READOS / Business
Careers, Confidence and Personal Effectiveness
Choosing and changing careers, coaching yourself, building confidence and spending an owner's time well.
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- 01Learning your business from the ground up: doing every job, mapping stakeholders and designing an offer for allWhy founders should learn every role, how to map and interview stakeholders for 90 days, design an offer that solves all their problems, and adapt as customer behaviour shifts.
- 02Choosing the right employer: researching a company, questions to ask and reading the offer before you signHow to judge a potential employer before accepting: the problem it solves, business model, culture, people, durability, role fit and career path, plus checking an Australian job offer.
- 03Career planning with career anchors: knowing what drives you, assessing strengths and choosing the right employerPractical career planning: Schein's eight career anchors, a ten-point strengths self-assessment, nine questions for choosing an employer, and handling interviews and rejection.
- 04Changing careers and preparing for future jobs: reasons, risks, a transition checklist and lifelong learningHow to change careers and stay relevant: reasons and trade-offs, financial and family challenges, a five-step transition checklist, lasting skills and lifelong learning habits.
- 05Adaptability at work: cognitive, emotional and dispositional flexibility, and how to build themWhy adaptability matters more as work changes, the three kinds of flexibility, practical ways to build them, and how to interpret setbacks so they lead to useful action.
- 06Building self-confidence and a growth mindset: managing self-doubt, constructive self-talk and small stepsPractical ways to build self-confidence and a growth mindset at work: managing self-doubt, constructive self-talk, small steps, leaving comfort zones and learning from failure.
- 07Goal coaching with the ARROW model: aim, reality, reflection, options and way forwardA five-step coaching framework: set an aim, assess reality with a day-in-the-life review, reflect on purpose, generate options and commit to a tracked way forward.
- 08A daily coaching diary for business owners: goal statements, focused learning, the main thing and daily reviewA practical daily routine for owners: a monthly goal statement, an hour of focused learning, main thing before firefighting, a ten-minute review, gratitude and a 90-day start.
- 09Resilience and attitude for business owners: replacing unhelpful thinking patterns and bouncing back from setbacksHow owners can notice and replace unhelpful thinking patterns, recover from setbacks, keep learning and sustain energy, with practical tools and signs that it is time to seek support.
- 10Where the owner's time goes: governing attention under pressureIn a small business, the owner's attention is the scarcest resource. How to treat interruptions as evidence, fix recurring causes, push decisions down and protect time for the future.
These topic-based reading collections are organised alphabetically; chapters may be read in any order.
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