2. Know Yourself
Sit quietly and reflect on the following questions and jot down the answers to
each:
1. What skills do I have?
2. What are my strengths?
3. What are my weaknesses?
4. What are my personal values?
5. What do I enjoy most about my work?
6. What are my work based achievements?
7. What areas would I like to develop further?
8. What would an ideal day consist of?
9. What motivates me?
10. What don't I enjoy and/or de-motivates me?
Mike Petter
mike@5dm.co.uk
3. What does the future look like
Complete two Balance Wheels:
• One for your Life Balance
• One for your Career Balance
Each wheel should have eight segments, the centre of the wheel is a score of
0 and the edge a score of 10. Rank each segment between 0-10 and draw
a line to create a new outer edge (see example on next slide)
Choose the titles for each segment that best describe your Life or Career:
examples could be
Life: Physical Environment, Fun, Personal growth, Romance, Partner, Friends, Family,
Health, Money (income and savings/debt), Work etc.
Career: Income, Enjoyment, Respect, Challenge, Satisfaction,Achievement, Experience,
Skills, Stretch, etc.
Mike Petter
mike@5dm.co.uk
4. Balance Wheel
Example balance wheel:
Physical Career
Environment
5
3 Money
Fun &
Recreation
8
1
4
Personal 6
Growth Health
3
5
Partner/ Friends &
romance Family
Mike Petter
mike@5dm.co.uk
5. Gap Analysis
Having scored each segment:
• Describe in words why you decided on each score.
• What would be your ideal score?
• What is missing?
Mike Petter
mike@5dm.co.uk
6. Action Plan
Discuss the results of the previous exercise with a good Coach and draw up a
list of actions for the short term (0-6 month), medium term (6-12 month)
and long term (3 years). These actions should include how you will identify
opportunities
(example)
Action Expected Outcome By when Measure of success What help do I need
Get a career coach Career change or 3-6 months Clarity of what my ideal
development career looks like
Produce new CV More interviews/interest 3 months Get longlisted for Career Coach
opportunities
Draw up list of More focussed 6 months Able to describe the Career Coach
opportunities approach 'perfect role'
Mike Petter
mike@5dm.co.uk
7. For further details contact
Mike Petter
mike@5dm.co.uk
01329 235765 (UK)
+44 1329 235765
