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ARCHER~MARTIN ASSOCIATES

CAREER ESSENTIALS

June 2016 HERS Denver Institute

Dear HERS Denver Group Members,

In preparation for our workshops together, I am attaching a few documents. Don’t get too nervous! I am

not asking you to do too much prior to our time together. The attachments are:

1. A Career Mapping Worksheet. Do not spend time on the whole exercise. Read through all of the

exercises and then try doing either Section V or VI.

2. A bibliography with three starred books (Goleman’s Working with Emotional Intelligence,

Hammond’s Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry, and Kotter et al’s Our Iceberg is Melting).

Again, don’t worry: all I’m asking you to do is to click on the provided link to read a summary

of each of these three books. I would ask you, when visiting John Kotter’s webpage, to click on

the tab, “Kotter Principles,” select “Management vs. Leadership” from the pop-up menu, and

read his definition of the difference between the two.

Finally, I believe Judith asked you to select an ad copy of a position in which you might be interested, if you

were looking. Please bring that with you, as well as your CV and any cover letter/s you may have.

Enjoy! I look forward to seeing you all and to spending time together.

Best regards,

Nancy Martin

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Career Mapping Worksheet

I. INTRODUCTION

The team at Archer~Martin Associates has developed the attached professional and personal mapping document. It tracks with the four quadrants of the circle you see below. Most career mapping exercises focus on professional aspirations and career building-block types of questions. This document asks you to focus some of your energies on those typical questions, but as you will see, it asks you to focus on yourself as a whole person, not just as a person with a career. It is our contention that it is the whole person, in relationship to oneself, one’s personal relationships, one’s professional planning, and institutional planning, who makes up an integrated career/life plan.

We ask that you focus on the circle and the mapping document using the Theory of Appreciative Inquiry (A.I.). As many of you know, Appreciative Inquiry was originally developed by David Cooperrider from Case Western Reserve University as an organizational development theory. He has successfully proved that focusing on an organization’s successes and its aspirations creates positive energy and leads to exponential success. We have designed this mapping document using Appreciative Inquiry questions and thus have developed it beyond the narrow definition of its “career” label.

We have started the document with the “Institution” quadrant and moved around the circle counterclockwise. We have learned that this facilitates an easy flow, and the process can be done over a short or longer timeframe. It is not simply a career-change tool but a life-long tool. Enjoy!

II. A.I. AND MY LIFE JOURNEY

Personal Self Professional

Self

Professional

Institution &

Relationships

Personal

Relationships

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III. PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING

Top Accomplishments at My Current Position

Aspirations for My Current Position (and Concrete Actions to Move Forward)

Coming year

Next 3 years

Next 5 years

Future Career Aspirations (I desire from my work & workplace)

Culture

Values

Work styles

Teams or independence

Reward systems

Vision for Professional Legacy

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IV. PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL BUILDING BLOCKS

Networking

Current Successes (specific names)

One Year from Now

The Next 3-5 Years

Mentors and Those Mentored

Current Status

Future Goals (Coming Year and 1-3 Years from Now)

Continuous Learning

What do I do now to gain greater institutional perspectives?

What activities should I pursue to position myself for my future career aspirations?

Leadership Experience

Volunteer

What experiences have I gained from my service on a not-for-profit board/advisory committee? What experiences would I like to get?

Distinctive Knowledge

Through my academic and professional pursuits, have I developed a distinctive area of expertise? What specific activities will I plan to pursue to advance my visibility?

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Institutional Experience/Expertise

Strategic Planning

Faculty Committees/Institutional Service

The Four F’s – Finance, Fundraising, Facilities, Financial Aid

How do I describe my “professional” image? What would I like to work on?

V. PERSONAL BUILDING BLOCKS

Balance (e.g. journaling, calendar/time management, work/home)

Current Successes

Aspirations for the Future

Health/Recreation/Vacations

Current Successes


Managing Stress

Current Successes


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Relationship Skills

Current Successes


Dealing with Failure

Current Successes


Persistence

Current Successes


Consistently Reinvent Myself

Current Successes


Sense of Humor

Current Successes


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VI. PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP BUILDING BLOCKS

Time I Spend with Spouse/Partner (describe the pluses)

Current Successes and Status


Specific Steps to Achieve that Vision:

- What will I do in the next six months to achieve that vision?

- What will I do in the next year to achieve that vision?

Time I Spend with Children/Family






Time I Spend with Friends/in My Community



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Location and Its Importance in My Life






VII. SUMMARY

Comments/observations evoked by this document

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Professional Goals

This list will probably evolve over time as you evolve as a person and as an administrator, so it

is important to update this chart on an annual basis. This allows you to explore the kinds of roles

you want to take on during your career journey.

