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New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
How to Build a Nontraditional
Career Path
Ron Elsdon, 2014
[email protected], 925 586 9039
www.elsdon.com
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Outline
What and Why
Benefits and Challenges
Strategic Factors
Practical Steps and Path Forward
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
What Is a Nontraditional Career?
Tailored to individual needs
More than one source of earned income
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Evolving Work Environment
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to
Build a Nontraditional Career
Path: Embracing Economic
Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
IPro Index
IPro Index 2013, Melbourne, Australia: Entity Solutions sponsored study conducted by Monash University
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Comparing Nontraditional and Conventional
Careers
Source: Ron
Elsdon, How to
Build a
Nontraditional
Career Path:
Embracing
Economic
Disruption (Praeger,
2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Balance Favoring Nontraditional Career Path
Conventional
Nontraditional • Stagnant wages
• Growing pay
inequity
• Reduced long
term benefits
• Low levels of
employee
engagement
• High satisfaction
• Growth
• Personal alignment
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Example of a Nontraditional Career
Relationship of Individuals, Organizations & Community
Individual Counseling/
Coaching
Workforce Consulting
Adjunct Teaching
Guiding and
Supporting a Practice
Volunteer Work
Writing
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
How My Path Unfolded …
Business and volunteer
experience
Identified area of interest
Master’s
Individual practice/first book
Organizational experience/teaching
Organizational practice
Incorporated/extended team/second, third and
fourth books
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
When Can You Start Along this Path?
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Passion/Interests
Skills External Needs
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Benefits and Challenges
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
What Might Be Some of the Benefits of a
Nontraditional Career?
Autonomy
Alignment with interests
Contribution
Financially attractive
Improved risk/reward profile
Personal meaning
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
What Have You Found Most Rewarding
About an Independent Career?
Source: Independent Direction Directors Advisory
Service, 2003 Survey of 213 U.K. Executives
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
What Might Be Some of the Challenges of
a Nontraditional Career?
Breadth of skills needed
Launch time
Uncertainty
Access to benefits
Isolation
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
And the Challenges?
Source: Independent Direction Directors Advisory
Service, 2003 Survey of 213 U.K. Executives
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Strategic Factors
Whether or not to connect the components
Balancing the components
Finding differentiation
Pace of entry
Building needed skills
Partnering
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Whether or Not to Connect the Components
Benefits of Connecting
Accelerated entry
Marketing clarity
Infrastructure
economies
Value creation for
customers
Transfer of learning
Drawbacks of Connecting
Increased risk
May limit scope
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Nontraditional Career Component
Connections
Interdependence
Content
Skills
Customer Geography
Mutual Influence
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Balancing the Components: Example
Guiding and
Supporting a
Practice
Adjunct
Teaching
Volunteer
Work
Time to Secure
Financial Contribution
Writing
Individual
Counseling/
Coaching
Workforce
Consulting
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Implementing Balance
Implementing
Balance
Developing
Criteria
Adjusting and
Refining
Assessing
Performance
Selecting
Components
Source: Ron
Elsdon, How to
Build a
Nontraditional
Career Path:
Embracing
Economic
Disruption
(Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Finding Differentiation
What excites you in your work?
How might those areas be valuable to others?
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Sources of Differentiation
Product or Service
Operational Excellence
Commitment
Team Capability
Customer Relationships
Customization
Flexibility
Speed
Cost
Linkages
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to
Build a Nontraditional Career
Path: Embracing Economic
Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Pace of Entry
Gradual development vs. full immersion
What are the advantages and challenges of each
approach?
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Factors Affecting Pace of Entry
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Building Needed Skills
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Personal Characteristics
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Partnering
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Practical Aspects: Nuts and Bolts
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Moving Forward
Initial
Entry
Decision
Launch Growth
and
Evolution
Completion
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Questions for Path Forward
What benefits might a nontraditional career offer you?
What excites you in your work and what might this mean
for components of a nontraditional career?
What strengths can you bring?
What gaps need to be filled?
Whose support do you need?
What strategic decisions do you need to make?
What steps will you take next?
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Suggestions
Be clear about purpose
Stay true to personal beliefs
Expect unexpected supporters and barriers
Be patient in starting components at the right time
Develop core skills before launch
Nurture relationships
Build valued portable knowledge and skills
Enjoy the journey
Source: Ron Elsdon, How to Build a
Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing
Economic Disruption (Praeger, 2014).
New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
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New Beginnings Career and College Guidance
Elsdon Organizational Renewal
Thank You and Best Wishes
Follow up questions or to be added to
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Ron Elsdon at [email protected], or
925 586 9039