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Career Progression and Life Lessons

Career Progression and Life Lessons. Your Future Is In Your Hands! Presented by With grateful acknowledgement to: Peter Godfrey Glenn Morris National Deputy President Managing Director – Australia Engineers Australia Group Director Meinhardt. Four Critical Success Principles.

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Career Progression and Life Lessons

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  1. Career Progression and Life Lessons Your Future Is In Your Hands! Presented by With grateful acknowledgement to: Peter Godfrey Glenn Morris National Deputy President Managing Director – Australia Engineers Australia Group Director Meinhardt

  2. Four Critical Success Principles • “Passion” Principle • Career Phases • Work/Life Balance • The Right Skills

  3. “Passion” and success go together Pursue engineering because you love the idea of being an engineer. Build your skills and back your judgement. PRINCIPLE #1 : “Passion” Principle

  4. PROFESSIONAL CAREER Graduate Engineer Supervising Engineer Operations Manager Area Manager Divisional Manager National Team Leader Various Project/Mgt Roles Consultant/Snr Manager Director FAMILY 22: Married (Melb) 28: 1st child (Syd) 30: 2nd child (Bne, Sunshine Coast, Bne) 40+: Lose parents & grandparents (Melb, Hbt, Melb) 50+: Children grown, completed uni. & starting careers. (Melb) PRINCIPLE #2 – Career , Life Phases • SHADOW CAREER • Sunshine Coast Chair • Tasmanian Civil Chair • Tas President/Civil College Board Chair/Congress • Councillor • National President

  5. PRINCIPLE #2 – Career , Life Phases PERSONAL LESSONS • Take up opportunities. Change role, location, industry. Great upside, but be prepared for the downside too. • Pursue further education: formal (MBA, etc), CPD (technical, conferences) • Time is visco-elastic. But manage it, and yourself, wisely. • Listen and consult. There are at least two sides to a story. • Think strategically. But also consider the impact on the detail. • Be objective and open to ideas. From people at all levels. • Care. About the business & people (clients, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders).

  6. PRINCIPLE #2 – Career , Life Phases LEARN FROM BOTH GOOD & BAD BOSSES. • Bob M: Wheeler and dealer, but had issues with ethics. • John B: Instilled “ownership” of the business. Hands off style, unless you stuffed up! • John L: Too detailed and controlling; OK for junior levels but log-jammed the business when a senior manager. • Laurie F: Networker, visionary, listener and decision maker. Felt the “aura”. • Brad T: Brilliant mind, highly analytical but also outside the box thinking.

  7. PRINCIPLE #2 – Career , Life Phases LEARN FROM BOTH GOOD & BAD BOSSES. • Peter J: Ultimate business brain. Exudes people skills and communicates at all levels. • Jim P: Marketing guru, public profile for self and business. • Glen C: Change manager, charismatic but unstable & ruthless. • Walter G: High level strategic thinker but understands the detail. A force of nature. • Roger O: Focused, strategic and action oriented. A builder of businesses. • Matt T: Commercial acumen, but pigeon-holes people. A decision maker but can shoot from the hip.

  8. PRINCIPLE #2 – Career , Life Phases UNDERSTAND CORPORATE CULTURE. • Boral (toughminded) • Readymix (quality & business improvement) • CCC (Project management control) • William Adams / Caterpillar (customer focus) • Brambles (risk averse) • Coffey (specialist focus) ABOVE ALL – Think of yourself as an “incorporated entity” and build your brand

  9. PRINCIPLE # 3 – Gain Work / Life Experience and Balance WHAT WORKS FOR ME: • Family • Shadow career with Engineers Australia • Continue with sports – hockey, tennis, skiing, bushwalking These are the life threads that provide stability and a sense of self.

  10. PRINCIPLE # 4 – Develop the Right Skills Key Skills • Communication, Communication, Communication!! • (Listening / Written / Verbal / Non verbal) Other Skills (Non-Engineering Areas) • Facilitation, Business Management, Team Leadership, Project Management, Sales & Marketing How? • Push your employer; and/or • Do it yourself anyway!

  11. SUMMARY: PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS 1. Be Passionate about Engineering as a Career 2. Plan your Career as a series of 3 – 7 years Career and Life Phases / Milestones 3. Pursue your Career with Work / Life Balance 4. Develop the Right Skills ( people, business, technical) PURSUE YOUR CAREER AND ENJOY!

  12. NEIL ARMSTRONG JIMMY CARTER LEONID BREZHNEV JACK WELCH ROWAN ATKINSON LEONARDO DA VINCI ENGINEERS CAN SHAPE THE FUTURE

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