Outcomes-Based Career Planning:Mapping a Course to the Executive Suite

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Outcomes-Based Career Planning: Mapping a Course to the Executive Suite

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Section OneUnderstanding and Meeting Job Expectations

Section TwoGoals and Career Aspirations

Section ThreeMentorship

Section FourVolunteer and Gain Exposure

Section FiveDevelop Others

Section SixApply Your Learnings

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INTRODUCTIONThis Journal will help you to capture your careergoals and aspirations and organize and follow up on the necessary steps for career enhancementand advancement.

As you attend education sessions, use Section 6,“Apply Your Learnings,” to identify key learningsand next steps to apply to your competencies andcareer goals. Assess how the knowledge gained fitsinto your professional development portfolio.

Learning Objectives- Understand the steps for career progression.

- Obtain tools and resources to advance career.

- Understand career goals.

- Define the steps to become a more effective leader.

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SECTION ONE:Understanding and Meeting Job Expectations

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UNDERSTANDING AND MEETING JOB EXPECTATIONS

Write your current job expectations:

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Assess where you are on a scale of 1–5:

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If you have not rated yourself at a five for job expectations,list ideas on how you might improve your performance.

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SECTION TWO:Goals and Career Aspirations

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GOALS AND CAREER ASPIRATIONSWhat are your short-term and long-term goals? You caninclude both personal and professional goals since they areoften intertwined, and success is measured by both.

Where do you want to be in one year and why?

How do you plan to get there?

Where do you want to be in three years and why?

How do you plan to get there?

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Where do you want to be in five years and why?

How do you plan to get there?

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SECTION THREE:Mentorship

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MENTORSHIPKeep in mind your one-, three-, and five-yeargoals and how a mentor could assist you inachieving those goals.

Take a moment to reflect on some of your previous mentors.Now take some time to identify a potential mentor today whocan help you with your career goals.

Ideas on how you would approach your mentor:

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Set a time frame for frequency.How and when would you seek feedback from your mentor,and how would you be receptive to the feedback?

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SECTION FOUR:Volunteer and Gain Exposure

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VOLUNTEER AND GAIN EXPOSURE

Reflect on your current one-, three-, and five-year goals and how you might volunteer andgain exposure around those goals.

Consider a best practice of how you have volunteered foradditional assignments or project work at your job. What typeof professional exposure did you gain from volunteering?Write down some ways in which you feel volunteering helpedyou advance your career.

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List some additional assignments or volunteer opportunities atwork that would help you achieve your career goals.

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SECTION FIVE:Develop Others

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DEVELOP OTHERS Create a potential list of individuals who you can developwhether you currently have direct reports or not.

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Identify the next steps to begin to mentor the people you have identified.

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SECTION SIX:Apply Your Learnings

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Write down the action steps that you need to take to apply thelearnings from this session.

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Networking is a critical part of career development. Use this area to record contacts you meet throughout the conference.

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