9 things (really 12 * ) I know now that I wish I knew when I was graduating

9 things (really 12*) I know now

that I wish I knew when I was graduating

9 things (really 12*) I know now

that I wish I knew when I was graduating

Mickey GlantzModified: 23 December 2009

Mickey GlantzModified: 23 December 2009

* I was never really good in math

KEY POINTS

1. Your 1st job will not be your last job

2. What’s a perfect job?

3. All roads lead to Rome

4. What skill set do you need to get there?

5. Jack of all trades. Masters of some

6. Talent, alone, is never enough

7. Iacocca’s Nine characteristics of leaders

8. An observation about being “clever”

9. Where do ideas come from? Anywhere.

10. The “connect effect”

11. Understand how bureaucracies operate

12. Always have a Stretch Goal

Summary: “Kites rise highest against the wind”

Your first job … will not be your last job!

Your first job … will not be your last job!

Warren Buffet77First Job – Newspaper delivery boy

Bill GatesGreatest Wealth - $57 Billion at age 53First Job – Congressional page

Sergey BrinGreatest Wealth - $18.7 Billion at age 35First “Job” – Student

Michael DellGreatest Wealth - $17.3 Billion at age 43First Job – Dishwasher for a Chinese restaurant

Steve JobsGreatest Wealth - $5.4 Billion at age 53First Job – Gopher at Hewlett Packard

Oprah WinfreyGreatest Wealth - $2.7 Billion at age 54First Job – Part time radio news broadcaster

Mark Cuban)First Job – Bartender

My goal: to create a perfect job in an imperfect

workplace

My goal: to create a perfect job in an imperfect

workplaceRarely do you find THE perfect workplace

There are always challenges and constraints to cope with, most of which are neither of your making or choosing

Often, it will be up to you to …Create that perfect job in an otherwise imperfect setting

Rarely do you find THE perfect workplace

There are always challenges and constraints to cope with, most of which are neither of your making or choosing

Often, it will be up to you to …Create that perfect job in an otherwise imperfect setting

What do you see as a perfect job… for you?What do you see as a

perfect job… for you?

“Perfect” has different meanings to different people

The King of Bhutan has developed a “happiness index”

“All roads lead to Rome”what do you want to see along the way?

“All roads lead to Rome”what do you want to see along the way?

At its peak, the Roman road system spanned 53,819 miles (85,004 km)

In the days of the

Roman Empire, all the empire’s roads radiated out from the capital city, Rome.

There are different ways to achieve one’s objectives

The way you choose to go will depend on what you want to “see” along the way.

Each road has a likelihood of coming with surprises, both good and bad

At its peak, the Roman road system spanned 53,819 miles (85,004 km)

In the days of the

Roman Empire, all the empire’s roads radiated out from the capital city, Rome.

There are different ways to achieve one’s objectives

The way you choose to go will depend on what you want to “see” along the way.

Each road has a likelihood of coming with surprises, both good and bad

What skillsdo you need to get there?

What skillsdo you need to get there?

Identify your “skill set”

DO NOT let your degree define your skill set. Your skills are more than that

Your degree exposes some learned skills but many of your talents are hidden.BE explicit about your skills. have more marketable skills than you realize! Put them on paper.

It pays to be an intern: hands on experience pays off in the marketplace for jobs

Louise Reid, 1993, Netpac.com

Jack of all trade. Master of some.

Jack of all trade. Master of some.

We are now living in a multitasking world, doing many things in parallel and not in series.

Read articles and books in other disciplines. Many ideas exist in one field that can be very useful in other fields.

My personal experiences suggests the need for a modification of the adage “jack of all trades and master of none”. I believe making it is possible to be a jack of all trades and become a master of some as well.

We are now living in a multitasking world, doing many things in parallel and not in series.

Read articles and books in other disciplines. Many ideas exist in one field that can be very useful in other fields.

My personal experiences suggests the need for a modification of the adage “jack of all trades and master of none”. I believe making it is possible to be a jack of all trades and become a master of some as well.

Some tools can do it all!

Never say never, but…Talent is never enoughNever say never, but…

Talent is never enough You can be the smartest person in

the workplace; the best researcher, the sharpest tech whiz, but your talent, taken alone, is never enough to please the string of bosses above you.

You got to have heart, passion, personality and compassion.

You’ve got to be a people person and care about others you work with.

Take some time away from your own work to learn about what those around you are working on.

If you want to be a manager, then strengthen the “9Cs” that Iacocca identified as key to a

manager’s success.

You can be the smartest person in the workplace; the best researcher, the sharpest tech whiz, but your talent, taken alone, is never enough to please the string of bosses above you.

You got to have heart, passion, personality and compassion.

You’ve got to be a people person and care about others you work with.

Take some time away from your own work to learn about what those around you are working on.

If you want to be a manager, then strengthen the “9Cs” that Iacocca identified as key to a

manager’s success.

Iacocca’s 9 leader characteristics

Iacocca’s 9 leader characteristics

Iacocca identified nine leadership qualifications

9C’s! Curious, creative, can communicate, has character, courage, charisma, conviction, is competent and has common sense

Iacocca identified nine leadership qualifications

9C’s! Curious, creative, can communicate, has character, courage, charisma, conviction, is competent and has common sense

He forgot “CLEVER”

Being “clever” adds what to your skill set?

Being “clever” adds what to your skill set?

“I said that I wasn’t clever.

I was just noticing how things were, and that wasn’t clever. That was just being observant.

Being clever was when you looked at how things are and used the evidence to work out something new.”

(Mark Haddon, 2002)

“I said that I wasn’t clever.

I was just noticing how things were, and that wasn’t clever. That was just being observant.

Being clever was when you looked at how things are and used the evidence to work out something new.”

(Mark Haddon, 2002)

Where do ideas come from? Anywhere and everywhere: be

inquisitive

Where do ideas come from? Anywhere and everywhere: be

inquisitive New ideas can come from

anywhere and by accident Be open minded Can come from other

disciplines and applied to your area of interest

Get recharged away from work

Starbucks? Airplane flights? Advertisements?

New ideas can come from anywhere and by accident

Be open minded Can come from other

disciplines and applied to your area of interest

Get recharged away from work

Starbucks? Airplane flights? Advertisements?

Edward Hopper: Nighthawks, photo by R.W. Clark

•The connect effect:build networks (easy to do) and maintain them (much harder to do!!)

•Brainstorming works because We are smarter than me!

The Connect Effect:Networking pays off in the long run

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/02/social_networking/source/1.htm

Understand how a bureaucracy works

Understand how a bureaucracy works Before you set out to speak truth

to power, make sure those you tell can handle it.

Know the system you are up against. Information is power.

Before you set out to speak truth to power, make sure those you tell can handle it.

Know the system you are up against. Information is power.

A Few Good Men, Parody, Jack Nicholson

Always have a “stretch” goal

Do not short-change your own ideas

If you think you can’t, you probably can’t

(Stretch goals can bedefined as goals set above current expectations but are difficult to achieve)

Photo: BNPS

“Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.” (Winston Churchill)

There is an “Iron Law of Challenges”