Support Networks
Networking To Support You
Use the template to help you identify your highs and lows over the past year and the
people who you can network with to help you develop further.
Behaviour:
Patterns of behaviour I use to deliver the critical demands of my
role: See NTU Competency Framework
Know how:
The knowledge and skills that enable me to do specific work
Experience:
The lessons I have learnt from my successes, failures and the
situation I have been in
Networks:
I can readily call on that provide the knowledge, skills and
influence I need
Behaviour:
What patterns of behaviour
have I used to deliver the
critical demands of my role?
Know How:
What knowledge and skills do I
have that enables me to
successfully achieve specific
tasks
Experience:
What lessons have I learnt
from my success, failures and
situations I have been in?
Professional Networks:
Which colleagues/departments
can I readily call on that will
support me in gaining the
knowledge, skills and influence
I need?
Personal Networks:
How can friends, relatives and
acquaintances support me in
my personal life in a way that
will positively impact on my
professional life?
The Wheel of Life
Finding balance in your life
When life is busy, or all your energy is focused on a special project, it's all too easy to
find yourself "off balance", not paying enough attention to important areas of your life.
While you need to have drive and focus if you're going to get things done, taking this too
far can lead to frustration and intense stress.
That's when it's time to take a "helicopter view" of your life, so that you can bring things
back into balance.
This is where the Wheel of Life (or Life Wheel) can help. Commonly used by professional
life coaches, it helps you consider each area of your life in turn and assess what's off
balance. And so, it helps you identify areas that need more attention.
Figure 1 below shows an example wheel of life with example "dimensions" (1 being low
satisfaction and 10 being high satisfaction).
The Wheel of Life is powerful because it gives you a vivid visual representation of the
way your life is currently, compared with the way you'd ideally like it to be. It is called
the "Wheel of Life" because each area of your life is mapped on a circle, like the spoke of
a wheel.
You can also create a Wheel of Work to identify which aspects of your role you are
currently achieving and to identify areas where you may need to make a greater
investment.
To create your own Wheel of Life, click on the link to use the interactive wheel:
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_93.htm#interactive
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