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Career mobility is most commonly understood as a person's overall movement across companies, career areas and jobs. In addition, career mobility also includes the ability of an individual to develop diverse perspectives from... See more » Career mobility is most commonly understood as a person's overall movement across companies, career areas and jobs. In addition, career mobility also includes the ability of an individual to develop diverse perspectives from working in different countries (international mobility), on different projects (project mobility), in different roles (role mobility), developing different skills (skill mobility), and different knowledge domains (knowledge mobility). Career mobility is not new as a powerful career strategy - it has long been the strategy for developing top executives with organizations proactively moving them around the enterprise to help them develop diverse perspectives through a diverse set of career experiences. The benefits derived from diverse career experiences through career mobility are vast. Diverse career experiences enable the individual to see things from different perspectives, thus helping them become more creative and innovative, a better problem solver and decision maker. Working with different people in different organizations can help an individual act as an effective boundary spanner through their richer professional networks. Diverse career experiences also enable greater adaptability and career agility (i.e., the ability to intelligently and quickly respond to career threats and opportunities). These same benefits are consistent with the "leadership competencies" that many organizations have defined as critical. Thus, the individual can increase their "leadership potential" as well as their productivity, performance and ability to add value to the organization. It should then be obvious that career mobility is a smart career management strategy and a significant productivity and performance lever for the individual. The good news is that career mobility as a personal career management strategy is now viable for every professional and not just for those already on the "executive track". Organizations now realize that it is shortsighted to reserve this career and leadership development strategy for fast-trackers and they are becoming more aggressive about enabling employees to move around the organization. In addition, societal norms have shifted, making it desirable for people to change jobs more often. In fact, staying with one company or one job too long can work against you by creating the perception you are risk-averse, afraid to change, are potentially a narrow thinker, or that your skills may have atrophied. Career mobility has become the new societal norm. A study conducted by McKinsey and Company with senior executive search professionals found that the average executive will work in five to seven companies over his or her career. If you doubt these statistics, you might want to use Talent Search within NavAgility to see the career mobility of others, and notice how common it is to move across companies, career areas and jobs. See less »

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