Career Management in a Knowledge

EconomyPresented by Rob Straby

Cannexus 2011

~ Our Agenda ~

• Dancing in chaos• Finding your ground• Career versatility• Sharing my story• The career trinity• Sharing your stories• Integration

Dancing in Chaos

What are the sources of chaos for you?

How do you find your ground?

Exercise: Career Resilience

• Please answer the statements on your handout as follows:

1 = Do not agree at all

3 = Agree somewhat

5 = Strongly agree

Increase Your Resilience

• Make a personal commitment to active career management!

Become a Career Versatilist

Versatility• “Ability to apply depth of skill

to a progressively widening scope of situations and experiences, gaining new competencies, building relationships and assuming new roles.”

• Gartner Group, 2005

A Versatilist Spiral

People Who Helped Me

Passions & Themes

Facilitated Learning

Appropriate TechnologyWorkLife Design

Your Career Building Trinity

Knowing What: Competencies & accomplishments

Knowing Why:Values, interests & goals

Knowing Who:Relationships & networks

Getting to What & Why

Reviewing Your Accomplishments• You can understand your competencies (what)

and values (why) by reviewing stories about accomplishments

• Find a partner, tell your partner 2-3 stories about things you did in the past few years that you felt were accomplishments

• Your partner is to listen and tell you what they heard you say about what you did and which competencies and values they heard

Building Relationships

• Who are the key mavens and connectors in your career community that you need to develop your relations with?

Story Integration

• Integrate the elements• Find unique themes

underlying the stories• Create a forward moving

story that asserts your present ~ future identity

• Share your story in a compelling way

• Evolve this story and enrol others

What’s Next?

• Focus on the next step

• Who has issues, needs, challenges or problems that you are uniquely able to solve?

• Make that your next project!

Thank You!

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