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Brief overview of steps women can take to move up the corporate (or entrepreneurial) ladder.
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Strategic Career PlanningSeptember 11, 2009
Jean M. BakerRed Lantern Group, LLC
Lawyer vs. Business Owner
Lawyer › Went to law school after being
fired because I was pregnant› Want to help women achieve
goals by tearing down barriers› Employment discrimination
lawyers are reactive Business Owner
› Proactive – help you get where you want to go
Harvard Business Review
Survey looked at essential characteristics of leaders:› Envisioning› Empowering› Energizing› Designing and Aligning› Rewarding and Feedback› Team building› Outside Orientation› Global mind-set› Tenacity› Emotional intelligence
Harvard Business Review
Women ranked higher on all but envisioning
Possible reasons?› Define differently› Afraid to “go out on a limb”› Don’t put much stock in vision
Want something said – ask a man Want something done – ask a woman
Visionary
Having or marked by foresight and imagination – Merriam-Webster
A Good Reason to Change
The time for working hard and hoping that the boss would recognize/reward is over – if it ever existed
Time to be more proactive and assertive regarding your career
Time to be more strategic regarding your career
Define Strategic
Of great importance within an integrated whole or to a planned effect
People strong in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed.
Faced with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
Overarching Goals
General enough to allow for flexibility› (CEO of a Fortune 500 company, vs. CEO of
GE) Specific enough to create a good target
› (CEO vs. “a position of leadership”)
Interim Goals
Will this move me closer to, or farther away from my overarching goal?› Won’t always be
obvious
Experiences
What experiences do you need to succeed?› Mentoring› Choice Assignments
High profile Affect bottom line Demonstrate leadership
› Global assignments› Education and development› Internal/external networking
Speak Up!
Make sure the boss, etc. knows you want to be promoted› Formalized development plan?
Ask for developmental opportunities, choice assignments and mentor(s)
Summary
Ask for what you want Recognize when it might be time to
move on› No growth in the foreseeable future› Resistance
Recognize and articulate value to the organization
Thanks!
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