MAINTAINING YOUR RELEVANCY

AT WORK & DEVELOPING A

CAREER PLAN

Tanya Hammock

Senior HR Manager, Cintas Corporation

Learning Objectives

• Ideas for maintaining relevancy in the workplace

• Networking Best Practices

• Mentoring Tips

• Developing a Career Action Plan

Relevancy – Something important to the matter at

hand

Relevancy…………….How?

• Continuous Learner

• Offer solutions

• Volunteer

• Be proactive

• Mentor/Mentee

• Network

• Self-reflection

Networking – To interact with other people to exchange information and develop

contacts

Networking Tips

• Network with a purpose

• Make the time to Network

Who to Network with?

• Ask your “boss” for ideas on other leaders who you should get to know in the organization

– Who can help broaden your business acumen?

– Leaders from other job/department functions

• What key players do you want to get to know?

Mentor – An influential sponsor or supporter

Mentoring

• Why be a Mentor?

– Mentors were 6 times more likely to be promoted¹

– Both mentors and mentees are approximately 20% more likely to get a raise than people who did not participate in a mentoring program¹

– 44% of CEOs list mentoring as one of 3 most effective strategies to enhance women’s advancement to senior management

Mentoring

• Gives you an opportunity to:

– Learn something new

– Add value to both parties

– Stir the creative juices

– Gain skills or knowledge you may not possess

– Gives you a fresh perspective

– Personal satisfaction – opportunity to give back

“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could” – Author Unknown

Mentoring

• Why be a Mentee?

– Can give you an edge that differentiates you from your peers/or competition

– Help shorten the learning curve

– Help identify opportunities and advice on how to promote yourself

– Relationship can provide knowledge, insight, support and open doors for you

Self Assessment

Career Management

Career Action Plan

Goal Setting

Skill Development

Self-Assessment

• Clarifying your

– Personality type and work style

– Interests

– Career Values

– Skills

Self-Assessment: Personality type and work style

Self-Assessment: Interests

• What I like but don’t do well– Potential development area

• What I like and do well– The Sweet Spot

• What I don’t like and don’t do well– Red flag area (potential turnover)

• What I don’t like but do well– Potential burnout area

Self-Assessment: Values and Skills

What is it that you value?

• Money, influence, innovation, productivity

Skills

• What one skill, if developed, would make you twice as effective?

• What skills do you have that aren’t being utilized?

• What one strength can you leverage more?

Goal Setting

• What is your definition of success?

• In the next 12 months, where do you want to be?

• In the next 3 years, where do you want to be?

• In the next 5 years, where do you want to be?

• SMART

Skill Development

• Developing yourself and your skill set to add value to the organization and your own career development

• Development to follow the 70-20-10 rule

70% - Experience – Learning through doing

• Managing a project

• Serving on a cross functional team

• Stretch assignments

• Increased decision making authority or scope

Skill Development

20% - Exposure –learning from others

• Job shadowing

• Coaching

• Being a mentor

• Networking

• Traveling with leaders

• Joining external committees or counsels

• Exposure to other groups/business units/leaders

Skill Development

10% - Education – formal learning• Classes• Seminars• Books• Webinars• Podcasts• Conferences• White papers• Blogs• Certification

Career Management

• Continuous process

• Building relationships

• Career development conversations (this is what I want to do)

• Executing the plan

• Updating the plan

Career Action Plan

Let’s write one!

THANK YOU!

Resources

• Andrew Vest, “How to Network the Right Way; Eight Tips”, Forbes• Jennifer V. Miller, “Networking Inside the Company Walls”, Forbes• Colorado Technical University• Anne Perschel, Co-Founder, Chief Inspiration Officer & VP

Mentoring/Sponsorship 3Plus International• MentorCity.com• Dr. Belle Ragins, Catalyst• University of California, Berkeley HR• Carl Jung, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator• Cintas Training and Development• Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg