you closer to achieving your aspirations and realizing your future dreams.

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Most importantly, the above 4 steps should be a continuous process throughout your career journey. It is also important to regularly review your understanding of yourself, the influence you give, and changes in the world of work.

In developing a career with a growth mindset, a supportive work environment is also needed to support employees to continue to grow. Mindtera can help you build and maintain a balanced and positive workplace wherever your employees are.

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