Accomplishments

Today I am in the city again for some errands and shopping.
Time for coffee and lunch at the closest place in my iPhone app, The Postal Hall in Russell St.
A small open funky place in the old postal sorting hall.
Great table service from a very happy helpful waiter who delivers my coffee in 5 mins and a freshly made bagel with smoked salmon, dill and Brie. Of course the place is full of "suits". Quite suitable for my blog today.

It's hard to believe how fast the first 2 months of my sabbatical have gone. It's been the best thing I have ever done for myself. I am so much more grounded, calm and satisfied with my life. I have had fun, lots of R&R, done new things and crossed off a few things on my must do and love to do lists.

Looking back over the last 11 years, I feel like I have achieved so much in my career, I have worked incredibly hard, learnt heeps, have some very special family and friends in my life, I have also had some amazing experiences living in Asia.

I am now starting to think about what is next. What am I passionate about. What do I love doing at work, and what are the things I don't enjoy doing. What do I want to learn next and where do I want to be in 5 and 10 years time.

I have an interview next week for a GM of HR role for an ASX top 50 company. I am still committed to having the full three months off. Frankly I am not sure if I am ready yet but I am keen on this company and the role, so who knows. Good experience to go through the process.

Going through the whole interview process of course I have to think deeply about what I have achieved in my HR career to prepare for the interviews. It's an interesting exercise to go through. What are the major projects that I have led that have had a strategic impact on the organization, how have I been innovative, what's my impact on executives, how have I created change and how well do I get things done through others.

Working for one company for 11 years meant for me I typically only thought about some of these accomplishments as apart of the annual performance review, and they were often known by my manager so did not require a concise explanation.

How do I build a concise summary of my accomplishments over the last 11 years?and then give some as examples of my vale and impact.
It has been fun to list them out and cull it down to the most impactful.

How often have you sat back and reviewed your career accomplishments back 10 years or more? Or have you done just the annual review like me?

Narelle
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