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Re-Entry: Professional Development

 

If you have a goal to run a marathon there are many steps in the journey to cross the finish line. Learning pace setting is an important key for optimizing performance, conserving energy, and preventing injury as you train for endurance. Training in small increments is another important key for endurance so that when you hit a plateau you can keep on keeping on. It also helps if you have a buddy to run and train with you or a coach to support you and to help you cross the finish line. This concept is important and beneficial as you re-enter in the professional landscape of your passport country.

 

Industries and markets are evolving rapidly in today’s fast-paced and competitive professional landscape. Professional growth is essential for global workers whether recently returning home or those more seasoned because it ensures you remain competitive, adaptable, and relevant in your home job market. And when you hit those career plateaus you can overcome them to find job satisfaction and fulfillment.

 

Professional growth isn't just about acquiring technical skills; it also fosters personal development. Serving and living overseas you have developed valuable traits like resilience, adaptability, endurance, intercultural competence, and spiritual fortitude, which can be further refined through ongoing professional growth initiatives.

 

Being connected to and supported by others is vital and lifegiving in this race called re-entry. Working with a coach can help you to make those small incremental goals to reach your big objective and cross the finish line. Let's chat today.

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