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Career development
- 1. Or a quicksnapshot of 6 career lessons.... Career Development
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- 23. You can try– but it usually doesn’t work out the way you planned
- 24. Your career pathmay look like this...
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- 28. Make smart choices Right. Don’tjust let frickin random stuff happen! Actually what he said in the movie was, “I want a frickin 100 billion dollars....”
- 29. Two types ofreasons for your career choices... Instrumental reasons Fundamental reasons
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- 32. Make smart (fundamental) choicesby: • Clarifying the role competencies • Assess skills, abilities and knowledge to determine priorities • Select best development options – build on strengths • Action, review and update your development plan on a regular basis
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- 37. Achievers do notfocus on what they are bad at, they focus on capitalizing on what they are good at. Based on research by Martin Seligman and Marcus Buckingham
- 38. And we’re notreferring to the Jack Nicholson “insanely great” in The Shining.
- 39. Make “that” insanelygreat by getting the most out of you’re your development plan: • Update your plan on a regular basis • Model the 70:20:10 principle • Use SMART objectives • Select courses that match role competencies
- 41. Is it finding new business? Isit leading a team?
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- 48. It’s about helping the customere.g.,helping your customer in ways they didn’t even know possible
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- 54. -Know the competenciesfor your role - Improve your competency level - Have those career conversations -Get that coaching -Make sure your development plan is relevant to you
- 58. If we learnfrom our mistakes, then why not learn even more from our BIG (excellent) mistakes? We’re not talking careless blunders here – but the “mistakes” you made when you thought BIG and took a chance.
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- 66. We’re on thisplanet for a very short time...
- 67. Why not makea difference? Why not make a contribution?
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- 71. • There isno plan • Think strengths, not weaknesses • It’s not about you • Persistence trumps talent • Make excellent mistakes • Leave an imprint
- 72. Source: Adapted fromSix Career Lessons by Dan Pink, 2007.