Be Your Best You – Career and Leadership
Development to Maximize Success
Presented by:
Londa Dewey, President, The QTI Group
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Agenda
• Strength Finder
• 168 Hours a Week is a Gift
• Career Progression
• Principles of Success
• Be Your Best You! – Goal Planner
• Leadership is a Balancing Act
• Make a Difference
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Strength Finder
• What are you really good at?
• What are you most passionate about?
• How are you leveraging your strengths and passions?
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168 Hours Per Week is a Gift
• How do you set priorities for each aspect of your life?
• How do you set priorities between each aspect of your life?
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• How do you create synergy between the different aspects of your life?
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Career Progression
• Progress as an individual producer
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• Progress as a manager/leader
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• Progress as a “player/coach”
“Excellence exists when you combine your skills and your passion.
When you believe in and like what you are doing, when you can
leverage your skills, when you are with people you trust and
enjoy, and when you are in an organization you can align with…
YOU CAN BE YOUR BEST!”
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Career Progression
• What external and internal barriers make it difficult for women to
move up in their careers?
• How can you overcome them?
• How can organizations help to break down barriers?
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Principles of Success
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Work hard and work smart.
Do more than is expected.
Get involved in the community.
Align with the leadership of your company.
Understand the operating model of your company and
what is expected of you.
Be a team player.
Likability and relationships are critical.
Use change to your advantage.
Be customer focused.
Be patient. It takes 10,000 hours to be an expert.
Time for renewal is important.
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Principles of Success
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Have a mentor…be a mentor.
Be honest and ethical – your reputation matters.
Look the part.
Don’t risk or spend more than you can afford.
Show your appreciation.
Obstacles occur when you least expect.
Set goals.
Will I remember in six months?
When you say “yes” to something, you are saying “no” to
something else.
• Learn to play golf.
• Celebrate successes.
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Be Your Best You
Top Goals
• Work:
• Self:
• Family:
• Other:
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Be Your Best You!
How do you Spend Your Time?
Now
Ideal
Work
Self
Family
Sleep
Other
(Community, Religion,
Learning, Hobbies,
Sports etc.)
• How do you set priorities between each aspect of your life?
• Where do you want to spend more/less time?
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Goal Planner – setting priorities for each aspect of your life.
Set goals. Embrace goals. Set goals in Action. Perform with discipline.
Focus Area: Work
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In three years, what are your most important goals?
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• How do you spend your time now?
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• What are the differences?
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Focus Area: Work
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What do you want to start doing?
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What do you want to stop doing?
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What do you want to continue doing?
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What do you want to delegate?
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In three years, what are your most important goals?
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Leadership is a Balancing Act
• Management is the act of getting things done with and
through others.
• Leadership is the ability to mobilize others who want to
struggle for shared aspirations.
• #1 Secret to Success: Select the right people. You are
only as good as the people that you surround yourself with.
Involve them.
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Make a Difference
• How does your business change the lives of the clients
and individuals you serve?
• How do (can) you make a difference everyday?
• How can you “Be Your Best You”?
• Thank you.
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The QTI Group is the talent expert
who understands, advises and connects,
so that its customers
can adapt, grow and succeed.
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