1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding www.pha.com.au What Now? “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to.

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1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding What Now? “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” - Oscar Wilde

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Where Should I Start? My background Small business vs BIG BUSINESS – “The Corporate Ladder” Skills Interests Politics “Getting Ahead” – career development.

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding How Prepared are You? Pilot training analogy: Private versus Commercial.

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding The Value of Youth What is your value to an employer? Examples: Fighter pilots Futures traders

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Employer Approaches Recruit the best Train to suit your distinctive methodologies Work hard and apply Refer to: “Built to Last” “What they Don’t Teach you at Harvard Business School” (Mark McCormack) Fifth Discipline – Organizational Learning (Peter Senge)

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Strengths of a New Graduate Bright Fresh perspectives…(Doesn’t know what is not possible? [Henry Ford; Thomas Eddison]) Optimistic… Enthusiastic… No bad habits? Can be trained to suit organizations requirements and methodologies.

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Weaknesses Skills may not match job requirements exactly Lack of real world experience. Needs to “learn the ropes”… Will require supervision and training. [Large organizations Vs Small ones] What else?

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Career Path Change is a Certainty! Increasingly complex technology. Information explosion… Commoditization of skills Outsourcing/Off-shoring… Where do you fit?

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Types of Jobs/Organizations What will you do? Technical Project (management) Management Politics & meetings How will you engage? Execution vs politics

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Employee vs Contractor Control own time… Own your own job… Scalability of activities… Sales vs. execution… Experience and client expectations…

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Business Is a contractor “in Business”? How do I set it up? Advantages and disadvantages Skills and experience requirements. Sales vs execution. Tax and other implications.

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Getting your First Job For you… Preparation Your resume/CV The interview Follow up Employer approaches… Testing (Skill/IQ/…) Multiple interviews Cultural fit The VETO (The executive dinner)

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding It is not Just Skills Attitude Communication ability Teamwork Client focus and interaction Savvy & Street Smarts… “Emotional Intelligence” (Daniel Goleman)

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Some Life Tools Some things you can use to help: SWOT Mind Mapping Brainstorming (Think Tanks) Reading/Audio tapes Personal development programs Goals

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Some Areas to Consider Planning => Preparation Keeping up… Continuous Training Research Reading & Audio programs Conferences Non career specific interests Other…

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Some Quotes “The greatest danger (in life) is not that our aspirations are too high and we fail to reach them, rather that they are too low and we do!” [Michaelangelo] “Never, never, never give up” [Winston Churchill]

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding More Quotes “The rot starts at the top”. “Everybody is watching” their leaders. (modeling behaviour/leadership) “First in… Last Out” “Everyone rises to the level of their incompetence” [Peter Principle]

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Perspectives on Bureaucracy A necessary evil? Empire building Peter Principle (rise to level of incompetence). Akio Morota (founder of Sony) – On blockages in organizational structures.

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Industry Perspectives (on Age) At 30 in IT you are over the hill… Skill shortage Sometimes dinosaurs are useful… Endurance improves with age (e.g. the marathon runner).

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding A View on Getting Ahead Aim to make yourself redundant. Train your replacement! Be actively engaged in personal development. Work out what you are passionate about and throw yourself into it – (Michaelangelos’ “terribiliata”).

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Projects Some perspectives on Project Management Vision. Understand who stands to benefit from your failure. Leadership. Management - Planning => preparation. [Know what you are about…] Teamwork. Review.

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding Leadership (Styles) Visionary Coaching Affiliative Democratic Pacesetting Commanding (C&C)

1 st September, 2005 Copyright © 2005, Peter Harding A Final View A few thoughts to finish with: As Winston Churchill said, “Never give up”. See mistakes as learning opportunities. Be pro-active. Set, review and work on your goals. Communicate and network. It is an adventure…