Goals and Imperatives

Preferred Acceptable Unwilling to Consider (Deal Breaker)

In what part of the

country do I want to

live?

Do I want to work in a

public or a private

institution?

Is my ultimate goal a

small liberal arts

college or a large

research university?

Which administrative

track do I want to

pursue? Academic

affairs, business affairs,

student affairs, or

alumni/development?

What position do I want

to retire from?

What do I want people

to say about my career

once I retire? What will

be my mark?

What do I want to do in

my retirement?

The College Administrator’s Guide to Career Advancement

© Nancy Archer Martin and Jennifer L. Bloom, Ed. D.

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Skills Assessment

So, now here is the tough part. We want you to go through the following checklist and rate

each skill as a strength or weakness. If you’ve rated it as a weakness, the key is to then devise

a proactive plan for addressing this weakness. Be honest with yourself.

Skill Strength Weakness & How I Will Proactively Address It

Personal Skills

Balance

Health

Humbleness

Openness to possibilities

Relationship building

Effective dealing with

failure

Persistence

Consistent reinvention of

yourself

Effective use of humor

Professional Skills

Networking

Acquisition of mentors and

mentees

Continuous learning

Leadership experience

Experience working with

alumni and donors

Budgeting skills

Strategic planning

Faculty committee

participation



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Values, Stories, and Question Chart

Please, fill in the following chart. In the values section, you will write down those things

about which you are most passionate in your life. In the stories column, you will share how

you live out your values and philosophies in action. The questions column will allow you to

write questions that you would ask of a future employer concerning whether the institution

holds the same values as you do.

Values Stories Questions



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Career Flow Chart

Name: Date:

TIME FRAMES

1-2 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS >10 YEARS

NARRATIVE/

CAREER STAGES

GOALS/OPTIONS/POSSIBILITIES:

#1

#2

#3

Other considerations as you plan:

PERSONAL PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Recommended Reading: Some of Nancy’s Favorites

Arbinger Institute: Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

http://www.arbinger.com/en/home.html

Mary Catherine Bateson: Composing a Life

http://www.marycatherinebateson.com/

Gervase Bushe: Clear Leadership: Sustaining Real Collaboration and Partnership at Work

http://www.gervasebushe.ca/

Jim Collins: Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great.

http://www.jimcollins.com/books/g2g-ss.html

Jill Ker Conway: The Road from Coorain. True North: A Memoir, and A Woman’s Education

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/coorain/ei_conway.html

David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney. Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change

http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/intro/bookReviewDetail.cfm?coid=9477

Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers: The Story of Success

http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html

Daniel Goleman: Working with Emotional Intelligence

http://danielgoleman.info/purchase/

http://www.arbinger.com/en/home.html

http://www.marycatherinebateson.com/

http://www.gervasebushe.ca/

http://www.jimcollins.com/books/g2g-ss.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/coorain/ei_conway.html

http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/intro/bookReviewDetail.cfm?coid=9477

http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html

http://danielgoleman.info/purchase/

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Sue Annis Hammond: The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry

http://www.thinbook.com/pages/books/tbai_book.htm

Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs

http://pages.simonandschuster.com/stevejobs

John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, Peter Mueller, and Spencer Johnson: Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and

Succeeding Under Any Conditions

http://www.kotterinternational.com/kotterprinciples/our-iceberg-is-melting

James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner: Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and

Recognizing Others

http://www.leadershipchallenge.com/WileyCDA/

Nancy Archer Martin and Jennifer L. Bloom, Ed.D.: Career Aspirations & Expeditions: Advancing Your

Career in Higher Education Administration

http://www.archermartinassociates.com/Welcome.html

Debra Meyerson: Tempered Radicals: How Everyday Leaders Inspire Change at Work

http://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/debram

Andrew Weil, M.D.: Spontaneous Happiness

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART03229/Why-I-Wrote-Spontaneous-Happiness.html

Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Stone Zander. The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and

Personal Life

http://benjaminzander.com/book/

http://www.thinbook.com/pages/books/tbai_book.htm

http://pages.simonandschuster.com/stevejobs

http://www.kotterinternational.com/kotterprinciples/our-iceberg-is-melting

http://www.leadershipchallenge.com/WileyCDA/

http://www.archermartinassociates.com/Welcome.html

http://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/debram

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART03229/Why-I-Wrote-Spontaneous-Happiness.html

http://benjaminzander.com/book/

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