JumpSTART Your Career workshop

1. JumpSTART Your Careerworkshop Presented by Talentelle Zoonie Nguyen & Peter Nguyen Desautels Faculty of Management McGill University

2. Welcome! • Congratulations! • About Zoonie, Peter and Talentelle • The mystery behind the creation of the ICF • Purpose & mission • Benefits • 2

3. Life is a joyous journey!

4. On top of the world! Understanding the New Economy

5. Understanding the New Economy • “Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that, it’s called Everybody and they meet at the bar.” - Drew Carey

6. Understanding the New Economy • Reality precedes strategy • What world do we live in? • The World is Flat • Shift from left-brain “working” to whole-brain “creating” • Dan Pink’s whole-brain economy (design, empathy, story-telling, play, meaning) • One billion millionaires in 2025 (prediction by futurist James Canton -- sellers, producers and entrepreneurs) • Trends: D.O.A. (digitization, outsourcing, automation)

7. Understanding the New Career • EXERCISE: Write 4 words to define “career” • In 5 minutes!

8. Understanding the New Career • Old career: How to make a living? • New career: How to make a living… doing what I love? (yay!)

9. Understanding the New Career • The secret to career success is keeping yourself happy! • Joy  Job (yes, definitely) • Job  Joy (hmm, not sure about that!) • Career as: • Portfolio of creative endeavors • Source of profitable pleasure • Marriage of Emotion (direction) and Intellect (support) • Be Captain Kirk, not Mr Spock!

10. ICF

11. The Ideal Career Framework • Integral, practical, holistic personal development • Integral: integrating over 50 books on career management and personal development • Practical: step-by-step career design and development • Holistic: 4 fundamental dimensions of all human beings

12. The Ideal Career Framework • WHY? • To make a living… DOING WHAT YOU LOVE! • HOW? • Visualization (your thoughts create your reality) • Language (discuss productively & share with loved ones) • Space to explore, experiment, document and refine (career as artistic creation) • Progress management

13. The Ideal Career Framework • PASSION: Feeling Joyfully • TALENT: Doing Create • SOLUTION: Serving Value • MEANING: Helping others Harmoniously

14. Your Passion: the fuel!

15. Your Passion: what? • What? • Industry, topic, subject, field of fascination • Examples • Fashion, Computers, Cars, Traveling, Shoes • Music, Entertainment, Finance, Entrepreneurship • Education, Electronics, Food, Design, Arts • Field of passion vs State of passion • Informationally generated vs self-generated passion

16. Your Passion: why? • Emotion or “energy in motion” • Reflects self-love (not self-denial) • Feel excited, energized, engaged, connected emotionally, confident, fulfilled • Curiosity -> Creativity -> Innovation -> Money! • Enthus-IASM sells! I Am Sold Myself!

17. Your Passion: how? • How to discover your Passion? • How do you find a husband or wife? • How do you find out what dish/food you like in a buffet? • Look at the color? Size? Texture? Talk to the chef? • Or taste it? • University = Buffet! • Explore widely • Resonate emotionally • Accelerate cognitively (learn more and more about it)

18. Passion – Unconditional Love • True love imposes NO conditions! • Respect and honor your passion • Tony Hsieh, 25, CEO and founder of Zappos.com, shared this success secret on Oprah: “Do what you’re passionate about, even if you don’t make money for 10 years.” • George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars trilogy, 6 years without making money • Google founders, 4 years without making money

19. Passion - Discussion • Interest vs Passion • Synonyms • Stories of passionate people • Exercises • Look back at your childhood • Review what you do during a week • Tree diagram (progressive targeting) • Spotlight analogy: thread of excitement • “Follow your bliss” (no preconceived or rational judgment) • Affective forecasting

20. Passion - Conclusion • No passion  No joy, no feeling of BEING ALIVE • No curiosity, no creativity • TGIF instead of TGIM(Thank God It’s Monday!) • Disengaged, disconnected, drained

21. Case study: Stephanie • U1 Major in Finance • Her Passion = Theatre, Communication • Gets involved in Debating Club and Marketing Club • Realized that she likes speaking in front of people • Decides to explore further by joining McGill Toast Master Club

22. Passion - Exercise • Please write down your 5 areas of interest or fields that fascinate you

23. Your Talent: The Engine!

24. Your Talent is your ace • Superior ability to create a paid result • Talent = ACE • Ability • Create • Excellent Result

25. Your Talent makes you special • WHY? • Labor is relevant, Talent is differentiated • Talent as must-have, because: • The World is Flat: 3 billion new workers • D.O.A.: Digitization, Outsourcing, Automation • Career evolution: • From Education + Skills, to Passion + Talent

26. Your Talent is worth developing • How to discover your talents? • Tom Rath’s book “Strengths Finder 2.0” • Validate with Marcus Buckingham “ S.I.G.N.” • Success • Impulse • Growth • Need • Validate with feedback from friends, family, advisors, mentors

27. Your Talent is worth developing • How to develop your talent - F.I.R.S.T. • Focus on something specific • Implement • Reflect on results • Seek feedback from others (who are better at it) • Transfer to next step

28. Stephanie’s talents • U1 student in BCom at McGill • Major in Finance • Her Passion = Theatre, Communication • Her Talents = Analysis, Ideation, Organization (from Strengths Finder 2.0 book) and Voice projection • Gets involved in Debating Club and Marketing Club • Realizes that she likes speaking in front of people • Decides to explore further by enrolling in McGill Toastmaster Club, to develop and refine her Voice talent • Note: Strength = Talent X Investment (time, effort, etc.)

