10 Tips for Navigating for Success

Dr. Debra Saunders-White, Vice Chancellor, Information Technology Systems Division

University North Carolina Wilmington

Ground Rules

oPresentation Disclaimer

oDiscussion a must

oReading suggestions

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1. Find the fox.

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2. Know that bullets are real and you will be hit.

Make sure they are not fatal.

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3. Know that you are always on.

o Your passion can’t afford a day off.

o Embrace Arnie Lebow.• It’s about your boss not you.

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4. Bosses only want to be presented solutions.o Your problems are just that, yours.

o Proactively solve tomorrow’s problems today.

o Play offense all the time • You can’t score when you do not have the ball.

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5. Be fiscally astute.

o Who controls the money?

o Where are the different pockets of money?

o How do you access the money you have raised?

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6. Remember to count the egos in the room and check yours at the door.o Read the room, use your peripheral vision

– while you are working it.o Know when to walk away from the mic.o It’s not about winning the round; it’s

about playing the next game.

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7. Keep your professional sharpness – the edge.oRemember – nobody likes a “know-it-all”.

oLet people tell you things.

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8. Be a campus leader.oBe strategic.

o Embrace your colleagues; make everyone a part of your success.

o Be expansive in communication – be more than the IT voice at the table.

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9. Focus on the strengths.

o Know what people are good at doing.

o Align to strengths.

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10. Invest in yourself.

o Live a healthy life style.

o Take mental vacations;Just come back in a reasonable amount of time.

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1. Find the fox.2. Survive the borage of bullets.3. Effectively manage your boss.4. Acquire a strong level of business acumen.5. Keep your ego in check.6. Feed your professional edge.7. Proactively engage the campus as a leader.8. Focus on Strengths.9. Invest in yourself.

Questions

Good Luck!