Positive Professional Development for Workforce Professionals

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Positive Professional Development for Workforce ProfessionalsPresented by Michele Martin—GSETA Conference 2011

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This session is about YOU!

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Today’s Session

Why you should focus on your professional development.

Positive Professional Development Practices

Positive Professional Development Strategies

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We are knowledge workers.Our marketability based on what we know and what we know how to do.

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“Free Agent Nation”1/3 of US workers are part of the contingent workforce. Could you be next?

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Job Security=Skills SecurityTaking charge of our own professional development helps us “future proof” ourselves.

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Role ModelsWe need to model for our clients what we want them to do.

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PPD PracticesThe Habits of Positive Professional Development

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To Learn Effectively. . .

Learning mindset

Build from positive core

Learning environment

Learning plan and strategies

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Broaden our ideas of learning. . .

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Growth vs. Fixed Mindset

Based on brain research by Carol Dweck

Are talents “innate” or changeable?

Can have different mindsets in different situations.

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Explore & Strengthen Your Positive Core

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Positive Core Questions

What are your strengths & assets?

How could you strengthen those assets?

What are your greatest strategic advantages as a worker?

What are the important questions in your work? Which of these gets you most excited and passionate?

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Learn from Work

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Learning at Work . . .

What can I learn today?

How can I build on my core strengths?

How can I learn from my “To Do” list?

Reflective learning practices

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Use Positive Questions

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Questions. . .

Frame our experiences

Point us to answers/solutions

Can create positive or negative patterns of thought and learning

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Some Positive Questions

How can I build on my positive core today?

How could I invest in my future today?

How could I use today’s experiences to develop a specific skill or knowledge set?

How can I get MORE of what I want at work?

What was the best work experience I’ve had? How can I get more of that at work?

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PPD StrategiesLow-Cost, High Impact Learning

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Make Time for Learning

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Finding Time

What is the most significant change I could make in my day that would help me learn more?

For the next 100 days, get up 1 minute earlier each day.

Use the first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes for a learning activity or reflection.

Build learning into your daily activities

Manage your time!

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Develop a Plan

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Tips on Planning

Reflect on positive core, trends, experiences.

Brainstorm and prioritize

Focus on 1-2 goals

Set mini goals

Focus on developing habits

Review progress

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Decide on Learning Strategies

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The Learning Cycle

ActActAct

ActReflectAct

ReflectActReflect

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Building in Reflection

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One Sentence Journal

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Reflective Journal

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Debrief Yourself

Daily Debrief What happened? What did I learn? What do I want to learn? How will it change what I do tomorrow?

Weekly Review

After Action Review

Most Significant Change Stories

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Lunch and Learn

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Building in Action

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Google It!

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Personal Learning Experiments

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“30-Day Trials”

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Stretch Assignments

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Rinse and Repeat . . . .

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So . . .

What SINGLE change are you taking back with you today?

How are you going to incorporate positive professional development into your daily habits?

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For more information:

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michelemmartin.wikispaces.com

michelemmartin@gmail.com

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