Presented To - Indiana Health and Safety conference · 2017-02-14 · MU IRHA Advisory Committee Class Historian Editor and Columnist – Decaturian Newspaper Asst. Stage Manager

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Advancing HSE Professionals in Business

Presented To:

Presented by:Julius E. Rhodes, SPHR

Founder and Principal ‐mpr group

[email protected]@jerhodes42773-548-8037

Areas of Focus

Welcome and IntroductionsAdvancement Defined and Redefined

Building Your BaseCritical Leadership Skills and Your PERSONAL

BRANDThe Nature of Change

Consistently Displaying Your Leadership SkillsLet’s Talk


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Marzet & PeteRhodes

Date of Photo:1955

Greenwood, Mississippi

Married: April 29, 1951


Pete and Marzet Rhodes April 2012

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Father’s Day Chicago ‐ June 2016

Linda, Julius, Jerome & Lauren Rhodes

Chi., IL.

Date of Photo:2009

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Julius, Linda, Lauren and Jerome – Runaway Bay, Jamaica: August 2012

Julius, Linda, Lauren and Jerome – Chicago, IL: July 2013

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Jerome Rhodes 2013‐14 ‐15 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

Indoor and Outdoor High Jump Champion: 6’10.25” 6’11”

03/01/1405/10/1403/02/1505/02/15

4‐Time National Collegiate Athletic Assoc. Division III Championships

Indoor Qualifier 10th PlaceMarch 14, 2014

Outdoor Qualifier 7th PlaceMay 23, 2014

Indoor Qualifier 10th PlaceMarch 14, 2015

Outdoor Qualifier7th Place May 23, 2015

2014 and 2015 All‐American2015 Graduate

Milwaukee School of EngineeringBusiness Unit Analyst ‐ Coty

My Lineage Network and Personal BRAND

Lauren Rhodes

Millikin University ‐The Plant That Ate

Dirty Socks

October 2013

MU IRHA Advisory Committee Class HistorianEditor and Columnist –Decaturian Newspaper

Asst. Stage ManagerMillikin University ‐Yankee Tavern May 2014

‐No ExitNov. 2014

‐Bloody, Bloody Andrew JacksonMay 2015

My Lineage Network and Personal BRAND

Dean’s List Student 3.2 gpaBi‐Lingual Special Education

Alpha Chi Omega Newsletter and Website Chair

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Personal Philosophy

• Expand Your Horizons

• Excellence Without Excuses

• The Most Important Things In Life Don’t Happen At Work


Areas of Focus

Welcome and IntroductionsAdvancement Defined and Redefined

Building Your BaseCritical Leadership Skills and Your PERSONAL

BRANDThe Nature of Change

Consistently Displaying Your Leadership SkillsLet’s Talk


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“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.”

John Kenneth Galbraith

Where’s The Focus?


Advancement Defined

• The Act Of Being Raised To A Higher Rank Or Position

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Advancement RE‐Defined

• Positioning One’s Self To Make Broader More Significant Contributions

• Purely Upward Mobility Is Not Feasible, Practical Or For Some Even Desirable

• The Process Of Making Someone/thing Better Or More Successful


Building Your Base

• Having And Maintaining Subject Matter Knowledge And Skill Sets Is Foundational

• There Is Never An Excuse For Not Remaining Current (It’s An Investment Not A Cost)

• HSE Certifications

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Critical Leadership Skills

• Don’t Just Know About Others; Understand And Know About Yourself And What You Are Capable Of Doing

• Be Known As Someone Who Develops Talent In Others And Is Constantly Seeking To Develop Your Own Talents



• Always Hold Yourself To The Highest Standards Of Excellence And Associate With People Who Do The Same

• Don’t Just Look For The Next Opportunity But Become Better At Listening For Opportunities

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• Display A Consistently High Level Of Energy And Work To Energize Others

• Be Willing To Make The ‘Hard’ Decisions


• Remove Perceptual Arrogance And Be Open And Receptive To The Idea That You May Not Be The Smartest Person In The Room

• Apply The Philosophy Of ‘Kaizen’ Which Is Continuous And Orderly Improvement.

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3 Personal Leadership Brand Essentials

• Standards

• Values

• Your U S P (unique selling or value proposition)


Your Personal Leadership Brand must be built on SOS (Service to Others

above Self).

You must be willing to make yourself uncomfortable so that others can be

comfortable.

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6 Advancement Opportunities

Think of Yourself As An Entrepreneur

Learn To Listen For Opportunities Versus Looking For Them

Identify Problems (dept. or org.) That Others Haven’t And Take On That Assignment

Choose An Area To Build Your Expertise

Always Ask, “Can This Be Done Better By Changing Something—Even Slightly?”

Think Strategically No Matter What Your Job Title


Consistent Use of Leadership Skills

Let people see you outside of your HSE

role

Let people see what you can do beyond HSE

Get out of the office and into the field

Take HSE blinders off

Learn the business

Look Up (stream)

Understanding what advancement means, the importance of maintaining a strong foundation and with examples of critical leadership skills, the following are ways to consistently display your skills for advancement:

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Reminder: Why We Want To Advance

HSE is amongst those relatively few professions primarily focused on the protection of life, safety,

health and the environment

Lacking knowledge of subject matter + lacking leadership skills = misdirection of organizational

efforts

“HSE Professionals Save Lives!”

“No matter what you may or may not have, as perceived by a misguided community about what is valuable, people understand hard work and talent – and it can prevail.”

Maxine Waters

“…but it can’t prevail alone. People actually need to see you, know you and appreciate you.”

Julius E. Rhodes, [email protected]

@jerhodes42773-548-8037

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LET’S TALKThank-You

Julius E. Rhodes, SPHR Founder and Principal

“We’re small but we’re BIG on You!” TM

1031 E. 45th StreetChicago, Illinois [email protected]

@jerhodes42773‐548‐8037

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Presented To - Indiana Health and Safety conference · 2017-02-14 · MU IRHA Advisory Committee Class Historian Editor and Columnist – Decaturian Newspaper Asst. Stage Manager