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Are you like most people and want to advance your career, make more money, get into management or just increase your skills and opportunities. Most of us are or will be at some point in our career. Climbing the Information Technology career ladder can be stressful and frustrating, but if you figure it out, a rewarding career can be awaiting. In this presentation I am going to cover a few key items that will help you grow or advance your career. I have spoken on this topic at several conferences over the years, shared the information with my staff and peers and helped many of them advance their career.

How To Advance Your Career


• A few Yogi Berra and Lou Holtz references

• A little humor along the way like right now, in fact who can tell me what the picture represents in IT terminology

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1. Achieving Your Goals2. Growing Your Career3. Qualities of a Good Manager4. Building a successful Team5. Making Management Aware of Successes6. Organizations and Vendor Contributions7. Leadership Qualities8. Other Keys to My Successes!

Topics Covered


•Personal Goals and Team Goals• Realistic (target vs. stretch)

• Prioritize (how)

• MotivationLou Holtz -Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated

Achieving Your Goals


How to Determine your Career Path


• Job Boards• Conferences• Company Websites• Job Descriptions!!

How to Determine your Career PathOr as Yogi says- If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else”


Training• Company training!• Free Training!• Conferences!• Taking on additional Responsibilities!• Switching Companies!!

Growing Your Career


Growing Your Career- Be Your Own MentorObserve, Observe, Observe! Or as Yogi says…You can observe a lot by just watching”… Meetings


Growing Your Career- Find a Good Mentor


It all begins with Managing

Trees for forest• STAY OUT OF THE WEEDS• Walk thru the forest!

Great Listener• STOP INTERRUPTING• LISTEN and stop thinking of a response!!

Qualities of a Good Manager


Delegation and Mentoring• Clone yourself• Replace yourself Lou Holtz - It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Trust ( confidence in yourself and teams)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXtvkedRPVQ

Qualities of a Good Manager

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXtvkedRPVQ


Building a Successful Team


Understand Department Requirements and Goals!

Create accountability!

Standardize processes!! Or as Deming says…If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know

what you're doing.

Building a successful Team


Staff Development and growth• Know your team!

Performance reviews!! Lou Holtz -Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Building a successful Team


Making Management Aware of Successes with Good Self Promotion


Metrics (How Can you Manage What you cannot Measure)

• Workload Metrics! (what or how much you do)• Performance Metrics! (how well you do it)• SLA’s or Goal Metrics! (Are you meeting or exceeding

expectations?)• Trending and future analysis!! - Yogi- It's tough to make

predictions, especially about the future.

Making Management Aware of Successes The Right way to Self Promote or “Toot Your Horn


• Get on a Organization Board• Looks good on Resume• Increases skills!

• Education and Training!

• Networking• Job Opportunities• Sharing Ideas and knowledge!!

Why Organizations Are Important


How Vendors can be (should be) keys to your success without ever selling you a tool or product.

• Knowledge• Cutting Edge Technologies• A walking, talking Job Board!

Lu Holtz -I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions!

Vendor Contributions


Qualities of a Good Leader


• Must have a Vision• Focus on the big picture • Create change and make it an opportunity!

• Must create accountability!

• Celebrate achievements!!



People Skills• Great listener

• Ability to delegate

• Ability to inspire and motivate others

• Ability to communicate message well!!



High Confidence and Commitment level• Have a Plan, Be responsible, decisive, accept criticism, lead by

example• Risks- determine and manage!

Lead More, Manage Less• Leaders do not micro manage!

Top 10 Differences, Managers vs. Leaders: • Scott Williams Video Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubRzzirRKs

Qualities of a Good Leader continued

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubRzzirRKs


The next two slides are the most important for your career:

1. My Management Philosophy

2. Two Keys to “Breaking bad management habits”

Keys to my Management Successes

Items My Management Philosophy

Good processes/ Process revision

Tremendously reduce or completely eliminate human errors

Reduce task complexity

Processes usually become stale or outdated

Metrics How can you manage what you can’t measure

Accountability To ensure processes are ALWAYS followed

At all levels of an organization

Communication Better communication seems to always be an action item in an RCA

Items My Management Philosophy

Leadership Have vision and a plan.

Goals must be :Clear, easy to understand and achievable

Be confident and committed

Change Welcome and embrace it

Automation Eliminates human errors and reduces workload


Recognize it Ignorance will get you nowhere when it comes to your career. Take some time for an honest self-evaluation!

Write it downOnce you've identified a weakness, write it down and turn into an opportunity. There's something about having a written record that increases your awareness as well as your resolve to do better!!

Breaking Bad habits (2 Keys)


1. Qualities of a good Manager!

2. How to Grow your Career!

3. Organizations and Vendors!!

3 Key Things You Have Learned During this Session


• Leaders vs. Managers• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVTTBXlAGvI

• Top 10 Differences between Managers and Leaders• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubRzzirRKs

Video Clips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVTTBXlAGvI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ubRzzirRKs


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