Positioning
for
Success
Libby Marshall
Associate Director MBA - UQ Business School
Agenda
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The world as we know it
Change and Transformation
The Formula
Strategic Intent and Purpose
Networking and Mentoring
Q&A
Introductions
• Associate Director MBA – UQ Business School
• Global experience – diverse career
• Qualifications in HR, Business, Certified Partitioner
Prince 2, Certified Trainer, MBA
• Co Chair MBA Career Services and Employers
Alliance, 2017 Asia Conference, Shanghai
“It’s all about people……”
Our world is changing
Our world at work is changing
Agile
Resilient
Transformation
Complex
Stakeholders
Communication
Traction
Synthesise
Journey
Navigate
Ambiguous
Political
Hard Skills
Soft Skills
Skills of the Future
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Sense Making
Social Intelligence
Novel and Adaptive Thinking
Cross-Cultural Competency
Computational Thinking
New Media Literacy
Transdisciplinarity
Design Mindset
Cognitive Load Management
Virtual Collaboration
Future of Work Skills 2020 - Institute for the Future Apollo Research Institute
Change and Transformation
• Where do I fit
• How do I fit
• What do I need to fit
Success
The Formula:
Your Unique Value
Proposition
Knowing what you want to do
+ Purpose =
Your Success
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Strategic Career Development
Your Value Proposition
– Key capabilities
– What is your value
Current State vs Future State
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Identifying the gaps in your development
Translation and interpretation
Behaviour
Language
Reputation
Be known for what you want to be known for!
Brand and Reputation
Attributes: big leafy structure, hard woody
trunk, turns CO2 to O2, green, bears nuts
Benefits: provides shelter, provides
building materials, helps planet breathe,
serene, provides food
Values: kind, strong, spiritual, generous
Personality: motherly, undemanding, stoic,
dependable
Essence: supporter of life
Career Trajectory
Know Your Next Move
To add……..
• Options
• Networking – strategic
• Mentoring
• Research
Ultimately
Empowered
Enabled
Purposeful
It’s not how good you are -
It’s
how good
do you want to be.
PAUL ARDEN (1940 – 2008)
Some things need to be
BELIEVED
before they are seen.
Q&A