Effective Communication with Your Supervisor

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Effective Communication with Your Supervisor

• Oliver Kingsley
• President Chief Operating Officer
• Exelon Corp.

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Why Does Exelon Care About Your Career?

• Exelon Nuclear must have the best leadership and
  technical talent in the business
• Largest nuclear fleet in U.S.
• Requires talent to manage leverage that scale
• Prime recruiting target
• Normal attrition requires 2 candidates for site
  VP, plant manager, engineering director, etc.
  every year
• Deep bench to support turnover, projects, growth
• Development and improvement is constant focus

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Integrated Process
Management Expectations
Development Assignments
Exelon Nuclear Competencies
Selection
Talent Base
Experience Requirement Templates Success Maps
Development Programs
Quarterly Talent Review
Pre-employment Assessments
Performance/Potential Assessment
Recruiting
Individual Development Plans
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Preferred Progression Path to Site Engineering
Director
Required
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Exelon Leadership Development Model
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Fatal Flaws of Career Management

• Let someone else own your career
• Focus on upward communication more than peer
  teamwork
• Wait for the plum to drop into your lap
• Have no idea what you want to do next
• Believe youre entitled to career progression
• Put all your energy into career management
• Believe that getting the dream job means your
  work is done

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Ask Not What Your Boss Can Do For You

• Emphasize what you have to offer the boss, the
  company
• Sign up demonstrate your commitment to the
  organization
• Have a passion for what you do
• Be flexible, be mobile, be ready
• But ask for the boss help anyway coaching,
  feedback

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Manage Your Career the Old-Fashioned Way --
Earn It

• Get your ticket punched
• Find and follow the success paths
• Invest in development, training
• Expand your boundaries new contacts, new
  skills, new experiences
• Know the business technical financial drivers
• Communication skills are rare develop them
• Work, work, work