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Taking Your Career to the Next Level:10 ‘How To’ Tips for Young Managers
Executive Development Institute
Taking Your Career to the Next Level10 ‘How To’ Tips for Young Managers
Dr. Leslie T. SzamosiSenior Lecturer
Academic Director Executive MBA
BucharestThessaloniki
KyivBelgradeIstanbul
Co-Director of the Laboratory for Strategic People Management
“My” Background
• PhD in Management (OB/HR), MMS in International Business and Marketing, Carleton University, Ottawa
• Academic Director MBA at the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, CITY College Thessaloniki
• 5 Years as Marketing Manager in Bio-Medicals & IT• 20 Years consulting in (both CEE and SEE and North America)
– CIBC / Royal Bank of Canada / TELUS - GTE / World Bank (IFC) / PTK / European Union / MAKTEL –MOBIMAC / M-TEL
Start with a Premise: NOT everyone wants to create a career!!
• People who build rewarding, lucrative careers based on their authentic passions and talents, are:– happier at home, – more successful at work, and – more impactful in the world
Congratulations for being here!
• Everyone has a career to varying degrees
Careeran individual’s work related experiences (e.g., positions, roles, activities) through time (e.g., adult life) and space/settings (e.g., employers)
the time element in terms of career stages
exploration/career entry
re-evaluation
reinforcement
18-29 years
45 years – onwards
30-44 years
Indi
vidu
al li
fe c
ycle
Ongoin
g Cha
nge
foundation
advancement/establishment
decline
Birth -18 years
retirement (?)
Today, this may be re-occurring (i.e., cyclical) over an individual’s work life
Basically, You Have Two (2) Options
• Make a Career• Buy / Invent / Create a Career
– Start your own business
Individual Orientations Towards Careers • getting ahead
• getting secure• getting high
•No, this is not what you are thinking!!! • getting free• getting balanced
Employability
Sustainability
managing your own Careerto achieve success
• know whyi.e., your motives and aspirations
• know howi.e., competencies, experience, knowledge
• know WHOM
Social Capital
Social Capital
damage
a network without structural holes
Education does NOT endS O R R Y !!!! • …especially in a knowledge dominated
world!• Education and knowledge must be
continually updated and integrated to enhance career opportunities
• Your ‘competitors’ (i.e., your friends, colleagues, business associates) continue to learn more … so must you!!
Who is guiding your career?
Are you driving or following directions?
Career Management Process
Self-Assessment
RealityCheck
GoalSetting
ActionPlans
- determinecareer interests,values, aptitudes
- feedback onskills, knowledge
- devise short-and long-termdevelopmentalplans
What does HBR Say? February 2015Principles
Do:
• Make a prioritized list of what a meaningful career would look like to you
• Invite four or five people to serve as a board of advisors as you explore what you want
• Experiment with different elements of a job that you’d want either in your current job, outside work, or by talking with people
What does HBR Say? February 2015Principles
Don’t:
• Focus on your next role — think about what you want from work over the long term
• Let the stage of your career hold you back — even those deep into their careers can make changes
• Neglect your finances so that when you want to make a change, you don’t feel able to
Career Nirvana??
• Using your natural talents in ways that are easy and fun• Being of service to others with your skills and abilities• Working hard but enjoying it so much it feels like play• Balancing life and family priorities• Being comfortable in your own skin, and speaking up
and standing up for what matters most to you• Having the confidence, courage and connections to build
a rewarding life• Feeling proud of who you are and what you’re doing in
the world, every day• Go from “I don’t know what I want” to “I know what I want
and how to get it!”
• Learn transformative new mindsets and behaviors that will propel you forward and open important doors.
• Get laser focused on how to use your special talents and abilities–and how to make great money doing it.
• Evaluate all the options available to you, and learn how to make the best choice.
• Achieve what you want in the most efficient, direct way possible WITHOUT costly mistakes and wasted time and money.
• Gain the confidence, courage and connections to make your career dreams a reality.
The 10 ‘Tips’• Find a mentor and be a mentor• Develop your network and social capital /
Build connections with people and help them • Know what you want • Collaborate / Innovate • Chase skills, not titles Think bigger than
“What’s My Next Job?”
• Set realistic goals – what is success FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
• Leverage your natural talents and seek feedback
• Act like a savvy entrepreneur • Chart a career path • Look for additional ways to contribute in
your workplace / consistently deliver / volunteer
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Taking Your Career to the Next Level:10 ‘How To’ Tips for Young Managers
Executive Development Institute
