Career Fit – a workshop with Ulla de Stricker

This evening, I attended a SLA Toronto Chapter event by Ulla de Stricker called, “Where do you “fit”? Understanding your “career type” to find work that makes you proud and happy.” It prompted me to think further about what one seeks in a career and how workplaces vary. The part that interested me most from this session is the concept of organizational culture. This is something that I’ve studied in several classes and continue to be much interested in. One of Ulla’s best points on this is how a given organization’s culture can influenced and changed. Such change cannot happen quickly (I would disagree slightly; it can change for the worse very quickly if something catastrophic happens like huge lay-offs). If there is interest in changing, executives are best placed to foster such a change, though everybody plays their part. It is also useful to place one’s own position in the broader context of the organization.

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