This exercise is designed to help you in a time when you were at your personal best as a leader. We’ll use this in the session during our group discussions. Below are a few things to consider.
What about you made the achievement what it was, and how did that experience create value and growth? These experiences are the actual impact you make in your work. These details create real insights that build self-awareness, confidence, and increase your ability to communicate well about your career.
To properly reflect, document, and build complete stories, CareerTruth provides the STAR method to ensure you document all the pertinent facts and your thought processes simply with an orientation toward results. Starting with the Situation to be solved, which leads to the Tasks you need to accomplish, the Action you took to overcome challenges, and the Results that came from your actions, STAR is an easy-to-remember framework that can work for all your experiences. Your CareerTruth is the place to do this work for all your career.
Take note of these five types of STAR experiences.
The most significant success of your career.
A time you had to face a decision-maker who disagreed with you.
A time when you had to convince people to follow you.
A time you helped someone get better at their work.
A time when you learned from a failure.
After completing a series of these STAR experiences today, you can add more each time you experience a significant moment in your career.