One of the top news stories of 2021 (besides COVID) was “The Great Resignation” or “The Big Quit”. The most recent government’s job report indicated that well over 20 million people quit their jobs in the second half of 2021. Many of those who quit their jobs did so without another job or a plan - quite risky. Risk Management is one of the most important tasks for a Project Manager. Given this, regardless of what your job goal is in 2022, it only seemed natural that our first article of 2022 pertain to Intentional Professional Growth Plans.
According to John Maxwell, a number 1 New York Times bestselling author, coach and speaker, “The only guarantee you and I have for a better tomorrow is if we are growing today”. According to Mr. Maxwell, “we don’t go into possibilities we grow into possibilities” and “we don’t go into opportunities, we grow into opportunities.” And, the best way to grow into anything is with an Intentional Growth Plan.
From a career perspective, an Intentional Professional Growth plan needs a goal as well as future and current state skill assessment. Based on the skill gap (which is your future skill state minus current skill state), you can begin constructing an Intentional Growth Plan.
So what is your goal? For many of us, determining our Career goal is not that easy especially in this constantly changing Life Sciences environment. It is an exciting time as there are so many new opportunities for Project Managers. To help understand these new opportunities, the Marketing Team will focus this year’s monthly articles on the top trends in the Life Science Industry. Keep your eyes open for articles on: Digital Transformation of Healthcare, Rise of Robots in Surgical Environments, Role of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning in Drug Discovery, Hyper Collaboration in Health Care and Life Sciences and finally Decentralized Clinical Trials. We hope that these articles inspire you to set your career goals high and perhaps in a new area.
If there is a trend or topic you would like to know more about, please email us at lifesciencesinfo@pminj.org.