29. Talent - Discussion • Talent vs Skill vs Competence • Transferrable skill vs non-transferrable • Timing: “Ripeness” • Stories of talented people who have the courage to use them

30. Talent - Conclusion • Career without talent ? • No growth, no natural leverage, no independence • Human resource instead of resourceful human • No long-term career security • No power, no money, no girlfriend

31. Passion Talent • Feminine • Intuition, Feeling, Creativity (Yin) • Passion inspires Talent • Content • Fuel (inner power) • Masculine • Focus, Action, Performance (Yang) • Talent structures Passion • Container • Engine (outer power)

32. Talent - Exercise • Achiever • Activator • Adaptability • Analytical • Arranger • Belief • Command • Communication • Competition • Connectedness • Consistency • Context • Deliberative • Developer • Discipline • Empathy • Focus • Futuristic • Harmony • Ideation • Includer • Individualization • Input • Intellection • Learner • Maximizer • Positivity • Relator • Responsibility • Restorative • Self-Assurance • Significance • Strategic • Woo

33. Client $olution

34. Client $olution • Result, outcome, deliverable, solution, value, service, product, innovation, invention, plan, document, report, methodology, mind map, procedure, etc. • Tangible, physical, objective, measurable, real • Size doesn’t matter. Quality matters. • Create SAMPLE solutions to demonstrate your creative abilities. • BONUS: Methodology to create solutions (Major Force example)

35. Client $olution • WHY? • No solution, no money • Basis of employability • Ownership • Strategic adaptability

36. Client $olution • Trick: Imagine you have no resume • Develop your creative reflex • Ability to analyze problems and create solutions • Use all your human capital (ingredients) to create solutions (dishes) for the employer

37. Client $olution • Solution obsession leads to many, many job offers (everybody wins) • Job obsession leads to insecurity, defensiveness and petty office politics (nobody wins) • No company is in the business of giving JOBS. All companies are in the business of buying SOLUTIONS.

38. Client $olution • WHO can help? • Employers • Advisors • Professors • Peers • Friends • Acquaintances

39. Client $olution • Intersecting circles: human capital information X corporate needs information • Transparency builds trust, resulting in partnership • D.A.R.T. • Dialogue  Access to information  Risk and Reward discussions and disclosures  Trust-based relationship • (It’s like dating!)

40. Client $olution • Branding yourself: O.R.D.E.R. • On-site Be present, meet employers, network • Relevant Talk about what is relevant to employers; do your research • Differentiated Be different in a way that makes a difference • Expectations Underpromise, overdeliver • Results Make sure they remember you and HOW you can contribute to their success through creative RESULTS

41. Stephanie’s Sample $olution • Her Passions: Theatre, Communication • Her Talents: Analysis Ideation Organization Voice • Her Explorations: Debating Club Marketing Club McGill Toastmasters Club • Her (sample) Solutions: Videotaped presentation Transcript of speech PowerPoint files

42. Stephanie’s Client $olution • Project Manager for Place des Arts events (using her Organization talent) • Financial Analyst for the ‘Union des Artistes’ (using her Analysis talent)

43. Your values • ME-ANING starts with me • What’s important for me? • What do I believe in? • What do I stand for? • A value should be: • Personally important as an end in itself • Ex. Money (means value) leads to freedom (end value) • Positive • “I am FOR women’s empowerment” is better than “I am AGAINST gender inequality” • “I am FOR peace” rather than “I am AGAINST war”   • Proactive: Don’t oppose. Compose.

44. Your values: why? • More energy from your convictions • More peaceful and fulfilled spiritually • Greater creativity desire to contribute • Connect more deeply with others • Create harmony within self and with others

45. Your values: how? • Write down 3-5 values. Examples: • Art, Creativity, Freedom, Beauty, Communication, Helping others, Equality, Excellence, Friendship, Romance, Culture, Spirituality, etc. • Find work that reflect your values • Get involved as volunteer IN the organization or outside (community, schools, etc.) • “The miracle is not that we do this kind of work, but that we are happy doing it.” – Mother Teresa

46. Stephanie’s ideal career • Her Passions: Theatre, Communication • Her Talents: Analysis Ideation Organization Voice • Her Explorations: Debating Club Marketing Club McGill Toastmasters Club • Her Solutions: Videotaped presentations • Her Values: Creativity Freedom Education

47. Stephanie’s values • While continuing to work as a Financial Analyst for the “Union des Artistes”, she volunteers on her free time to create communication programs to educate the public on Arts.

48. How it all works together

49. Conclusions • You are an artist and creator, not just a worker • You are a highly resourceful human, not just a human resource • By putting yourself in the field that summons EMOTIONAL ENERGY, you activate your TALENTS to create SOLUTIONS • Passion  Performance  Profit! • Your ideal career is the PASSIONATE and PROFITABLE adventure of a lifetime!

50. Conclusions • “I always wanted to be somebody. I guess I should have been more specific.” - Comedian Lily Tomlin