career august 2015

Career progression, career advancement and career

development

by Toronto Training and HR

August 2015

CONTENTS3-4 Introduction5-6 Definitions7-8 Principles for career success9-10 Essential skills to get ahead 11-12 Create the right impression13-15 A calling and/or vocation 16-18 STEM jobs19-20 Can you trust someone at work?21-22 Prompting trustworthiness in others23-24 Going into a performance review fully prepared 25-27 Planned happenstance skills28-29 Occupational identity status30-31 Mental programming techniques which can make a

difference32-33 Ways for leaders to keep their career ambitions alive34-35 Insight channels for would-be innovators36-41 Bad bosses and ways to manage them42-44 Dimensions which make up a career decision making

profile45-46 Reasons for career indecisiveness47-48 Difficulties in making career decisions49-50 Conclusion, summary and questions

Introduction

Introduction to Toronto Training and HR

Toronto Training and HR is a specialist training and human resources consultancy headed by Timothy Holden 10 years in banking15 years in training and human resourcesFreelance practitioner since 2006The core services provided by Toronto Training and HR are:

Training event designTraining event deliveryHR support with an emphasis on reducing costs, saving time plus improving employee engagement and moraleServices for job seekers

Definitions

Definitions• Career progression• Career

advancement• Career

development

Principles for career success

Principles for career success

• Goal setting• Continuous

improvement• Flexibility• Relationship building• Persuasiveness• Global mindset

Essential skills to get ahead

Essential skills to get ahead

• Skills for being real

• Skills for being whole

• Skills for being innovative

Create the right impression

Create the right impression

• Activate the desire to be fair

• Make yourself necessary

• Seize the right moments

Lenses of perception• Promotion/prevention• Anxious/avoidant

A calling and/or a vocation

A calling and/or a vocation 1 of 2

• Definition of a calling

• Definition of a vocation

A calling and/or a vocation 2 of 2

The event or episode that shaped one’s calling• Content• Context• Confirmation• Continuation

STEM jobs

STEM jobs 1 of 2

Definition one• Computer sciences

and mathematics• Engineering and

surveying• Physical, life and

geosciences• STEM managerial

occupations

STEM jobs 2 of 2

Definition two• Computer

occupations• Engineers and

engineering technicians

• Mathematical science occupations

• Life and physical science occupations

• Architects, surveyors and technicians

Can you trust someone at work?

Can you trust someone at work?

• Integrity can vary

• Power does corrupt

• Confidence often masks incompetence

• It’s OK to trust your gut

Prompting trustworthiness in

others

Prompting trustworthiness in others

• Be generous• Emphasize

similarity• Don’t punish

Going into a performance review

fully prepared

Going into a performance review fully prepared

Questions to ask• What is the

purpose of the performance review?

• What is the emotion in the room?

• What are some specific examples?

• What can I do next?

Planned happenstance skills

Planned happenstance skills 1 of 2

• Definition of planned happenstance

• Questions which might be asked

Planned happenstance skills 2 of 2

Planned happenstance skills• Curiosity• Persistence• Flexibility• Optimism• Risk taking

Occupational identity status

Occupational identity status

Definition of occupational identity status

• Achievement• Moratorium• Foreclosure• Diffusion

Mental programming techniques which can

make a difference

Mental programming techniques which can make a difference

• Abundant thinking

• Creativity• Emotional

non-attachment

Ways for leaders to keep their career ambitions alive

Ways for leaders to keep their career ambitions alive

• Don’t allow yourself to get pigeonholed

• Take calculated risks• Go all out• Keep score• Act like you belong• Use your

distinctiveness to your advantage

• Be on the cutting edge

Insight channels for would-be innovators

Insight channels for would-be innovators

• Anomalies• Confluence• Frustrations• Orthodoxies• Extremities• Voyages• Analogies

Bad bosses and ways to manage them

Bad bosses and ways to manage them 1 of 5

• Bully• Micromanager• Workaholic• Divisive• By-the-numbers


It’s not fair!• Overload• No backup• No excuses• No trust• Promises,

promises• That’s perfect-

not!• You’re great,

but…• Only good

enough to train others


Power players• Turn yes into no• The wolf in

sheep’s clothing• Control the control

freak• A bad boss in a

big bureaucracy• Breaking through

the bureaucracy• It goes with the

territory• Who’s the boss?


Out of bounds• Dirty looks• A new boss is

insulting and abusive

• Call 911• Drunk, disorderly

and untouchable• The intrusive boss• Party planner• Cultural divide


Ethical challenges• Dealing with

danger• The cover-up• It’s a crime• Sex and faxes• Give in to

collective denial or leave?

Dimensions which make up a career decision

making profile

Dimensions which make up a career decision making profile 1 of 2

• Information gathering

• Information processing

• Locus of control• Effort invested in

the process• Procrastination• Speed of making

the final decision• Consultation with

others

Dimensions which make up a career decision making profile 2 of 2

• Dependence on others

• Desire to please others

• Aspiration for an ideal occupation

• Willingness to compromise

• Using intuition

Reasons for career indecisiveness

Reasons for career indecisiveness

• Pessimistic views• Negative

ramifications of anxiety

• Self-concept and identity

Difficulties in making career decisions

Difficulties in making career decisions

• Difficulties prior to engaging in the career decision-making process

• Difficulties due to a lack of information

• Difficulties involving the use of information

Conclusion, summary and questions

Conclusion, summary and questions

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