Planting Seeds of Career Advancement Marsais Broadway Tulsa Community College Director of Enrollment Services

Tulsa Community College  Oklahoma largest community college  Offers more than 220 associate and certificates of completion programs  Annual enrollment (credit students, Fall 2014) 17,861  4 campuses, and Education Outreach Center

“Aha, Ouch” Moment  How people were treating me was a reflection of how I was treating them!

Factors to Consider  1. The Seeds to Sow, Value Assessment  2. The Soil, Environment to cultivate seeds  3. The Harvest/Reap Time

Factor Questions  1. How to prepare the soil to nurture the seed of my career vision?  How much to water this seed daily?  What additional training/education do I need to acquire to ensure my seed will grow into a fruition?

The Seed=Value  What is value?  A. Importance  B. Significance  C. Merit  D. Relative Worth

Law of Value  True worth is determined by how much more you give in value.  It is created by your skill, marketplace pay for value.

Value  “Your value determines whether you will succeed, the only thing that produces value is your skill sets in three areas:  Professional Skills  People Skills  Personal and Leadership Development”  Dani Johnson, First Steps to Wealth

Seed Value = Professional Skills  What are the basics in your profession, your job?  Evolving into a professional from an amateur  Become an expert!

Seed Value = People Skills  1. Making people feel special and important  Being 100 percent present  Always think, “Friends first”  Book Recommendation by Dale Carnegie, How to Influence People and Make Friends

Seed Value=Personal & Leadership Development  You must work harder on yourself than you do other people  “Learn to lead yourself determines your level of influence which is measured my people who follow you.”-John Maxwell, Developing the Leader Within You

Soil=Environment  Growing where you are planted!  Learning to be faithful with the little things, affecting what is in front of you to grow and improve! Promotion and Career Advancement will come!

Soil Cultivation Nugget  “You interview every day for your next job/ position!”

Employee v. Employee-peneur  Learn the difference between and an employee and an employee-peneur !  “An employee punches in and out.”  “An employee-peneur invest their heart, their soul into their career and their current job.”-Dani Johnson, First Steps to Wealth

How to become an Employee-peneur ?  1 st : Ask questions…  How can I help my department/organization grow?  How can I make myself irreplaceable?  How can I make sure that they know I have done something that caused a change for the better?

How to become an Employee-peneur ?  2 nd : Continuously make investments in themselves and everyone around them.  Develop relationships with people in your organization from the top to bottom!  Grow by influencing people around you, stakeholders, students, supervisors, team members

How to become an Employee-peneur ?  3 rd : Seek out opportunities to raise their value by finding a need and work to fill it!

How to become an Employee-peneur ?  Assume the job they want to have!  Continue to invest in training:  Skill knowledge  Personal Development  Leadership Development

Harvest-Promotion Time  Increasing your value, honoring the value of others, cultivating your soli, learning to prosper where you are planted…  Be expectant!  You are on track for Harvest Promotion time

Today is A Harvest of Yesterday’s Seeds !  “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant”- Robert Louis Stevenson

Remember  It is a simple act to plant a seed.  It becomes a catalyst to set something in motion which will create the career, the life you want to lead.  Seeds take time to grow, they need to be cultivated daily with actions, serving others, solving problems, fulling a need, developing your skills!

Make The Decision  As you plant your gifts, your expert skills, your talents into the lives of people, you will succeed because they have succeeded.

Life and Career Resources  Dani Johnson,  Book: First Steps to Wealth  Digital product: Job Domination  CD product: Unlimited Success  John Maxwell  Book: Developing the Leader Within You  Dale Carnegie: How to Influence People and Make Friends

Thank You  I welcome the opportunity to hear of your progress.  I am available to help you brainstorm, to chat and to offer any feedback/suggestions.  contact Information:   Office number: