Understanding YOU is the foundation of career development. What is important to you? What are you looking for? What unique value do you bring? In this section you will explore your values, audit your behaviours and skills, and identify your strengths.

Understand yourself

An overview about how understanding yourself can be a key step in directing your career development. It also introduces you to the order of this section and what to expect.

Values

What are values, why they are important and how you can identify your values are covered in this section. You can then complete the values worksheet as part of the understanding you section. Download a copy of the values worksheet.

Behaviours and skills audit

The behaviours and skills audit is a key part in understanding yourself. The video will help you work through the worksheet prior to the strengths section of understanding you. Download the behaviours and skills audit worksheet.

Strengths

Using a strengths based approach to help you harness your potential and direction. This is the final worksheet of the understanding you section of career development. Download the strengths worksheet.

Other resources

• 360 degree feedback:
  For those completing the 360 feedback process outside of a leadership programme
• Coaching:
  Coaching focusses on empowering individuals to find their own solutions and make their own decisions, often related to a specific area of development.