sagea conference talk - career empowerment
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Transforming culture through personal and career empowermentDebbie Craig – MD Catalyst Consulting
Catalysts in creating high performance, high engagement organisations through developing leaders, building capacity, and leveraging talent
Experienced team
CONSULTING SOLUTIONSPartners in customised solutions
to people challenges
LEARNING SOLUTIONSBreak-through learning
to build capacity
REAL BUSINESS VALUEThought LeadershipExperienced Team
Practical ToolsGlobal & Local Track Record
Topics
New mind-sets and skills required for a shifting landscape and an emerging workforce
Critical questions for career empowerment – an approach to discovering the answers
I am Talent - design principles and highlights
Impact on culture, engagement, learning & performance
Surviving in the VUCA World
VolatileUncertain
ComplexAmbiguous
Surviving in the VUCA World
VolatileUncertain
ComplexAmbiguous
Economic
uncertainty
Generation gap
Attract & retain key Talent
Limited job
opportunitiesChanges to the world of workglobalisation, mobility, technology
Ageing
workforceGlobal skills shortage
Develop new
mind-sets & skills
The perfect talent storm
The talent landscape is shifting
• Traditional career paths• Work to earn a living• Be thankful for a job• Paternalistic career
development• Limited access to career
opportunities and learning• Baby boomers/Gen X – willing to
work hard and make sacrifices• Wait and hope for opportunity
• Portfolio lives• Work must be meaningful• Attraction & engagement is king• Individually driven career
development• Global access to career
opportunities and learning• Gen Y have different work and
lifestyle expectations • Empower individuals to drive
own career and development
Power shift: from company talented individual
New mindsets and skills required?
awareness
decision making
change responsiveness
influence
inspireresilience
learning agility
collaboration
global mindsettech savvy
My talent is …
I feel I am/am not optimising my potential because …
I need to focus on new mindsets and skills e.g. ….
From: waiting for or expecting hand-outs or opportunities
To: creating opportunities through my attitude & actions
• Entitlement • Success is easy• Unrealistic career
expectations• Inflated view of
abilities/talent• Intolerance of poor
leadership• Top 3 things that irritate
managers = unrealistic compensation expectations 51%, poor work ethic 47%, easily distracted 46%
• Ownership – responsible (victim to victor)
• Success = attitude + effort + results = reward
• Realistic career expectations• Realistic view of strengths,
development areas• Seeking mentors, upward
feedback, relationships• Ability to focus when
necessary• Top 3 skills for millenials =
prioritize 87%, positive attitude 86%, team skills 86%
GEN Y
South Africa Education throughput
100% 48% 37% 11%
Source: Institute of Race Relations, South Africa 2015
2012Gr10 Enrolment1.1m (100%)
2014Gr12 Wrote Matric(48.3%)
Gr12 Passed Matric(36.6%)
Bachelors Pass (13.7%)Maths Pass(10.9%)
Assuming 100% Bachelors Passes enter university but 51% pass rate
2012 Gr10 school entrants graduate(6.9%)
“Put plainly, if 10 children enrol in grade 10 in any given year, one can expect five of them to reach matric, three to pass, and at most, only one to pass maths with 50%.
7%
+ 1.2 million students drop out of high school p.a. (+7,000 a day) Only 75% graduate on time. 2000 schools are “drop-out factories”= only 60% graduate (32% minority students vs 8% whites attend)USA now 22/27 developed countries in graduation ratesA dropout will earn $200,000 less than a graduate over his lifetimeDropouts commit about 75% of crimes.
Two stories
How do we create an environment for self and career empowerment?
How do we act as Catalysts for cultural and social transformation?
World of workWhat are the drivers in the world of work
and how do you create value?
World of MeWhat makes you
unique, what drives you and how can you
make the most of what you have?
What organizations
wantWhat are
organisations looking for when they search for
talent?
Differentiating myself
How can you build your distinctive value and personal brand?
My performance
How can you maximise your performance?
My developmentHow can you fast-
track your development?
Qualities of success
What qualities are core to becoming
the best you can be?
Choices & Transitions
How can you make the best career
choices and make the most of transitions?
Critical questions to optimise potential?
1. World of workWhat are the factors and trends impacting my industry
and career?
How could I add value as an employee, entrepreneur, contractor?
2. World of MeWho I am – personality, EQ, unique features
What I want – goals, balance, vision board
What I value – top 5 most important values
My strengths - actual & potential (see over page)
4. What organizations wantHow the organisation views me as talenti.e. Performance, Potential, Readiness for next move
Action plan for my next career conversation – options, evidence, requests
5. Differentiating myselfWhat are my key elevator speech/brand messages?
Action plan to build my 8 brand characteristics (accessible, visible, reliable, service, quality, distinctiveness, reputation, value for money)
6. My performanceWhat are my SMART goals and measures in my performance agreement?
Action plan for performance improvement(Individual, team, organisation, external)
7. My developmentMy learning gaps , opportunities and learning preferences
Action plans to develop these i.e. activities, coach
8. Qualities of success & de-railersAction plan to develop qualities i.e. aware, authentic, integrity, drive, courage, humility, decisive, energy, resilience, impact (role models?)
