Thursday, 15 October 2009

Lifeline Exercise

A lifeline exercise is a reflective self assessment tool which helps you to continually reflect and develop from both positive and negative experiences to develop a rounded and balanced view of your career and professional development. It also aims to identify directions for future professional development opportunities.

Examples of postive experiences or 'highs' include achieving a promotion, working on a successful project or receiving positive feedback from a partner organisation, colleague or user. It's important when looking at these experiences to reflect on what made it successful, what qualities in yourself were developed and highlight success factors which could be used elsewhere in your job or with negative experiences to improve them.

Examples of negative experiences or 'lows' include a meeting which went badly, an unsuccessful job application or funding bid or conflicts with colleagues, partner organisations or users. It's important when looking at these experiences to reflect on why they're negative experiences to identify what's not working right, to identify what has led to the situation and identify any ways things could be improved or resolved in order to move on or do things differently in the future.

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