Back to Your Future! Taking charge of your career out loud and on paper: tactful self promotion.

1. Taking Charge of Your Career
Out Loud and on Paper –
Tactful Self Promotion
Tamara Sulistyo
COO, Cheryl Alexander & Associates
MRPA Conference: Back to Your Future
9/28/11

2. Be thinking about…
1) What specifically has been very helpful
to your career development
2)What specifically do you need for your
career development – one concrete and
achievable action you will take, including
how & when

3. Sulistyo and her intent
 Life long career coach and leadership
development consultant
 Passion: creating deep dialogue
roundtables and providing tools enabling
people to be at their best more of the time
 Intent: give you food for thought, time
tested tips, deepening practices &action
ideas

4. Why & how take charge?
 Work-life balance vs. integration
 It is up to you, not your boss or company
 Create a map, schedule big rocks, simplify
when possible, say no and delegate when you
should
 Be purposeful - not perfect, have your own
timeframe
 Thriving while standing on constantly shifting
sand – be a linchpin and a prairie dog – create
opportunity instead of waiting

5. 1st wheel of career development
Developing a
sustainable
community of
mentors &
sponsors, with
career coaching as
needed

6. Peer Mentoring & Coaching accelerates your career

7.  Always be actively building your internal and external
network
 Seek: 1) mentors, 2) sponsors and 3) coaches
 Develop a peer mentor community for yourself –
consider joining a leadership roundtable
 You can have multiple mentors vs. just one
 Mentors can be for a specified skill, for a specific time,
vs. one overall mentor for an indefinite period
 Mentors do not have to be more senior than you
 Sponsors intentionally seek ways to increase your
visibility, growth and opportunities

8. 2nd wheel of career development
Developing the
core of what
makes you whole
& makes you
thrive

9. Filling up Your Core
 Hollow inside= trouble. We all are part of something
larger than us – be it Faith related, a cause, or your
mission and purpose. Fill yourself up with this each day.
 Attend to your spiritual, mental/intellectual, physical,
and emotional/relational sides
 Develop a Personal GPS to keep you on track, at your
best more of the time
 Back to Your future – remember who you are at your
core
 Take Strengthsfinder – seek opportunities to use each
of your top 5 strengths often
 Be your own Brand

10. 3rd wheel of career development
Developing your
communication
strategy

11. How the world sees me:
Out Loud and on Paper
 Form a personal Visibility plan
 Build your social capital
 Hone your skills in: presentations, strategic
storytelling, having crucial conversations, interviews,
Resumes, Letters, Linked In
 Form agreements with people who have a stake in
your success on how you will work together:
preferred communication methods, frequency, etc
 Tactful self promotion – don’t be the best kept secret
 Tell Me About Yourself – one paragraph telling the
world verbally or on paper the core of your
strengths, personality, experience, passion,
achievements

12. 4th wheel of career development
Developing your
professional &
personal
leadership

13. Leadership – why, what, how
 Be a leader in all your roles – of yourself and of
others
 Develop your Leadership Presence
 Read and work on your leadership – it takes
intentionality, input, and practice
 You are worth investing in – make time and come up
with the resources, even if it takes creativity and
determination

14. Like you manage your work…
Developing a Developing the
sustainable core of what
community of makes you whole
mentors, with & makes you
career coaching thrive
as needed
Integrating
work and
life
Developing
Developing your
your
communication
professional
strategy
& personal
leadership
Copyright 2011 Cheryl Alexander & Associates

15. Overwhelmed Yet?
• Take Baby Steps or Create Quick Momentum,
but do something. You deserve it.
• Ask about our career and leadership
roundtables – we would welcome you joining
us. We will create space for you to partake in
meaningful dialogue over time about things
that matter deeply to you, while you build
lasting connections with fabulous individuals
who will share your journey while they embark
on their own. It is One Table. Multiple Minds.
Extraordinary Results.

16. Let’s talk
1) What specifically has been very helpful to
your career development
2) What specifically do you need for your
career development –one concrete action
you will take, including how & when & who
will keep you accountable

17. Wrapping it up
 Take-aways – what did you think about or
realize from looking at this presentation?
 Following up – what do you need?
 Thank you! I welcome your call or your
email. How can I help you take charge of
your career?
tamara@cherylalexander.com
651-442-0073