Build a successful corporate career with the skills, strategies, and positioning that help you stand out and succeed
What you'll learn
✓ Define what career success means for you personally
✓ Understand the different career paths available within organisations
✓ Set powerful goals using the SPVEM framework
✓ Build the behaviours and reputation that lead to promotion
✓ Navigate office politics without compromising your integrity
Requirements
● No prior experience is required. This course is suitable for anyone working in or planning to work in an organisation.
Description
Personal Success at Work: Build a Successful Career
Build a successful corporate career with the skills, strategies, and positioning that help you stand out and succeed
What does success in your career really mean?
For some people it means promotion and a bigger salary. For others it means job security, enjoying their work, making a difference, or finding the right balance between career and life.
In reality, career success looks different for everyone and understanding what success means to you is the first step toward achieving it.
In this practical and thought-provoking course, Chris Croft shares the strategies, behaviours, and career tactics that help professionals succeed inside organisations. Drawing on decades of experience working across companies of different sizes and industries, Chris explains how careers actually work inside real workplaces, not just how we think they should work.
You'll explore how organisations operate, how promotions really happen, and how to position yourself so that you become the obvious candidate when opportunities appear.
The course covers everything from defining your personal version of success to developing the habits and skills that make people promotable. You'll learn how to manage relationships with colleagues and bosses, build strong professional networks, and avoid the common career pitfalls that derail talented people.
You'll also explore practical frameworks such as
• The four career paths within organisations
• The SPVEM goal framework for powerful career goals
• The PEAR model of promotion potential
• How to balance achievement and quality of life
• Strategies for navigating office politics and organisational dynamics
This course also explores the importance of visibility, communication, relationships, and reputation within organisations, all essential ingredients for long-term career success.
By the end of the course, you'll have a clearer picture of where you want your career to go and a practical toolkit to help you get there.
Whether you want to climb the corporate ladder, develop specialist expertise, or simply build a career that you genuinely enjoy, this course will help you design a career path that works for you.
Who this course is for
■ Anyone who wants to build a career that balances achievement, enjoyment, and stability