1. Presented by Rob Straby www.Straby.com
The Care & Feeding of Career Development Professionals ~ Cannexus 2012 ~
Presented by Rob Straby

2. Agenda Introductions What do professionals want?
Learning from our experiences
Self assessment of our learning
Learning from models of professional development

3. Key Question
What do professionals look for in their careers today?

4. What Everybody Knows… Learning & development Challenging work
Work-personal balance
Quality relationship with their leader
$ only matters when the above are not met
Leonard Cohen...

5. What Are The Risks? Learning is critically important
Prevents loss of knowledge
Increases satisfaction & cross-functional capability

6. Let’s Consider Your Learning
Take some time to reflect on past learning events in which you:
Enjoyed yourself and leaned a great deal
Did not enjoy yourself and learned a great deal
Enjoyed yourself and learned little
Did not enjoy yourself and learned little

7. Learning From Experience
Learned a lot
Learned a little
Enjoyed myself
Did not enjoy myself

8. Reflect & Share on the Learning
What was the content?
Was it enjoyable, difficult?
Was it relevant, applicable?
Was it voluntary or involuntary?
Was there practice opportunity?
Was there opportunity for feedback?
What approaches have worked best for you?

9. Professional Development Assessment
Please take a few minutes to complete the informal checklist to assess your learning and development

10. iLern

11. iLern Examples

12. What’s next for you?
Take a moment to plan one new professional development activity that you can start doing!

13. Rob Straby www.Straby.com
Thank you!
Rob Straby