Positive Professional Development for Workforce Professionals

Positive Professional Development for Workforce ProfessionalsPresented by Michele Martin—GSETA Conference 2011

Positive Professional Development Series--www.michelemmartin.com

This session is about YOU!


Today’s Session

Why you should focus on your professional development.

Positive Professional Development Practices

Positive Professional Development Strategies


We are knowledge workers.Our marketability based on what we know and what we know how to do.

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“Free Agent Nation”1/3 of US workers are part of the contingent workforce. Could you be next?

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Job Security=Skills SecurityTaking charge of our own professional development helps us “future proof” ourselves.

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Role ModelsWe need to model for our clients what we want them to do.

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PPD PracticesThe Habits of Positive Professional Development


To Learn Effectively. . .

Learning mindset

Build from positive core

Learning environment

Learning plan and strategies


Broaden our ideas of learning. . .


Growth vs. Fixed Mindset

Based on brain research by Carol Dweck

Are talents “innate” or changeable?

Can have different mindsets in different situations.



Explore & Strengthen Your Positive Core


Positive Core Questions

What are your strengths & assets?

How could you strengthen those assets?

What are your greatest strategic advantages as a worker?

What are the important questions in your work? Which of these gets you most excited and passionate?


Learn from Work

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Learning at Work . . .

What can I learn today?

How can I build on my core strengths?

How can I learn from my “To Do” list?

Reflective learning practices


Use Positive Questions

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Questions. . .

Frame our experiences

Point us to answers/solutions

Can create positive or negative patterns of thought and learning


Some Positive Questions

How can I build on my positive core today?

How could I invest in my future today?

How could I use today’s experiences to develop a specific skill or knowledge set?

How can I get MORE of what I want at work?

What was the best work experience I’ve had? How can I get more of that at work?


PPD StrategiesLow-Cost, High Impact Learning


Make Time for Learning


Finding Time

What is the most significant change I could make in my day that would help me learn more?

For the next 100 days, get up 1 minute earlier each day.

Use the first 10 minutes and the last 10 minutes for a learning activity or reflection.

Build learning into your daily activities

Manage your time!


Develop a Plan


Tips on Planning

Reflect on positive core, trends, experiences.

Brainstorm and prioritize

Focus on 1-2 goals

Set mini goals

Focus on developing habits

Review progress


Decide on Learning Strategies


The Learning Cycle

ActActAct

ActReflectAct

ReflectActReflect


Building in Reflection


One Sentence Journal


Reflective Journal


Debrief Yourself

Daily Debrief What happened? What did I learn? What do I want to learn? How will it change what I do tomorrow?

Weekly Review

After Action Review

Most Significant Change Stories


Lunch and Learn


Building in Action


Google It!


Personal Learning Experiments


“30-Day Trials”


Stretch Assignments


Rinse and Repeat . . . .


So . . .

What SINGLE change are you taking back with you today?

How are you going to incorporate positive professional development into your daily habits?


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