10 insights to create and manage career success — david van rooy
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Read insights and more from the interview: http://33voic.es/infivjz David Van Rooy is Senior Director, Global Leadership Development at Walmart. He previously held roles in International HR and was also responsible for the worlds largest performance management and employee engagement programs at Walmart, covering approximately 2.2 million employees globally. Before Walmart David held leadership roles at Marriott International and Burger King Corporation. He has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and has published over 20 peer reviewed scientific business articles and book chapters. His new book is Trajectory: 7 Career Strategies to Take You From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (2014, AMACOM). In it David explores the concept of Career Trajectory and how you can take advantage of your skills and the possibilities around you to reach your goals. Combining psychology with real-world, practical guidance, this essential guide provides the tools you need for a lifetime of fulfillment and successTRANSCRIPT
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TRAJECTORY:10 Insights for Career Success
This presentation consists of highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,
founder & host of 33voices®.
David Van Rooy is Senior Director, Global Leadership Development at Walmart. He previously held roles in International HR and was also responsible for the
worlds largest performance management and employee engagement programs at Walmart, covering approximately 2.2 million employees globally. Before Walmart David held leadership roles at Marriott International and Burger King Corporation.
He has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and has published over 20 peer reviewed scientific business articles and book chapters.
David Van Rooy@dlvanrooy
Senior Director, Global Leadership Development at Walmart
Those who get ahead in business and life not only exceed expectations, but do it in a
manner that lifts up those around them.
Insight #1
Insight #2
The best way to get a promotion is to make it your highest priority to
focus on your current job.
Insight #3
When you see feedback as a mirror to your blind side, you’ll gain clarity
to what you’ve been missing.
Insight #4
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
- Thomas Edison on Persistence
Insight #5
If your frame of reference today is the same as it was yesterday, consider going
back to zero or risk getting stale.
Insight #6
Want get the best out of team members? Give them an impossible problem to solve.
Insight #7
“Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be.”
- Sam Walton on being inventive
Insight #8
Failure is only a great teacher if you learn and change from it; journal your experiences.
Insight #9
Self-efficacy doesn’t come easily.Aim high, act small and always move fast.
Insight #10
To achieve lasting career success, make it a discipline to deliberately pause and reflect on
the level of joy that your work brings you.
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Insights by Moe Abdou