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Self-Managing Your Professional Development

Self-Managing Your Professional Development. David Daniels Jr., Resident Director Michelle Primley Benton Resident Director. Why You’re Here. 7 Steps to Owning Your Development . Creating and Building Strategic Mentor/Colleague Networks Reflective Journal Writing Job Description Review

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Self-Managing Your Professional Development

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  1. Self-Managing Your Professional Development David Daniels Jr., Resident Director Michelle Primley Benton Resident Director

  2. Why You’re Here

  3. 7 Steps to Owning Your Development • Creating and Building Strategic Mentor/Colleague Networks • Reflective Journal Writing • Job Description Review • “Window Shopping” • Resume Maintenance 101 • Managing Up with your Supervisor • Leaving a Legacy That Assists Your Successors

  4. Creating and Building Mentor/Colleague Networks • Getting established • Professional Organizations • Campus Affinity Groups • Community/City Organizations • Graduate/Doctoral Programs • Campus Offices

  5. Creating and Building Mentor/Colleague Networks • Keeping connections • Send updates • Utilize professional social networking - LinkedIn • Take an interest in what they’re doing • Ask advice

  6. Reflective Journal Writing • This is not your Junior High diary… • Note important events – both failures and successes • Be detailed and note your feelings & thoughts • Lessons learned…what to do in the future • Behavioral-based interview success • Tell us about a time…

  7. Job Description Review • Are you accomplishing the tasks outlined? • Are there areas for you to develop/improve? • Evaluation process • Ask for critical feedback • Best practices among peers • Are you above and beyond – what does that mean? • Completing task within the prescribed “work week”? • Finding a more efficient/effective way to complete tasks?

  8. “Window Shopping” • It’s okay to look! • Look broadly for new ideas • Look outside of higher ed • Where is your highest value – geographic locale? Department? • Focus on places and positions you like…then wait for the “sale” • Update your resume accordingly – and frequently!

  9. Resume Maintenance 101 • The Master Copy – aka The Brag List • Breakdown by position type • Use your resources – HR, the Career Center, people in the position you want, peers

  10. Managing Up • Communicate • No Surprises • Provide Solutions, not problems • Be honesty and trustworthy • Understand their perspective and agenda • Understand their preferences • Understand your own management style • Depend on their strengths • Recognize their weaknesses • Know the hot buttons • Request feedback • Don’t go over their head

  11. Leaving a Legacy That Assists Your Successors • Transition Reports • Summary • Timeline • Quirks – building or program specific • Budget expenditure • Remembering the basics • What info would you have wanted? • Keep important documents (and discard the unnecessary!) • Passwords, log-ins, key locations • Intuitive office set-up • Phone lists, frequently used items visible

  12. Creating an Action Plan • What are you already doing well? • Where do you need to improve? • Focus on 1 or 2 steps at a time

  13. Questions? David Daniels DavidDJ@hfs.washington.edu Michelle Primley Benton MPrimley@hfs.washington.edu

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