The Protean Career Path to Inclusion

In the 21st Century, you’re probably trying to develop a Protean Career without even knowing it.

Find out what a Protean Career is and why this has some interesting implications for Diversity and Inclusion

Here are some key messages from this episode

• The relationship between Protean Careers and Inclusion
• How the Pandemic accelerated our Protean Careers
• The defining features of a Protean Career and much more

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Here are some key takeaways from this episode

Protean Careers are value driven by individuals

“as part of a protean career people shape their career according to their own internal values and beliefs instead of an organizations values and beliefs”

Protean Careers are self-directed in terms of career management

“Recent events have accelerated the idea that you not your employer is responsible for managing your career and your development. I’m not going to labour this point because as a regular listener to the show, I already know that you’re committed to learning and development.”

Protean Careers require organisations to demonstrate their values

“In the 21^st century, if you don’t reflect the right values, this is going to affect not only your employees but other stakeholders, suppliers, partners, investors, your clients. Your clients have values too.”

Here are some resources so you can go deeper

Protean Career

Protean and boundaryless career attitudes: relationships with subjective and objective career success

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