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Balancing deliberate career planning and emergent strategies in professional development involves a combination of planning and flexibility. Deliberate career planning involves setting clear goals and creating a roadmap to achieve them. This includes identifying the skills and experiences needed to advance in your chosen career path. On the other hand, emergent strategies involve being open to new opportunities and being willing to adapt your career plan as necessary. This could involve taking on new roles or projects, learning new skills, or even changing career paths entirely. The key is to maintain a balance between these two approaches, being neither too rigid in your career plan nor too aimless in your pursuit of new opportunities.
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In your career, you are constantly navigating a path between deliberate strategy and unanticipated alternatives. Many young professionals believe that they must have a deliberate strategy approach and plan their career trajectories for the next five years. But this makes sense only if you have found a career trajectory that provides motivators and hygiene factors. But if you haven't found a way to maximize your motivators and satisfy the hygiene factors, adopt an Emergent Strategy through constant experimentation and modifications until you find the right trajectory.
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