Climbing the Ladder, or Preparing for a Bigger Role Nancy Kress University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Climbing the Ladder OVERVIEW Clarify your career goal Decide what responsibilities and roles to tackle Create a plan to manage your career

PROGRAM Part 1 – Vision your future – Exercise: Case study to anticipate future changes Part 2 – Know yourself – Exercise: Job Crafting Part 3 – Set your goals and create a plan – Exercise: Create a career plan

PART 1 Vision your future

Vision your future Who are you?

Vision your future What would my ideal work be? What work makes me fulfilled and excited? Worksheet part 1

Vision your future Opportunities in your own organization

Vision your future Change in manager Change in the type of work you do Transfer to another part of the organization Change in role Job redefined or enlarged Change in employer

Vision your future Exercise: Case study to anticipate future changes – Case study 1: Change in Supervisor – Case study 2: Change in Job

PART 2 Knowing yourself

Knowing yourself Career interests, work values and skills Assessing skills - what you have and what to develop Identify future roles

Knowing yourself Core professional interests Work values Strongest skills

Knowing yourself Core professional interests – what activities do you typically perform? – what activities do you find most appealing? Work values Strongest skills

Knowing yourself Core professional interests Work values – financial stability – intellectual challenge – working with people you admire – career opportunities to move up – work/life balance Strongest skills

Knowing yourself Core professional interests Work values Strongest skills – skills you have in abundance – skills you possess but want to strengthen – entirely new skills

Knowing yourself Exercise: Job Crafting – visualize job tasks – map job elements in number and scope – reorganize to change quality and quantity

Exercise: Job Crafting Current state Change in mindset Future state

Manage people Complete projects (I initiated) Library Strategic Planning Actions Department goals Research & reading Professional development Current State Attend meetings

Exercise: Job Crafting Current state – identify daily/weekly/monthly tasks – convert to building blocks according to time Change in mindset Future state Worksheet part 2

Exercise: Job Crafting Current state Change in mindset – motive – strength – passion Future state Worksheet part 3

Exercise: Job Crafting Current state Change in mindset Future state – new tasks – increase/decrease amount of task time Worksheet part 4

Manage people Attend meetings Library Strategic Planning Actions Consulting Attend classes in Lean Reading new research Future State Department goals Complete projects (I initiated) Scholarship: research & writing

Exercise: Job Crafting Current state Change in mindset Future state – Re-craft tasks to allocate time – create more meaning by crafting more challenge – change relationships – foster high quality connections by changing who you interact with

Exercise: Job Crafting Future state actions Worksheet part 5

PART 3 Set goals and create career path

Set goals and create career path Determining time frame and importance Reviewing and evaluating goals Homework: create a career plan

Create a career plan Review core professional interests, values and skills List and describe career opportunities in your organization Identify and obtain new skills Develop a plan

Create a career plan Review core professional interests, values and skills List and describe career opportunities in your organization Identify and obtain new skills Develop a schedule

Create a career plan Review core professional interests, values and skills List and describe career opportunities in your organization Identify and obtain new skills Develop a schedule

Change in manager Change in the type of work you do Transfer to another part of the organization Change in role Job redefined or enlarged Change in employer Create a career plan

Review core professional interests, values and skills List and describe career opportunities in your organization Identify and obtain new skills – internal organizational training – online courses – professional association resources – university continuing education Develop a plan

Create a career plan Review core professional interests, values and skills List and describe career opportunities in your organization Identify and obtain new skills Develop a plan Worksheet part 6

Questions?

References Barden, D. M. "Your Next Few Leaders." The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 2, 2009). Berg, J. M., A. Wrzesniewski, and J. E. Dutton. "Perceiving and Responding to Challenges in Job Crafting at Different Ranks: When Proactivity Requires Adaptivity." Journal of Organizational Behavior (2010). Drucker, P. F. "Managing Oneself." Harvard Business Review 83.1 (2005). Wellman, N., and G. Spreitzer. "Crafting Scholarly Life: Strategies for Creating Meaning in Academic Careers." Journal of Organizational Behavior (2010). Wrzesniewski, A., and J. E. Dutton. "Crafting a Job: Revisioning Employees as Active Crafters of their Work." Academy of Management Review 26.2 (2001). Wrzesniewski, A., J.M. Berg, and J. E. Dutton. "Turn the Job You have into the Job You Want." Harvard Business Review 88.6 (2010).

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