Effective Career Choices

Following a layoff by a large business unit in the extending lifecycle stage, hundreds of professionals were forced to seek new employment. Most of the displaced workers naturally gravitated toward similar large organizations in the extending lifecycle stage. Several quarters later they were once again targets of downsizing. The late lifecycle businesses in this industry were undergoing some significant structural changes. The CycloPraxis Group was called to make a presentation on why the employment picture was so glum in the late lifecycle stage industry and on what differences an employee might expect from employment at other lifecycle stages. A few weeks after the presentation, the CycloPraxis Group received feedback from several of the displaced workers. CycloPraxis had given them the tools to re-evaluate their career and they were starting 2nd careers with building stage businesses. CycloPraxis had helped them see that their work preferences aligned with the builder praxis.

Excellent work and an excellent point! Knowing your praxis, should you be displaced (as I've been), really takes the edge off. Speaking from personal experience, it really helped me narrow my options and find a position with a start-up whose needs matched more closely what I was willing to offer.

Knowing your praxis is a valuable self-defense mechanism, when things get dicey in the business world (as they often do).

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