Mapping Your Career

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Mapping Your Career
Its not the plan but the planning thats
important
The most dangerous thing in the world is a Second
Lieutenant with a map and a compass
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Career Development

1. Life is full of choices
2. Understand it is not the road but the direction
3. What does career mapping really involve?

There is no such thing as a perfect plan
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Career Development

1. Conducting a Realistic Self-assessment
2. Understand Where You Want to Go and How (Having
   an Actionable Development Plan)
3. Marketing Yourself Relationship Building

The easy way is always mined
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Career Development

1. Conducting a Realistic Self-assessment
2. Understand Where You Want to Go and How (Having
   an Actionable Development Plan)
3. Marketing Yourself Relationship Building

The important things are always simple the
simple are always hard
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Who Am I?
Ask Yourself
Whats Coming?
Where Am I?

• School
• Location
• Major
• Culture/Sub-Culture
• Performance
• Family/Personal
• Relationships
• Goals
• Hobbies

• External
• Technology
• Environment
• Marketplace
• Economy
• Internal
• Preferences Values
• Life Events

• Education
• Skills/Strengths
• Challenges/Development Needs
• Interests
• Personal Values/Priorities
• Preferences/Styles

Commit to learn everyday, the day you stop
learning is the day you stop living.
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Realistic Self-Assessment
A Few Thoughts

• Few people truly understand / accept their
  development needs use people around you to
  assess yourself

• Assess Your Brand How often do you assess
  yourself and your image?

• Its important to solicit on-going feedbackfew do

• You need to understand your own priorities
  motivators

• You must calibrate expectations with capability
  and effort

Dont play the victim!
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Career Development

1. Conducting a Realistic Self-assessment
2. Understand Where You Want to Go and How (Having
   an Actionable Development Plan)
3. Marketing Yourself Relationship Building

7-P Principle Proper Prior Planning Prevents
Piss-Poor Performance
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Where do I want to go?
Ask Yourself
What are the Expectations?
How Am I Going to Get There?

• What is expected of me if I want to succeed in
  the selected future state?
• Performance?
• Image?
• Exposure?
• Commitment/Passion?
• Sacrifice?

• Performance
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Ability
• Image
• Exposure/Experience
• Actions/Behaviors
• Select a Direction
• Develop Plan
• Execute Plan
• Monitor Feedback and Progress
• Adjust as Necessary

• Goals (Personal and Professional)
• Short term and long term
• What skills you wish to acquire?
• What are the goals of others in your life?

No matter which way you have to march, its
always uphill .
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Building A Career Plan
Your Career Plan is a list of actions you will
take to reach your career goals. It should
include

• Competencies you will acquire
• Leadership skills you will master
• Education and training you will experience
• Steps you will take in your current role to
  demonstrate the skills and qualities required for
  the next desired role
• Factors you will avoid because they will not
  support your goals

Two is one and one is none
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Are You Ready For A New Role?
You should remain in your current role as long as
it takes to get the maximum benefit and make the
maximum contribution.

• Have you learned all there is to learn in your
  current role?
• Have you contributed as much as possible to your
  current role?
• Did you make a difference in your current role?
• Have you left a significant legacy in your
  current role?

Know your job and take care of your people
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Evaluate and Improve
The workplace is an ever changing environment
that fluctuates in response to economic,
political and social changes.

• Take stock of your skills and the requirements of
  your career on a regular basis
• Seek out constructive feedback and dont be
  defensive when you get it
• Review your development plan and career plan
  regularly and talk about them with your manager
• Take something away from every experience,
  especially the bad ones

If at first you don't succeed, then bomb disposal
probably isn't for you
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Career Development

1. Conducting a Realistic Self-assessment
2. Understand Where You Want to Go and How (Having
   an Actionable Development Plan)
3. Marketing Yourself Relationship Building

Its not what you know but who you know
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Relationship Building
What relationships and networks will help you
reach your goals?
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Start with Your Manager
Build a positive working relationship with your
manager

• Develop a reputation as a problem solver. When
  presenting issues also present potential
  solutions
• Bring potential problems up for discussion before
  they become emergencies . . . no surprises
• Keep your manager informed of all issues that
  impact performance
• Begin every proposal with an analysis of how it
  will help support the business needs
• Be honest in all of your assessments. Remember
  you are both working for the advancement of the
  business

If you have a personality conflict with your
superior  he has the personality, you have the
conflict
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Networking
Networking is a systematic approach to gathering
information, establishing long-term contacts,
sharpening career objectives and gaining
professional exposure.

• Use those you know to introduce you to others -
  expand your network
• Prepare and use an elevator speech that describes
  you
• Be ready - Networking opportunities can occur
  anywhere, anytime.

Imagine a chance meeting with your managers
leader in an empty elevator with 90 seconds to
ride. Introduce yourself, describe your brand
and your contribution to the business.
Its not what you know but who knows you
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Summary
Career Development - Continuous self-assessment
is key- Thoroughly develop your brand- Take
advantage of all learning Performance
Evaluation- Ask for feedback regularly and
gracefully accept it- Engage your
peer Relationship Building- Create a career
support team- Seek out a mentor- Continually
build your network
The Rest Is Up To You!
Money cant buy happiness but crying in a Lexus
still feels better than crying in a Kia
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PIE A Formula for Success
Your current performance lays the foundation for
growth.

• Step 2 Image
• Its the message you send before you speak,
  whether intentional or not
• Includes attire, confidence and demeanor
• Develops early in your career
• Says Im Ready
• Every interaction counts. Make sure all are
  positive

• Step 1 Performance
• Entry ticket
• Reputation builder
• Starts the legacy Your legacy
• Common denominator in the promotion process
• Confirms your ability to take on more
  responsibility
• Must grow to stay above the bar as It is
  continuously being raised

• Step 3 Exposure
• High career impact
• How others know of your performance
• Makes you visible to those who can influence your
  career
• Can be enhanced by network of mentors, bosses
  champions
• People love it, but can be good or bad

Dress for the job you want, not the one you have
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You cannot predict the future, so dont waste
any time worrying about it. The challenge you
must accept, right now, is to make yourself
better everyday. First, commit to learn everyday.
You have to have an incredible thirst for
knowledge. Learn from the work you do, from the
people you admire. Learn by hurting and failing
and dont take things at face value. Dig deep to
discover the truth for yourself. Your curiosity
and desire to learn things on your own terms is
really a key to success. -- Jeff Immelt