STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM, NOW YOU’RE HERE?

Surround Yourself with Success, If You Want to Be the Best

Beth Howell - PresenterGeneral Dynamics Land SystemsEmployment Compliance Officer

Olu Bolden - PanelistRaytheon Company

Six Sigma Expert Development Lead & Certified Expert Lead for Integrated

Operations

Richard Wright - PanelistLockheed Martin

Director, Advanced Technology & Innovation

Pamela Carter - ModeratorBoeing Defense, Space & Security

VP, Global Diversity, Inclusion & Supplier Diversity

Our

Team

Objectives• Increase professional and personal development• Explore tools and techniques to gain access to

wider networks• Examine communication skills that will engage

leaders and managers• Identify ways to provide value to personal networks• Identify the people that everyone should have in

his/her network• Explore common networking/relationship building

mistakes and approaches.

Increase Professional Development

• Networking is a full time job – be present– Listen, learn, read, stay in tune and in touch

• Presence– Personal branding– Mastered over time

• BEYA - Make it count

Exercise 1

• Introduce yourself to one new person providing:– 1 name– 2 status at BEYA (employer, student,

school representative or other)– 3 workplace or school– 4 what you do for a living or want to do– 5 one hobby or experience

Increase Personal Development

• Goals and aspirations– Who do you want to be?

• Cultural background and who you are – Employee Resource Groups

• Drive– What excites you?

Exercise 2 – Getting personal• Share one heritage or cultural tradition with a different person than you spoke to in Exercise 1 – again, someone you don’t know.

Tools and Techniques

• Growing your network– At school– At work– In the community

• Power of relationships– Personal growth– Opportunities

Communication Skills• Career fair, job interview, conference, travel

and LIFE etiquette– Polite, professional, polished– In the game– Body language– Social media– Resume and cover letter

• Engage leaders and managers– When an opportunity is presented, make it count!

Exercise 3

•REPEAT EXERCISE 1 WITH THE SAME PERSON!

– Shoulders back, head high– Smile– Eye contact– Shake hands

Value - Personal Networks

• Identify ways to provide value to personal networks– Clubs, groups….

• How can we help each other– Volunteer– Share knowledge without

crossing company or personal boundaries

Connections?

• Who should you have in your network?– High school class mates?– College class mates?– People from your last position?– People from your current position?

Exercise 4

• Share information about a new connection at BEYA with someone seated near you.

Networking/Relationship Building

• Common mistakes– Missed opportunities

• This is your day!– Cultural errors

• Common approaches– Create opportunities to communicate– Extract alternate viewpoints– Embrace differences

Networking Map• Adapting style• Understanding cultural differences• Encouraging collaboration• Connect, connect, connect

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”

Stephen R. Covey

Exercise 5

GOLDEN TICKET

Questions and Answers