21st Century Professional May-2016...7 years as sole owner & operator of career development company...

The 21st Century Professional: success through clarity, adaptability, and

disciplined networkingdisciplined networking

CAIDP – RPCDI Conference

Ottawa 9th May2016

tim ragan: transformation engineer

“Helping individuals, teams & organizations grow, thrive in

change and measurably improve their mission effectiveness.”

� EE, MBA with 20 years in management & executive roles with 4 multi-billion global

companies, numerous int’l assignments, overseas postings, CEO stint with start-up

� 14 years as independent (free agent): consultant, technical/business advisor, researcher,

university professor, author, mentor, not-for-profit board member, investor, business owner

� 7 years as sole owner & operator of career development company exploring world of work

in the 21st century

25-May-2016 transform/21 proprietary presentation

My 2-fold mission today…

…to help you develop

“career armour” to

better protect you from

work insanity.


…to help you discover

your own personal path

to career success.

We face a continuing wave of change…

5-May-2016 transform/21 proprietary presentation 4

Your Career Forecast: Increased Turbulence

VUCA: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity


Job, career, or calling: who do you want to be?


A stark career choice…

PATH OF LEAST RESISTENCE.

FOLLOW THE CROWD.

IT LEADS TO…

YOU NEED A PLAN.

REQUIRES DISCIPLINE.

IT’S A LONELIER ROAD.IT LEADS TO…

…the GIG ECONOMY.

IT’S A LONELIER ROAD.

IT LEADS TO…

…the GIG ECONOMY.

Precarious Work

Illusion of Security

Worker Disengagement

Worry & Stress

Discovering Purpose

Personal Security

Deep Engagement

Professional Success


Mission

Effectiveness

Resource

Utilization

(“hard stuff”)Team

EffectivenessMission

Clarity

Resource

Allocation

BPR stats suggest as

much as 80% of work

“doesn’t add any

value…”

Effectiveness

(ME) People

Engagement

(“soft stuff”)“Intrapreneur” and/or

Entrepreneur mindsetGallup Polls (2015):

“70% of employees

somewhat or fully

disengaged.."


ME framework application

As employee seeking greater

engagement in work environment

As independent consultant

seeking meaningful projects

engagement in work environment

As citizen of the

world seeking

to help reform

our society

As individual

pursuing your

entrepreneurial

dreams


Mission

Effectiveness

Resource Utilization

(the work)Q1. Does your work add value?

Q2. How do you know?

Q3. How can you find out?

Q10. Are your teams highly

performing?

Team


ClarityQ6. What is your personal

mission?

Resource

Allocation

ME framework (as employee)

Effectiveness

(ME) People

Engagement

(the talent)Q4. What is your personal

engagement level?

Q5. If not high, what is missing?

“Intrapreneur” and/or

Entrepreneur mindsetQ8. Are you curious enough?

Q9. How can you convert your curiosity

into value for you, company?

mission?

Q7. How well does it align

with company/team

mission?


Mission

Effectiveness

Resource Utilization

(the work)Q3. How much of work (eg: RFP

submissions) leads to success?

Q4. What are alternative

approaches to better outcome?

Q9. Who is on your “team”?

Q10. Can you leverage them

more effectively?

Team


ClarityQ1. How clear are you on

your current mission?

Resource

Allocation

ME framework (as Independent)

Effectiveness

(ME) People

Engagement

(the talent)Q5. What is your personal

engagement level?

Q6. If not high, what is missing?

“Intrapreneur” and/or

Entrepreneur mindsetQ7. Are you curious enough?

Q8. How can you convert curiosity into

more value for you?

your current mission?

Q2. Have you aligned the

work with your mission?


3 keys for upping ME.Q (quotient)

1. Improve Adaptability– Develop a growth-oriented mindset.

– Become more curious & willing to experiment in your work (workplace). Hone your problem solving skills. Ask better questions.

2. Develop Clarity– Start the reflective work of getting clearer about your “purpose”, and – Start the reflective work of getting clearer about your “purpose”, and

keep working at it as you zero in on it.

– Develop your compelling, authentic value story and learn to share it widely. Keep it short. Share it often.

3. Practice Disciplined Networking– Feed the habit of personal discipline. Discipline is a “muscle” in your

body and can be built up.

– Understand key insights into effective networking & practice, practice!


Adaptability: enhance growth mindset

How to change your mindset:

� Learn to hear your fixed mindset voice.

� Recognize you have a choice.

� Talk back to it with a growth mindset � Talk back to it with a growth mindset voice.

� Take the growth mindset action.

http://mindsetonline.com/index.html

Read the book.


3 building blocks

to mastering professional success…

#1

#2


Developing Clarity of Purpose (your long term mission)

• Start a journal (diary) and write daily.

• Mindfulness training (meditation).

• Get regular exercise, good sleep.

• Turn off the TV. Go for a walk. Daily.

Deliberately unpack your backpack & look • Deliberately unpack your backpack & look

for the trends in the experiences you have

collected.

• Attend our workshop(s).

• Engage us in individual coaching.


Clarity: your compelling value story

• You are a business. Start to think like one.

• Pretend you are pitching to a VC. Answer this

question: “So what? Who cares? Why you?”

• Don’t focus on roles (titles). Tell people the kinds of

problems you solve and how you solve them.

• Provide specific examples of how you solved similar

problems & what the results were.

• Attend our workshop(s).

• Engage us in individual coaching.


Disciplined Networking: leveraging science

� Neurochemisty: Put people at ease up front & ask questions

that are easy to answer.

� Chaos theory: Stop thinking linearly and wondering about

“who knows who?”.

� 6 degrees of separation: Have as many conversations as � 6 degrees of separation: Have as many conversations as

possible to “find the right 6”.

� Manage the labeling: It’s not what or who you know. It’s

who knows you and what they know about you.

� Power of weak connections: Build more diverse networks to

gain visibility of different opportunities.


Becoming a more effective networker

� Build a rock solid foundation: invest energy in developing your

purpose & your compelling value story.

� Have a clear, memorable introduction (tagline). Keep it short.

Practice it (with people) until it’s tight and it feels authentic.

� Meet as many people as you can, everywhere you see people, both

in professional and personal settings.

� Be genuinely curious. Ask them for their insights, observations.

Don’t try to “steer” the conversation. Be clear on what kind of

opportunities you are interested in, should they ask you.

� To close, ask if you can follow up with them. Ask how you can help

them. Follow-up to add them to your network (LinkedIn).

� Periodically drip-feed value into your network to stay visible,

relevant.


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