positive professional development for workforce professionals
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Positive Professional Development for Workforce ProfessionalsPresented by Michele Martin—GSETA Conference 2011
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This session is about YOU!
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Today’s Session
Why you should focus on your professional development.
Positive Professional Development Practices
Positive Professional Development Strategies
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We are knowledge workers.Our marketability based on what we know and what we know how to do.
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“Free Agent Nation”1/3 of US workers are part of the contingent workforce. Could you be next?
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Job Security=Skills SecurityTaking charge of our own professional development helps us “future proof” ourselves.
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Role ModelsWe need to model for our clients what we want them to do.
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PPD PracticesThe Habits of Positive Professional Development
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To Learn Effectively. . .
Learning mindset
Build from positive core
Learning environment
Learning plan and strategies
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Broaden our ideas of learning. . .
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Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
Based on brain research by Carol Dweck
Are talents “innate” or changeable?
Can have different mindsets in different situations.
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Explore & Strengthen Your Positive Core
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Positive Core Questions
What are your strengths & assets?
How could you strengthen those assets?
What are your greatest strategic advantages as a worker?
What are the important questions in your work? Which of these gets you most excited and passionate?
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Learn from Work
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Learning at Work . . .
What can I learn today?
How can I build on my core strengths?
How can I learn from my “To Do” list?
Reflective learning practices
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Use Positive Questions
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Questions. . .
Frame our experiences
Point us to answers/solutions
Can create positive or negative patterns of thought and learning
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Some Positive Questions
How can I build on my positive core today?
How could I invest in my future today?
How could I use today’s experiences to develop a specific skill or knowledge set?
How can I get MORE of what I want at work?
What was the best work experience I’ve had? How can I get more of that at work?
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PPD StrategiesLow-Cost, High Impact Learning
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Make Time for Learning
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Finding Time
What is the most significant change I could make in my day that would help me learn more?
For the next 100 days, get up 1 minute earlier each day.
Use the first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes for a learning activity or reflection.
Build learning into your daily activities
Manage your time!
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Develop a Plan
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Tips on Planning
Reflect on positive core, trends, experiences.
Brainstorm and prioritize
Focus on 1-2 goals
Set mini goals
Focus on developing habits
Review progress
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Decide on Learning Strategies
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The Learning Cycle
ActActAct
ActReflectAct
ReflectActReflect
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Building in Reflection
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One Sentence Journal
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Reflective Journal
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Debrief Yourself
Daily Debrief What happened? What did I learn? What do I want to learn? How will it change what I do tomorrow?
Weekly Review
After Action Review
Most Significant Change Stories
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Lunch and Learn
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Building in Action
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Google It!
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Personal Learning Experiments
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“30-Day Trials”
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Stretch Assignments
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Rinse and Repeat . . . .
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So . . .
What SINGLE change are you taking back with you today?
How are you going to incorporate positive professional development into your daily habits?
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