1. CAREER CONCEPTS Developed by Mike Driver and Ken Brousseau at USC
Summarized here by Jim Clawson

2. CAREER CONCEPTS and MOTIVES
Concepts: what you think you should be
Motives: what you want to do and enjoy

3. Linear A B
Power
and
Status C
Time
Motivation:

4. Steady State Experts
Power
and
Status
Time
Motivation:

5. Spiral
Power
and
Status
Time
Motivation:

6. Transitory
Power
and
Status
Time
Motivation:

7. Value Added?
LINEAR
SPIRAL
TRANSITORY
STEADY STATE EXPERT

8. Career Concepts Power & Status Time SPIRAL LINEAR TRANSITORY
STEADY STATE EXPERT

9. L E S T Implications … Who gets to the top of most organizations?
Who designs the reward systems in those organizations? E S T

15. Some Fundamental Questions
What is my ranking of career motives?
How does this compare with my concepts?
What does the comparison say about how I might make decisions?
What would be the impact of letting concepts dominate motives?
How could I insure deciding in favor of my motives?