CGB builds career success skills by staying rooted in three principles.
The heart of The CGB System is the principle of honoring the needs of the individual.đ
The CGB System is a guide through a process that:
No tests.
No exams.
The user is in charge of the process and outcomes.
Career Growth Basics builds career success skills by looking at the basics.
The career success basics of The CGB System are rooted in one main idea:
honor the needs of the individual. đ
The first step in the process guides the user to define career success. Exploring the meaning of career success clarifies additional steps to take to create a career progress plan.
If you don't know where you are going,
then you shouldn't be surprised where you end up.
-Andrea G. Shenkman
A good place to begin looking at how to define career success is in Websterâs Dictionary where career is defined as:
â a field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement
especially in public, professional, or business life.â
Websterâs defines success as:
âFavorable or desired outcome.â
I like these definitions because they are basic.
No fancy words.
The meaning is clear while leaving the choice of âfieldâ and âoutcomesâ to the reader.
The CGB approach to career success is to strengthen abilities to increase the power of career choice.
And, how can The CGB System help if youâre choice is job success?
Starting with the basics, look at how Websterâs defines a job:
âa regular remunerative positionâ
âa specific duty, role, or functionâ.
A note here about JOB VS CAREER
One is not better or worse than the other. The CGB System is rooted in the idea of honoring the needs of the individual.
Check out this story about the Origins of Career Growth Basics.
Whether you are looking for help in finding a way to your career success or your job success, The CGB System supports the building of skills that give you the power to choose how you want to earn money so you can create:
Your Job/Career. Your Success. Your Way.
These are some of the benefits of getting a clear understanding of your definition of career/job success.
1.Gain clarity about what career to pursue.
2.Highlights personal strengths and abilities.
3.Discover new ways to use strengths in a career progress plan.
4.Expand understanding of how to use abilities in a career progress plan.
5.Begin exploring new career possibilities.
6.Realize that there are steps that can be taken to reach the career of your dreams.
And the most important benefit is:
Places the power of career choice in your hands.
Follow these links to get more ideas about how The CGB System-Career Success builds skills to use to create and support and maintain your career growth.
The CGB Origin Story on the Home Page.
Steps to Career Success using a personal value system.
Live in the possibilities.
Best,
Andrea
Be a curious cat.đ
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Alphabetical listing of referenced sources
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/career
01/2025
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/job
01/2025
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/success
01/2025