Positioning for Success Libby Marshall Associate Director MBA - UQ Business School
Agenda The world as we know it Change and Transformation The Formula Strategic Intent and Purpose Networking and Mentoring Q&A
“It’s all about people……” Introductions Associate Director MBA – UQ Business School Global experience – diverse career Qualifications in HR, Business, Certified Partitioner Prince 2, Certified Trainer, MBA Co Chair MBA Career Services and Employers Alliance, 2017 Asia Conference, Shanghai “It’s all about people……”
Our world is changing
Our world at work is changing Agile Resilient Transformation Complex Stakeholders Communication Traction Synthesise Journey Navigate Ambiguous Political Hard Skills Soft Skills
Skills of the Future Sense Making Social Intelligence Novel and Adaptive Thinking Cross-Cultural Competency Computational Thinking New Media Literacy Transdisciplinarity Design Mindset Cognitive Load Management Virtual Collaboration Future of Work Skills 2020 - Institute for the Future Apollo Research Institute
Change and Transformation Where do I fit How do I fit What do I need to fit
Success
Your Unique Value Proposition + The Formula: Your Unique Value Proposition + Knowing what you want to do + Purpose = Your Success
Strategic Career Development Your Value Proposition Key capabilities What is your value
Current State vs Future State Identifying the gaps in your development Translation and interpretation Behaviour Language Reputation Be known for what you want to be known for!
Brand and Reputation Attributes: big leafy structure, hard woody trunk, turns CO2 to O2, green, bears nuts Benefits: provides shelter, provides building materials, helps planet breathe, serene, provides food Values: kind, strong, spiritual, generous Personality: motherly, undemanding, stoic, dependable Essence: supporter of life
Career Trajectory
Know Your Next Move
To add…….. Options Networking – strategic Mentoring Research
Ultimately Empowered Enabled Purposeful
It’s not how good you are - do you want to be. PAUL ARDEN (1940 – 2008)
Some things need to be BELIEVED before they are seen.
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