Welcome to the December 2022 Christmas Executive Leadership News

Your 2022 Career Retrospective

While it is wonderful to be present and, in the moment, there is also a lot to be said for reflecting and celebrating the year that has been. Summer is the perfect time to catch up with colleagues, friends and family. It is also important to be kind to yourself and carve out some time to sit back and reflect on the years achievements both big and small. If you are feeling extra motivated, you may even document a few to capture in your CV and LinkedIn profile! If you are seeking any achievement writing tools, reach out to us at Diversitas as we are always happy to share resources to help you manage and thrive in your careers.

Questions to ask yourself…

1. What were your career highlight’s this year?

2. What aspects of your career or you, to leave behind?

3. What do you want more of in your career in 2023?

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Holiday Closure Dates

Diversitas Coaching & Training will be closed from the 16th December 2022 to the 16th January 2023.

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Summer Career Inspiration Reading & Watching

A few articles & videos for the summer holidays for those looking to recharge, build their confidence, shift their thinking and plan for a better 2023.

‘5 Tips For A Successful Mid-Career Change’ Forbes

Making a career change can occur at any age, however midlife tends to be a common time for people to reflect on their life and careers and if this is the place they want to be. They say your second career is the one you do for yourself. While your first career is often heavily influenced by your parents and school - hence your first career is for them! According to a survey by Indeed, the average age of a career change is 39 years. To read more visit 5 Tips For A Successful Mid-Career Change (forbes.com)​

How to Speak up in Meetings when you are an Introvert – by May Busch

If you are not familiar with the work of May Busch she produces great careers content for professionals and executives. In this post this provides a few good pointers. “As you approach your next opportunity, remember these 5 ways to make it easier to speak up in meetings… even if you’re an introvert:” 1. Reframe the why 2. Prepare what you want to say 3. Think about when you want to jump in (and get help if you need it) 4. Practice out loud 5. Hear your voice in the first 60 seconds To read the full post visit How to Speak up in Meetings When You’re an Introvert.

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Feeling anxious? The Greco-Roman philosophers have some advice

“According to contemporary American Stoic William B. Irvine (author of 2019’s The Stoic Challenge), developing resilience requires learning to overcome the subconscious, which is always looking to blame and judge when we run into difficulties.”

Weighed down by worries? There’s some unexpected comfort to be found in the Stoics’ millennia-old teachings. This is a long wonderfully interesting article that anyone who has found themselves feeling anxious will relate to and find comforting. To read the article visit How ancient Stoic philosophy can help with modern anxiety (smh.com.au)

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How to Get Confident, Beat Your Insecurities, and Overcome Fear with Lisa Bilyeu

Confidence isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you build. In this #MarieTV with Lisa Bilyeu, you’ll learn how to take control of your mind, beat your insecurities, and tame that negative voice in your head. So, you can finally do the things you've been too scared to try. Lisa Bilyeu is the co-founder of the billion-dollar company (yes billion with a ‘b’), Quest Nutrition, and the co-founder and president of Impact Theory. To watch this video visit How to Get Confident, Beat Your Insecurities, and Overcome Fear with Lisa Bilyeu

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How to stop waiting and start living – a jolt from Henry James

“The things we want are transformative, and we don’t know or only think we know what is on the other side of that transformation,” Rebecca Solnit wrote in her exquisite Field Guide to Getting Lost.

The wanting starts out innocently — awaiting the birthday, the new bicycle, Christmas morning; awaiting the school year to end, or to begin. Soon, we are awaiting the big break, the great love, the day we finally find ourselves — awaiting something or someone to deliver us from the tedium of life-as-it-is, into some other and more dazzling realm of life-as-it-could-be, all the while vacating the only sanctuary from the storm of uncertainty raging outside the frosted windows of the here and now. To read visit How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James – The Marginalian

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Mental Fitness – Positive Intelligence (PQ Program) for 2023

Some of you have been on the PQ Mental Fitness journey with me this year and I know from engaging with you that it has made a positive difference in your lives. If you are interested in exploring Shirzard Chamine’s Positive Intelligence Mental Fitness Program for yourself or your team, please reach out and we can schedule a time to go through the program.

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Newsletter Hiatus

Thank you for reading the Executive Leadership News. I hope that it has made a positive difference in your life. The newsletter will be going into hiatus in 2023.

Wishing you all a safe and wonderful Christmas and marvelous 2023

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