SERIES 1 - Episode 4:
In this episode Rachel is joined by Executive Coach, Jani Rubery. Their conversation explores how to Manage Your Career starting with the acknowledgement that ultimately we have to take responsibility for our own careers. They talk through a variety of tools that can help with this focusing on identifying your strengths, articulating their value and ensuring that you are able to communicate clearly and effectively what you want and why.
Jani has been an expert in leadership coaching and international consultancy since 1989. She is involved in organisational and executive development at a senior level within a wide range of businesses worldwide. For over 20 years Jani coached groups at London Business School.
Email: jani@ruberyonline.com
Linkedin: Jani Rubery
TOP TIPS SUMMARY
Firstly, be aware that you need to take control of your career progression. Don't wait for someone else to come and put the Tiara of promotion on your head
Reflect on your identity in the workplace. How do people see you? How do you want them to see you and consider 360 degree or other feedback to help build your brand. Considering what energises you can be a helpful means of identifying interests and strengths.
Reflect on what themes emerge. Identify key skills and consider what value they bring to your work/organisation.
Formulate brand statements using energetic confident language. Prepare evidence/examples to support those statements so you feel comfortable to talk about them and provide key stakeholders with the information they can share on your behalf.
Find and seize opportunities to talk about your brand, demonstrate your brand and embed your own belief in your brand.
Work on your network, internal and external so that everybody can talk about you in a compelling way even when you are not there.
Stay engaged with your career management, this does need to be reviewed.
BOOKS
Working Identity by Herminia Ibarra
Playing Big by Tara Mohr
ARTICLES
Harvard Business Review, How Leaders Create and Use Networks – Herminia Ibarra and Mark Lee Hunter
Harvard Business Review, What’s Your Story? – Herminia Ibarra and Kent Lineback