Creating a Profesessional Development Plan

CreatingaProfessionalDevelopmentPlanSusanneMarkgrenDigitalServicesLibrarianSUNYPurchase

LACUNYProfessionalDevelopmentCommittee|June18,2014

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SimpleandPainlessWaystoDevelop,

Curate,Investin,Advance,andProfessionalizeyourAWESOMECAREER

whoamI?

Libraryconf usion,23/12/1952,bySamHood,FlickrCommons

academiclibrarianwriter/authorcareeradvicecolumnistprofessionaldevelopmentadvocate

http://librarycareerpeople.com/

Weconductedasurvey,onmanagingasuccessfulcareer.Byearly2012,2,369peoplehadstarteditand1,922hadcompletedit.81%completionrate.

"Ifyouwantasuccessfulcareerinlibrarianship‑orjustaboutanythingelse‑youhavetomanageit.Youcan'tsitbackpassivelyandletthingshappentoyou.Youhavetobeproactiveandfigureoutwhatyouwant;whereyouwanttobein2,5,or10years;andwhatitwilltaketogetthere.Thenstartworkingonit."

‑‑JanetC.

Andthesurveysays...

ProfessionalDevelopmentistheKeytoManagingaSuccessfulCareer...

Itcanhelpus:

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BrenéBrown

70%OFAMERICANWORKERSARE“NOTENGAGED”OR

“ACTIVELYDISENGAGED.”

Engagedemployeesworkwithpassionandfeelaprofoundconnectiontotheircompany.

NotEngagedemployeesareessentially“checkedout.”Puttingtime—butnotenergyorpassion—intotheirwork.

ActivelyDisengagedemployeesaren’tjustunhappyatwork;they’rebusyactingouttheirunhappiness.

StateoftheAmericanWorkplaceReport,2013.Gallupmeasuresemployeeengagementbasedonworkers’responsestoitsQ12survey,whichconsistsof12actionableworkplaceelementswithprovenlinkstoperformanceoutcomes.Download.

AudienceQuestions:

YoumayrespondatPollEv.com/libcareerwhenthepresenterpushesthispoll--oruseyoursmartphonetoTextaCODEto37607.

Question1

Question2

Question3

Steps(orideas)toenhance

yourcareerthroughprofessionaldevelopment

Assess

Formulate

FromCareerQ&A,Chapter1,p.5.

Getacopyofthistemplatehere:bit.ly/lacunycareergoals

Network

“Networkingisbothanartandascience.Butintheend–networkingshouldbefun,excitingandarewardingapproachtoadvancement.Themoreyounetwork–withapositiveoutlook–themoreyouwilllearn.Andifyou’realwayslearning,youaregrowingandthusdevelopingyourself.”

‑"7ReasonsNetworkingCanBeaProfessional DevelopmentBootCamp."GlennLlopis,

Forbes.com

“Liveasifyouweretodietomorrow.Learnasifyou

weretoliveforever.”―Mahatma

Gandhi

“Studyhardwhatinterestsyouthemostinthemostundisciplined,irreverent

andoriginalmanner

possible.”

―RichardP.Feynman

Therearetimestostayput,andwhatyouwantwillcometoyou,andtherearetimestogooutintotheworldandfindsuchathingforyourself.

‑LemonySnicket,Horseradish

Collaborate

SurveyResponsestotheQuestion"What'stheBestThingaboutCollaboration?

KnowingthatIamnotalonewithmydilemma,thatIcancallonothersfortheirexpertise,whichincreasesmyself‑confidence

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Itcanopendoorsforfunding‑‑poolingofresources•DifferentpointsofviewandpeoplewhomightseethingsthatIamsimplyoverlooking

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I'veparticipatedinsomegrouppresentationsandwritingprojectsthatIneverwouldhavedaredonmyown

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Projectsdevelopedwithotherstendtohavebetteroutcomesandmorestayingpower

•

Write/Present

AustinKleon,authorofStealLikeanArtist,andShowYourWork

Thebestadviceisnottowritewhatyouknow,it’stowritewhatyoulike.Writethekindofstoryyoulikebest—writethestoryyouwanttoread.Thesameprincipleappliestoyourlifeandyourcareer.

Create

USECONSTRAINTTOFUELCREATIVEACTION:Givenachoice,mostofuswouldofcoursepreferalittlemorebudget,alittlemorestaff,andalittlemoretime.Butconstraintscanspurcreativityandinciteaction,aslongasyouhavetheconfidencetoembracethem.

‑CreativeConfidence,p.126.

Redefine

Whatweknowmattersbutwhowearemattersmore.

―BrenéBrown,DaringGreatly.

Thethingis,youneverreallystartover.Youdon'tlosealltheworkthat'scomebefore.Evenifyoutrytotossitaside,thelessonsyou'velearnedfromitwill

seepintowhatyoudonext.‑AustinKleon,ShowYourWork.

AudienceQuestion:

YoumayrespondatPollEv.com/libcareerwhenthepresenterpushesthispoll--oruseyoursmartphonetoTextaCODEto37607.Question4

Recommendedbooks:

Creating a Professional DevelopmentPlan

If you don't takeresponsibility for the

success of yourcareer, who will?

• Reflect• journal, organize, synthesize

• Gain self -awareness• satisfaction, engagement

• Seek outside input• supervisor, mentor, peers

• Develop action steps• update resume, seek a mentor, attend conferences,

enroll in courses, join discussion groups...• Set longer term goals

• 3 years, 5 years -- look at the bigger picture

Activities

Pinnacle/FoothillActivity>

Self-Assessment/CareerGoals/Obstacles>

ResearchyourActionSteps:

ThankYou!

SusanneMarkgren

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