Building Your Path Forward

DESIGNING THE CAREER YOU WANT

November 2018

Sarah Lucas

Assistant VP, UW Medicine

Enterprise Revenue Cycle

WELCOME

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AGENDA

• Welcome

• Career Development

• Evaluation

• Assessment

• What’s Next

• Tools

• Resources

DEVELOPMENT

“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”

― Calvin Coolidge

Building Your Path Forward

Growth / Advancement

• Quantitative goal setting

• Progression or upward movement along a specific ladder/path

Development

• Qualitative expansion of knowledge base and talent

• Enhancing skills and/or level of responsibility

Career Growth, Development, and Advancement are integrated aspects of building your professional path forward.

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EVALUATION & PLANNING

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?“ "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.“

― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Continuous Evaluation

Evaluation Cycles

• Early Career – 3 years

• Mid to Later Career – 3-5 years

Transition Strategy

• Evaluate your current state

• Plan for future state

“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Career Roadmap

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Early Career Mid Career Late Career

Learn New Role / Organization • Demonstrate Expertise Role • Build Your Reputation

Establish Relationships • Build Professional Networks • Assessment and Exit Planning

1st Job

Year 1-3 Year 7-9

Year 4-6 Year 10-12

Year 13-17

Year 18-22

Year 23-27

PEOPLE CULTURE TECH/TOOLS SKILLS

Year 28-32

Year 33-37

22 65 34 50

Year 38-42

INDUSTY

“Begin at the beginning…"and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

ASSESSMENT

Self Assessment

Skills Assessment

Situational Assessment

Financial Assessment

“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions…”

― Shannon L. Alder

Assessments

Assume the athletic stance…ground yourself where you are now

Self Assessment

• What tasks do I really enjoy?

• What tasks do I really dislike or dread?

• What am I already good at?

• What skills do I have in my toolbox?

• What skills to I not have yet?

• What experience do I already have?

• Is there someone I look up to, respect greatly, or want to emulate?

Skills Assessment

• Is there something I really want to do?

• Is there a job I really want?

• What do I want/need to learn?

• Technical skills

• Leadership skills

• Soft skills

• Am I ready to do the job I want?

Assessments con’t…

Where your going may depend on where you start...

Situational Assessment

• What do I value?

• Location

• Work-live balance

• Formal or informal education

• More or less travel

• Growth path within a company

• Stability or change

• Benefits

• Prioritize values based on current situation.

• Who else is impacted by my career choice? What do they value?

Financial Assessment

• Am I able to live on less?

• Am I comfortable making what I make today?

• Do I need to make more immediately?

• How much more do I need?

• What is my ultimate salary goal?

WHAT’S NEXT

Transition

Develop A Transition Strategy

"In case I don't see you later, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!“ ― Jim Carey, The Truman Show

What needs to be finished?

• Have I learned what I set out to learn?

• Is there more I can learn from this role?

• Is there more I can do at this company?

• Are there projects or deliverables you need to wrap up before leaving your current role?

What is next?

• You now have a general direction of where to head next.

• Evaluate opportunities against your assessment results.

• Update your resume:

• Add new skills, abilities, and experience

• Build on accomplishments

• Tell interviewers what you want to learn in the new role?

TOOLS

To Find The Path Forward

“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes

Development Resources

• Network, Network, Network

• Organizational Development Courses…take them all!

• Resume building

• Interviews

• Take on special projects

• Scan job boards for ideas

• Always negotiate

QUESTIONS?

RESOURCES

Resources for Career Growth and Planning

“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, by Kerry Patterson, Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan

• Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life, by Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

• Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, by Austin Kleon

• The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability, by Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman

• Hardwiring Excellence: Purpose, Worthwhile Work, Making a Difference, by Quint Studer

• Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, by Spencer Johnson

THANK YOU