This presentation provides an overview of the critical information you need for making a career change decision. Learn more at: http://www.decision-making-solutions.com/personal_decision_making.html

1. Gary DeGregorio
Keith TenBrook
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Gary DeGregorio
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Keith Ten Brook
◦ As a career executive with Motorola, I have worked in the field of
business software applied research for over fifteen years with a
focus on decision making, decision-based software and
collaboration frameworks. With a strong focus on innovation, Gary
developed an approach for creating knowledge in the context of a
decision framework.
◦ These experiences, coupled with a strong personal vision for
leveraging the value of decision tools in both personal and business
decision making, led Gary and Keith to build and launch Decision
Innovation, Inc.
◦ Keith brings a successful executive business career in leading teams
to develop new and innovative products. He built a successful
career with Motorola and Northrop Corporation where he leveraged
his engineering strengths to lead teams in creating new technologies
and products.
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3. “The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe
that you are working for somebody else.
Job security is gone.
The driving force of a career must come from the
individual.
Remember: Jobs are owned by the company,
you own your career!”
- Earl Nightingale (1921 – 1989), American Motivational Speaker and Author
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How many of you are seeking a new job in the same
career?
How many of you are changing careers and are
looking for a job in that new career?
How many of you are just not sure?
How many of you have taken the time to step back
and think about it before changing your job or
career?
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Workforce reduction (Job impacting)
Company instability (Job impacting)
Industry in turmoil (Career impacting)
Lack of satisfaction (Job/Career impacting)
Lack of passion for what you do (Career impacting)
Too much pressure (Job impacting)
Feeling overworked (Job impacting)
Pending acquisition (Job impacting)
Not feeling relevant (Job/Career impacting)
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What will cause you to take action?
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Things that we believed that aren’t really true
◦ Pensions are guaranteed
◦ In 5 years you will always make more in the stock market
than in a fixed income account
◦ Companies want to take care of their employees
◦ People have to pay to live in a house
◦ Banks know what properties they own
◦ Social security will pay for my retirement
◦ Health insurance was intended to help people
◦ I can stay in a single career for my lifetime
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Talents and strengths are not your skills
What about your personality?
The thing that is not going to change when you
choose your next career is who you are!
You need to assess who you are and who you want to
be before you choose what you are going to do!
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8. “Know then thy self,
Do not the market scan,
Until you’ve surveyed all You are,
Then you will have your plan.”
- Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744) English Poet
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9. For reference, the National Compensation Survey from
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a mean
income for full time workers of approximately $42,500
per year.
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A United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) news
release shows that people born in the years 1957 to
1964 held an average of 10.8 jobs from ages 18 to 42.
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Statisticians will tell you to expect to have 3 careers in
your life (a number that life coaches say is really 4 to 7
as the notion of corporate loyalty disappears into
history and technology drives constantly evolving skill
sets).
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11. Personal
Vision
Mission
Statement
Core
Values
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Are you living a life guided by your core
values?
Is your career choice guided by a
personal vision?
How are your relationship priorities
influencing your career choice?
Is it really all about the money?
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KEY: Current
Decision
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Core
Beliefs
Career
Next
Career
College
Relationships
Health
Strategy
Where to Live
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Choose:
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Make more effective and efficient use of your time
and talent
Avoid decision traps/mistakes
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Solving the wrong problem
Reaching conclusions prematurely
Letting your own opinions become “facts”
Shooting from the hip
Failing to follow through
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Reduce fear of the future and avoid indecision,
which is the worst possible outcome -- that of doing
nothing even when we know in our heart we need a
change
Identify related decisions that will influence or
constrain your next career choice
Determine the appropriate amount of money and
time to complete the decision
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14. TM
Manage
1.Frame
2.Innovate
3.Decide
4.Manage
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15. From the book DECIDE GUIDE: Choose Your Next Career
 Explore your Decision situation (page 26)
 Establish the value of your career decision (pages 27-29)
 Indentify/confirm your stakeholders (page 30)
 Do an assessment of you interests, strengths, and/or
personality (pages 54-56)
These pages are available at:
http://www.decision-making-solutions.com/support-files/changecareers-with-confidence-from-decision-innovation-handouts.pdf
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16. Purchase the eBook only:
Decide Guide
eBook >
Purchase the eBook combined with a
pre-populated PDF worksheet:
Decide Guide eBook
& PDF Worksheet >
Request a Demo or Free trial of our DKC
software (includes the Career Decision
example):
Decision Knowledge
Center™ Software >
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