iSWOT

You may have used a SWOT analysis in business, why not try it on yourself?

“I’m stuck.”

That’s often the first phrase I hear to start a Coaching relationship.

Some folks are stuck in their careers.

Some are stuck in their role at their company.

Some folks are simply stuck on a specific challenge.

Whatever is making you feel stuck, a good first move to getting un-stuck is to do an iSWOT.

That’s right a SWOT analysis on yourself.

The SWOT framework is a traditional business and political strategy tool developed at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI).

If you’ve never heard of it, SWOT stands for:

S: Strengths.

W: Weaknesses.

O: Opportunities.

T: Threats.

Often times when people are stuck, they somehow feel they are inadequate. Or they don’t have the imagination or skills to do the next thing.

A little self-analysis can go a long way to helping you discover (or remind yourself) what you’re good at — and what you really want.

So…

What are your strengths?

What are your weaknesses?

What are the opportunities before you?

What are the threats?

Go ahead.

Take out a piece of paper.

Draw a 2 x 2.

And have at it.

Once you lay out your iSWOT, I promise you’ll start to get some ideas on what you should do.

From stuck to next step.