Career Case Study

Find a professional in your personal network. He/she might be a business leader, teacher, a mentor, or an entrepreneur you admire.

Interview him/her about how s/he has achieved balance, productivity and sustainability in his/her career. Draw on your personal reflection also, addressing the following prompts:

1. What is the person or organization’s mission statement?

2. What are their main sources of revenue? What are their main costs of operation? (What does their work require of them? Think in terms of both time and money.)

3. Career arc. How did they get started? What steps did they take to grow? What were the decision points in their career?

4. Evaluate your present circumstances against each of these three terms. Where are you succeeding in each area? Where are you not succeeding?

5. Looking ahead, what are the areas you would like to work on in order to ensure that your life is balanced, productive and sustainable?