Mold, Mould, Moled: 3Ms of Career Development

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Mold, Mould, Mole-d 3Ms of Career Development

• Dr. Norman Amundson
• University of British Columbia Canada
• amundson_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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Changes

• Globalization
• Advances in technology and information
• Significant demographic shifts

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Breaking Molds

• Flexibility
• Uniqueness
• Change

• Rigidity
• Repetition
• Constancy

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Paradoxical Approach

• Positive Uncertainty
• Planned Happenstance
• Chaos or Complexity Theory

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Constructivism

• Meaning-making
• Self organization
• Narrative
• Metaphors

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Strategies

• Collaborative Exploration of Stories (Early
  Memories, Daydreams, Success Events, Career Flow)
• Second Order Questioning
• Expanding Existing Metaphors
• Eliciting New Metaphors eg. Career Craft

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Reducing Mould

• Passivity
• Low Self Esteem
• Pawn

• Action
• Self Efficacy
• Agent

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Backswing Strategies

• Identifying and Supporting Personal Strengths
• Encouraging Lifelong Learning
• Highlighting Resilience and Hardiness
• Encouraging Portfolio Thinking

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Sight and Insight
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Self Management

• Portfolio Thinking
• Probabilities and Possibilities
• The Intelligent Career

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Intelligent Career

• Knowing Why - motivation, values, meaning and
  identity
• Knowing How - job related skills and expertise
• Knowing Whom - development of relationships and
  networks

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Miracle Question

• Focus on the problem
• Imagine that the problem has been solved (a
  miracle)
• Look back at what had to happen to make this a
  reality
• Walk the Problem

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Spiritual Vision

• Connecting with something outside of ourselves
• Attaining a bigger sense of meaning and purpose
• Finding ones calling

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Pulling it all Together

• Assessment
• Inter-relationship of domains
• Stimulate new ideas and metaphors