Action plan to get feedback on my derailers i.e ExcitableSceptical, Cautious, Reserved, Leisurely, Bold, Mischievous, Colourful, Imaginative, Diligent, Dutiful.
9. Choices & TransitionsMy next possible roles that match my skills & interests are ..
100 day plan for my next transition?
3. Whole person approachMind: My positive vs negative thoughts & beliefs
Heart: My emotional unconscious reactions(victim) vs conscious responses (victor)
Body: My health, time mgt, stress mgt, energy mgt
Spirit: My purpose, meaning, contribution, connection
I AM TALENT – MY PLAN TO BE MY BEST SELF
Self-reflection
Stories
Feedback fitness
Tools & Case studies
Goal-setting, development
planning
Group work
Personal profiling
Additional resources
Take home book & hand-
outs
Whole brain learning
4Rs of learning – repeat, recall,
review, reinforce
Visuals, videos, photos
symbols
Real plays
Whole system support
Highlights – Personal Empowerment
Success Enablers vs Derailers
Inspirational Role Models
PQ: Managing energy vs time
SQ: Purpose, Values, meaning
Change
Personal Change Cycle
(awareness, insight, willingness, action)
IQ: Victim to victor mindsets
Realise 2 Strengths Finder
EQ: E-motion = energy in motion
What is success?
Wheel of Life
Assertiveness how to say NO
Visual Goal Sheet
Strengths Profile – CAPP Realise 2 (R2)
http://www.capp.co/R2StrengthsProfiler
Strengths Profile – Case Study Example
I AM TALENT - MY STRENGTHS
My key strengths
http://www.capp.co/R2StrengthsProfiler
http://www.catalystconsulting.co.za
Highlights – Career Empowerment
Brand Role Models
Talent & performance toolspipeline, 9 box, potential
criteria, scorecards, PDPs , measures, ratings
Ingredients for learning
Power of feedback
Assessing readiness
Factors impacting Performance
Brand characteristics
Self assessment
Career choicesCareer anchors and seasons
Global trends
Career trendsThe career is dead!
Career transition My life-journey map,
100 day plan
Elevator speech
Two stories (cont…)
*I love my job*
CULTURE TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY 2007–2015
2007 Strategic & leadership alignment
Diagnostic interviews
Senior Leadership
capacity building
2008
2009
2010
Innovation session to
inform strategic options
Talent management
capacity building
Change management
capacity building
Self-leadership Capacity building
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Coaching capacity building
Collaborative Decision
making - TTT
I am Talent personal and
career empowerment
Strategic reviews
Strategic projects capacity building
Strategy score-carding & cascading
Next level Leadership
capacity building
Innovation capacity
building - TTT
Strategic reviews
Strategic projects - continue
Strategy on a page – purpose, vision, strategic intents, values
Strategic projects - continue
Leadership dev - TTT
Strategic & Leadership
Renewal – 7Ss of strategy, 3Es of
leadership
LEAN tools & coaching – I,.e 5
Strategic reviews
BHAG’s met!!
New Strategic projects
Bold talent decisions
Strategic reviews
Strategic reviews
Strategic reviews
Strategic reviews
cont
BHAG’s met!!
Post-workshop Impact Survey
Understan
d self,
stren
gths, q
ualities,
de-rail
ers
Confidence
naviga
ting care
er tra
nsitions
Know how to build
my u
nique bran
d
Confidence
in achiev
ing lear
ning goals
Confidence
to influen
ce perf
orman
ce & over
come b
arrier
s
Impro
ved perf
orman
ce res
ults
Sense
of purp
ose an
d clear
goals
.
Engag
ed w
ith &
committed
to th
e org
Empowere
d to deve
lop myse
lf & ca
reer
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
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Strongly DisagreeDisagreeNot SureAgreeStrongly Agree
89% agree/strongly(65% agree, 24% strongly)35% response rate
GREATERMORE
12-18 months post workshopAcross levels e.g. Laboratory assistant, process technician, GIT
engineers, sales reps, BDMs, account mgr, production mgr, R&D mgr, etc
Comments about your experience of I am Talent
Engagednabledmpowered
Thank You
Debbie Craig: Catalyst Consulting (Pty) LtdPhone +27 82 8725429
Email [email protected]
Web www.catalystconsulting.co.za
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Contact Details
I am Talent: career and personal empowermentOn-line video based learning modules www.udemy.comWorkshops & info: www.iamtalent.co.zaHard Copy Book: www.kr.co.zaeBook : www.amazon.com
Accelerated LearningInformation: www.accelerated.co.zaHard Copy Book: www.kr.co.zaeBook: www.amazon.com
I am Alive: personal empowermentInformation: www.iamalive.co.zaHard Copy Book: www.kimaglobal.co.zaeBook: www.amazon.com
Resources
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