ure, the broad concepts? Or are you more likely to want to start with some specifics that you can get your hands on?

For the big picture person you can start by asking yourself:

• What do I want from my life as a whole/from my working life?
• What’s important to me personally at a broad,

The point at which you decide to look for a new job is a great time to take stock. After all when you move to a new job you are going to be in a different company in a new role which will take up a considerable part of your life. It make sense to ensure that it matches what you need at a personal level as well as meeting your economic and career development goals.

Getting clear about what it is we really want, what’s important to us, is not something most of us spend much time on. This can be particularly true if we’ve worked for the same company or in the same industry for a long period of time. We get to know what expected. We know how things are done round here. And we have found a way to operate in this environment, often adapting and compromising along the way.

You could move to your next job with the same mindset. Or you could take the braver step of examining what you really want. The aim being to find a job that is a natural fit. One that will give you more of what you really want.

How do you go about clarifying what is important? Asking yourself questions is a good start! Where you start will depend on what kind of person you are. Do you tend to start with the big picture, the broad concepts? Or are you more likely to want to start with some specifics that you can get your hands on?

For the big picture person you can start by asking yourself:

• What do I want from my life as a whole/from my working life?
• What’s important to me personally at a broad,

as well as meeting your economic and career development goals.

Getting clear about what it is we really want, what’s important to us, is not something most of us spend much time on. This can be particularly true if we’ve worked for the same company or in the same industry for a long period of time. We get to know what expected. We know how things are done round here. And we have found a way to operate in this environment, often adapting and compromising along the way.

You could move to your next job with the same mindset. Or you could take the braver step of examining what you really want. The aim being to find a job that is a natural fit. One that will give you more of what you really want.

How do you go about clarifying what is important? Asking yourself questions is a good start! Where you start will depend on what kind of person you are. Do you tend to start with the big picture, the broad concepts? Or are you more likely to want to start with some specifics that you can get your hands on?

For the big picture person you can start by asking yourself:

• What do I want from my life as a whole/from my working life?
• What’s important to me personally at a broad,

. We get to know what expected. We know how things are done round here. And we have found a way to operate in this environment, often adapting and compromising along the way.

You could move to your next job with the same mindset. Or you could take the braver step of examining what you really want. The aim being to find a job that is a natural fit. One that will give you more of what you really want.

How do you go about clarifying what is important? Asking yourself questions is a good start! Where you start will depend on what kind of person you are. Do you tend to start with the big picture, the broad concepts? Or are you more likely to want to start with some specifics that you can get your hands on?

For the big picture person you can start by asking yourself:

• What do I want from my life as a whole/from my working life?
• What’s important to me personally at a broad,

The aim being to find a job that is a natural fit. One that will give you more of what you really want.

How do you go about clarifying what is important? Asking yourself questions is a good start! Where you start will depend on what kind of person you are. Do you tend to start with the big picture, the broad concepts? Or are you more likely to want to start with some specifics that you can get your hands on?

For the big picture person you can start by asking yourself:

• What do I want from my life as a whole/from my working life?
• What’s important to me personally at a broad,

ure, the broad concepts? Or are you more likely to want to start with some specifics that you can get your hands on?

For the big picture person you can start by asking yourself:

• What do I want from my life as a whole/from my working life?
• What’s important to me personally at a broad, global level?
• What do I feel most passionate about?

You may, for example find that you want to be “at the leading edge, working with a small team that’s moving the industry forward”. Alternatively you might find that your key driver is “to be of service to others”.

For the person with a more specific starting point:

• What specifically is important to me?
• What do I feel most passionate/strongly about in my current job?
• What particular incidents or events in my life can I identify when I know I was most happy/at one with myself/effortlessly at my best?

You may find a number of examples when you know you have been working effectively and feeling good. When you look across these examples you might find a common theme. Maybe you were planning and organising in each of them. Managing details or getting satisfaction from the completion of projects.

Whatever your answer to these questions you can use the knowledge and insights you have gained to find out more.

To continue with the examples:

• When I’m at the leading edge how do I know I’m at the leading edge?
• What is it that being at the leading edge gives me?

Your answers might incl