How you show up in your job is more important than any other single aspect of career development, and, unlike many other factors in your occupation, it's something you can control.

As the calendar turns, so does the chance for self-reflection and growth in our professional lives. The New Year serves as a natural checkpoint, urging us to pause and assess our career trajectories. 

It's a moment to celebrate your achievements, acknowledge challenges, and set yourself fresh objectives. 

This annual ritual provides clarity, helping us identify areas for improvement and refinement for our career goals. These thoughts tend to come naturally at the start of the New Year, but, where do you start?

Professional or Personal?

With this in mind, in this edition of Spotlight on Business, we talk to two experts in the field of professional development. Career coach and business mentor, Mohammed Kasajee specialises in career Transition and development. He has an compelling story of self-discovery. How he realised his true worth, left a well-paid job, and made the leap to his current role: Helping others to transform their lives.

He eloquently describes how he first had to break free from the cultural beliefs that were holding him back. It's an inspiring story.

But first, It would be helpful to think about some of the more common ways we are held back from reaching our career goals.

Adele Leah provides business professionals with mindset tools, resources and practical actions to reach the next level in their careers. She offers fresh ways to think about some of the more common traps that hold us back from reaching our career goals.

She says "I run programmes to bridge the gap between knowing what you want, and taking the steps to get there".

Whether it's exploring new skills, pursuing further education, or reassessing long-term goals, the New Year offers an invaluable opportunity to recalibrate your career. 

Listen to this inspiring edition of Spotlight on Business, on Seahaven FM, a great way to kickstart your career plans in 2024.

The programme airs at 7:00 pm on Thursday 4th January 2024.