Career Mapping: More like a playground than a path The approach: Best practices What that looked like for us Your feedback and questions We will explore three areas: owning your career, taking a practical approach and building your brand.

Joan Manson Jason Daniels Vice President of LP, Payroll, Benefits & Legal Director, Training & Development

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Principle #1: you own your career. It takes commitment and desire to broaden your outlook and build relationships. We draw from our past experiences as well as continue to educate ourselves to build the intuition needed to be a great leader. Being a great leader is hard work! But, you’re not alone in the process. Building intuition to make better decisions and choices throughout life -- The same holds true with being a LEADER. You have to be fearless and open to change; retail is ever-changing. Be opportunistic and take advantage of cross functional projects and roles. Let’s take a look at some best practices when it comes to owning your career.

Best Practices: Own Your Career Know yourself. Embrace the power of self-talk. Maximize resources. Know what is available to you and use it! Pursue your development. Mix it up with experiences, relationships and formal learning. Best practices for owning your career: Know yourself. The key is self-talk; ask yourself questions. Question for the audience: how many of you talk to yourself? Questions like: are you happy? Are you open to relocate? What drives/motivates you? Are you ready for the next opportunity? Where do you want to be in 3-5-10 years? Maximize resources. Understand what is available to you through company training, online training, support programs like tuition reimbursement and reading (“there are always treasures of knowledge in words”) Pursue your development. Leverage an Individual Development Plan (Declare it!*), pursue education and experience (70/20/10), professional training and certifications, identify the gaps through assessments. Let’s look at how this played out in our careers; Joan + Jason to share personal experiences in three areas: Our stories, i.e. know yourself; the willingness to do and learn more. What resources did we use in growing our careers. What mix of developmental activities worked for us. Let’s take a look at what questions you have re: owning your career (David to moderate); or does anyone have other best practices to share.

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Principle #2: you own your career. Let’s face it, we are all time-starved. In order to maximize your career and create the path that you want, you must make the time. Practically speaking, you are in control. We’ll dig into some best practices next to help manage your day efficiently and effectively and make development part of how you work every day.

Best Practices: A Practical Approach Schedule time. Remember that you are in control. Focus on the 90%. Development happens through experiences and relationships. Reframe what you do. Recognize that everything you do is a learning experience. Best practices for taking a practical approach: Schedule time. Remember that you are in control – you must make the time. Sometimes it is as simple as putting it on the calendar. How often do we miss meetings and activities on our calendar? Exactly. So if we schedule development just like everything else, might we be more likely to execute it? Part of this schedule should include an objective/critical look back and what you have done, progress, successes, and failures. Focus on the 90%. Relationship (20%) and experiences (70%) are critical to your success and development. Ask around, nearly everyone who has been successful has had at the very least one solid relationship or mentor! Make the time to find a mentor and develop the relationship, long term. To help focus on the other 70%, let’s look at our last best practice: reframing what you do. Reframe what you do. Everything you do is an experience that you can grow learn and grow from – everything. For example, while taking formal assessment and gather feedback through tools like 360s is important, you will be more effective if you make it part of what you do every day. Ask for feedback, use mentors and other relationships in the office to help ensure your skills are relevant and up to date. Don’t make it a special activity…make it part of what you do and how you approach your work. Reframe it. Let’s look at how this played out in our careers; Joan + Jason to share personal experiences in three areas: Scheduling time. Focusing on the 90%. Reframing what we do. Let’s take a look at what questions you have re: taking a practical approach (David to moderate); or does anyone have other best practices to share.

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Principle #3: building your brand. The only one that can build your brand is – you guessed it – you. While others can help reinforce your brand (positively and negatively), but you must make yourself visible. Put yourself first – be loyal to your company and coworkers, but its time for you! Click: I think this quote from Tom Peters captures the essence of what it means to have a personal brand.

“We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc “We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer of a brand called You.” - Tom Peters Just as we did with our first two principles, let’s look at a few best practices when it comes to building your leadership brand.

Best Practices: Building YOUR Brand The devil is in the details. Be conscious of how you represent yourself. Differentiate. Know what makes you different than your peers. Focus on exposure. There is a big world outside your office. Best practices for building your brand: The devil is in the details. Think about how do you represent your brand. Be conscious of how you present yourself: dress, grooming, behavior, email, voice, stance; saying at TSC: you are on stage all the time! Differentiate. Be Unique; know what makes you different than your peers, including your strengths, passions and goals. Example: Dawn Dugan. Focus on exposure. This is all about being visible to best represent your brand: be social - ensure your social media accounts represent YOU/YOUR BRAND and how you want to be perceived via Facebook, Linkedin, etc. If you have a blog, ensure it is relevant and updated. Remember that exposure goes beyond the four walls of your office. While internal mentors, relationships, etc. are important, so too is external exposure. Take opportunities to do things like you are this week (being at a conference) to volunteer within the career field, contribute/write articles, presentations, networking opportunities. Be visible. Remember that repetition in these activities to build your brand develops confidence and bravery. Let’s look at how this played out in our careers; Joan + Jason to share personal experiences in three areas: Focusing on the details. Differentiating yourself. Focusing on exposure. Let’s take a look at what questions you have re: building your brand (David to moderate); or does anyone have other best practices to share.

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