{"id":2392,"date":"2012-10-30T11:16:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T16:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2023-05-10T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T23:08:11","slug":"are-you-in-the-right-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/are-you-in-the-right-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You In The Right Job?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2392\" class=\"elementor elementor-2392\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-943c337 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"943c337\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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So in addition to developing executives&#8217; leadership skills, I selectively apply my skills for<a href=\"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/services\/career-direction-coaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Career Direction Coaching.\u00a0<\/a> In these engagements, I meet some really talented executives who find themselves in the wrong job.\u00a0 When their frustration level gets high enough, they seek help to gain clarity for what the right\u00a0job and\/or a better place should look like. There are several scenarios.<\/p><ul><li>Sometimes they are in a job that doesn&#8217;t fit their skills and interests.<\/li><li>In other cases, they are being mismanaged.<\/li><li>We might discover that the work culture conflicts with their values.<\/li><li>Or, their industry and\/or experience is no longer relevant in the information age.<\/li><\/ul><h3>How Happy are You?<\/h3><p>Our business partner for talent assessments, Target Training International just created a 15 question <strong><em>Workplace Happiness Survey<\/em><\/strong> to measure your degree of happiness with <em>your<\/em> job. \u00a0 How will you score? Discover your fit.<\/p><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Job_Happiness_Survey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the Job Happiness Survey (PDF)<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4><h3>Parental Advisory<\/h3><p>For those of you that are parents, I urge you to be careful about your well-intentioned career advice to your children.\u00a0 Many of the executives that I&#8217;ve helped with career clarity were guided by their parents to career paths contrary to their inclinations. I&#8217;ve worked with execs who yielded to parental influence and chose college majors that conflicted with the inherent interests.\u00a0 In too many cases, the result is:<\/p><ul><li>Low scores on the <em>Job Happiness Survey<\/em><\/li><li>Years of an unhappy work life<\/li><li>The need to change careers in a highly competitive job market<\/li><\/ul><h3>Avoid Blaming Others<\/h3><p>For those with a low Job Happiness Survey score, have you&#8230;<\/p><ul><li>Received and heeded misguided career advice?<\/li><li>Have a really bad boss?<\/li><li>Find yourself in a culture that presents ongoing ethical dilemmas?<\/li><\/ul><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1475\" title=\"compass-ms\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/compass-ms.jpg\" alt=\"Compas\" width=\"128\" height=\"138\" \/>Remember: assessing blame does not serve your purpose.<\/p><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You are the captain of your ship. It is your responsibility set your course and sail it in the right direction.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><h3>A Word from Our Sponsor<\/h3><p>Even the best captains utilize the expertise of a navigator. For those seeking to calibrate their career compass, I&#8217;d be honored to <a title=\"Free Executive Consultation\" href=\"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/contact\/executive-coaching-consultation\/\">discuss how I might help<\/a>.<\/p><h3>Related Articles &amp; Resources<\/h3><ul><li><a title=\"Are You Playing The Blame Game?\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/are-you-playing-the-blame-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are You Playing The Blame Game?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vista-development.com\/lessons-frogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lessons From Frogs<\/a> Insight on decision-making from amphibians<\/li><li><a title=\"Is Your Bad Boss Killing You?\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/is-your-bad-boss-killing-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is Your Bad Boss Killing You?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/services\/career-direction-coaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career Direction Coaching<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mastermindconnections.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MasterMind Connections<\/a> &#8211; resources for transitioning senior executives<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To support your pursuit of Job Happiness, here&#8217;s a 15 Question Survey to Gage Your Level of Job Satisfaction <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[158,33],"tags":[159,39],"class_list":["post-2392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-direction","category-self-leaderhship","tag-job-happiness","tag-linkedin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/frustration-ms.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1I2Yr-CA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}