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Fire Up Your Career ! Birmingham Payroll Conference 2016 Barbara Youngman , CPP. What Speaks To You?. Task Routine Position Expected Obliged. Profession Special Training Progress Action through Life Success. Job versus Career.
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Fire Up YourCareer!Birmingham PayrollConference 2016Barbara Youngman, CPP
What Speaks To You? • Task • Routine • Position • Expected • Obliged • Profession • Special Training • Progress • Action through Life • Success
Job versus Career 1. a piece of work, especially a specific taskdone as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: 2. a post of employment; full-time or part-time position3. anything a person is expected or obliged to do; duty; responsibility 1. an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: 2. a person's progress or general course of action through life or through a phase of life, as in some profession or undertaking: 3. success in a profession, occupation, etc.
Are You a Leader? • Drew Dudley – Everyday Leadership • Bigger than life • Unattainable • “Lollipop Moments” • Invisible Leadership Moments
Leadership Qualities • Have a vision • Build team support • Accept accountability • Make decisions and take action • Leadby example • Seek partners
Vision • A leader will… • Reflect on the past • Set goals for the future • Plan how to get there • Own It • To build a career… • Learn from past experiences • Determine where you want to go • Attitude is Everything!!
Accept Accountability • A leader will… • Take ownership • Commit • Follow through • To build a career… • Take ownership of your education • Prioritize • No one to blame but yourself • Stay grounded
If you are not reading, you are not learning. If you are not learning, you are not growing. If you are not growing, you have stopped living.
Make Decisions & Lead by Example • A leader will… • Be Decisive • Take Action • Take the Initiative • Take Risks • Act with Integrity • To build a career… • Move outside your comfort zone • If you are comfortable – make a change • Make a decision and go for it!
Seek Partners • A leader will… • Network • Seek advice and support • Volunteer • Build expertise • Open doors • Increase visability • Mentor • To build a career… • Leverage your connections • Join your professional organization • Be ACTIVE in the organization
Build Support • A leader will… • Build rapport • Communicate openly • Be an active listener • Gain team support • To build a career… • Who is your support team? • Success dependent upon buy-in • Open communication
Wherever you are in life with whatever you’re doing – you’re going to be ahead of some and behind others. That’s okay. Own where you are. Take time to embrace and celebrate that. Continue moving forward. And never compare your beginning to someone else’s middle. Lifewithoutpants.com
Leaders With Careers Will… • Stay current in their field • Stay active in professional organizations • Engage in (social) networking • Review goals frequently • Recognize their supporters
Legacy through Leadership • Impact • Contribute • Educate • Inspire
Your company owns your job… But you own your career. -Ellen Looyen (Branding Strategist)