🌱 Replanting Plants vs. Replanting Jobs and Careers 💼

As the seasons change, many of us are busy replanting plants around the house and starting our gardens for summer. ☀

🌱 Similarly, many of us are finding ourselves replanting our lives in new roles, careers, and jobs, whether due to restructurings, layoffs, or the personal choice to embark on a fresh start. 🌱

If you've been affected by job loss due to restructuring or layoffs, it might feel like being uprooted or pulled out by your roots and you need time to recover and regrow. 😣

Replanting plants and replanting jobs and careers might seem like different worlds, but in many ways, they follow similar paths! Let’s dig in (pun intended) and explore the parallels! 🌻👔

Growth and Flourishing:
🌻Plants need the right soil, sunlight, and water to thrive. 💦
💡Similarly, careers need the right environment, mentors, and opportunities to blossom. 🎯

Transplant Shock:
🌻Moving a plant can cause stress, it needs time to adapt to its new home. 😣
💡Changing jobs or careers can be jarring, it might take time to adjust to new challenges. 😰

Pruning for Growth:
🌻Pruning plants helps them grow healthier and fuller. ✂️
💡Cutting job roles can lead you to better opportunities for career advancement and discovery. 💥

Rooted in Passion:
🌻A plant’s roots anchor it, just as passion grounds our careers. 🌱
💡When you love what you do, you’ll feel stable and committed. ❤️

Seasons of Change:
🌻Plants go through seasons of growth and dormancy. 🍂
💡Careers experience cycles of change, with opportunities to grow and rest. ⏳

Branching Out:
🌻Plants spread their leaves and flowers, much like branching out in your career. 🍃
💡Exploring new roles and industries can lead to exciting new experiences! 🚠

Nurturing New Beginnings:
🌻Both plants and careers need care and attention to thrive. 🌼
💡Replanting your career gives you a chance to nurture a new beginning! 💼

In the end, whether you’re replanting a plant or a career, both require patience, care, and a touch of adventure! ✈

Brien Convery

I’m an American | Canadian, born in New York, now living my best life in Toronto, Canada.

My three core values are Authenticity, Creativity and Adventure and I believe in elevating Equity, activating Diversity and leading Inclusively.

As a purpose-driven, people-centric executive with years of diversified and progressive global experience, my work spans many disciplines across a variety of public and private sectors and industries with a specialized focus on Consumer Products, Technology, Management Consulting Services, Federal Government, Human Resources/ Talent Acquisition, Financial Services and Banking, Construction, Real Estate and Higher Education.

I have been a buyer, a plant warehouse supervisor, a consultant, a project manager, a business development manager, a marketer, an operations head, a learning and knowledge management global leader, a workforce transformation executive, a diversity and inclusion workforce partner, a talent officer, an executive in residence and a public speaker as part of my overall career portfolio.

With my non-linear ride to success and happiness, I have experienced a life time of learning through a diversity of experiences and have gained many transferable skills to give me a unique perspective and approach to life and work.

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