The Manager… “Who Am I?” Professional Edition, Part 2
This is part 2 of our multi-part series on the importance of figuring out your career path perspective. Click here to review part 1.
The first path we will explore in depth is…
Path #1 – MANAGERIAL:
This career path preference is best characterized by those interested in continually moving vertically up the organizational ladder into traditional supervisory and managerial positions with increasing spans of control, responsibility, power, and authority.
Anchors and Motives:
Typical career anchors and motives of these individuals include power, influence, leadership, control, task accomplishment, status, managerial competence, and directing others.
Appropriate organizational rewards:
Those of us who prefer the managerial will typically feel rewarded by: upward mobility, promotion, special perks, titles, and organizational symbols of success (e.g., profit sharing incentive plans, company car, stock options, financial planning, expense account, club memberships, etc.).
To Be Continued…
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