Reaching the Summit Rules for Career Success

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Reaching the Summit(Rules for Career Success)
The workplace has changed, and the rules of
career success have changed along with it.
Barbara Moses, author of Career
Intelligence
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TM 13 Rules for Career Success (Agenda)

• Guest Speaker Amber Green
• Trek Report
• Questions about the Portfolio
• Rules for Career Success
• First Year Success
• Long-Term Success
• Action Planning
• McKRT PBET

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TM 13 Rules for Career Success (First Year
Success)

• Perform Exceptionally Well
• Clarify Expectations
• Determine 2-3 Top Priorities
• Demonstrate Positive Attitude and Professionalism
• Obtain Performance Feedback (dont let reviews
  slide)
• Consistently Exceed Expectations
• Build Important Relationships
• Be an Effective Team Member
• Build Bridges (Internal Network)
• Consider Multiple Mentors

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TM 13 Rules for Career Success (Three Circles)
PASSION
Passion can be revealed but not
manufacturedDiscover your professional passion.
ECONOMIC DRIVER
WORLD- CLASS
An understanding of what you can be the best at,
not a goal to be the best.
Pick the denominatorprofit per xthat provides
the best fuel for your economic engine.
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TM 13 Rules for Career Success (The 12
Commandments of Moses)

• 12 New Rules for Career Success
• Ensure your Marketability
• Think Globally
• Communicate Effectively
• NEVER Stop Learning
• Understand Business Trends
• Prepare for Roles Competencies, NOT Jobs
• Look to the Future
• Build Financial Independence
• Think Lattice, NOT Ladders
• Choose Specialist or Generalist
• Manage Time Ruthlessly
• Dont Lose Yourself

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TM 13 Rules for Career Success (Action
Planning)

• Compose 3-Year Mission Statement
• Identify Key Milestones
• Develop Intermediate SMART Goals
• Specific
• Measurable
• Actionable
• Realistic
• Time-based

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TM 13 Rules for Career Success (PBET
Personal Brand Equity Test)

• I am known for (2-4 items) by next year at this
  time, I plan to also be known for (1-2 items).
• My current project is challenging to me in (1-3
  ways).
• New learnings in the last 90 days include (1-3
  items).
• My public visibility program consists of (2-4
  items).
• Important new additions to my network in the last
  90 days are (2-5 names).
• Important relationships nurtured in the last 90
  days include (1-3 names).
• My principal resume enhancement activity for
  the next 60-90 days is (1 item).
• My resume is specifically different than last
  years at this time in the following (1-3 ways).
• From Circle of Innovation by Tom Peters, 1999,
  Vintage Books New York.