Career Advice from Dr. Tim Elmore

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Successful Career Development

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University System of Georgia

Successful Career Development

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No matter the professional level, we can all benefit from learning how to succeed in our careers. Whether a well-seasoned professional, a management trainee, or a service level employee, this course will help you enrich your career by honing your professional behavior and networking. Through industry expert support and resources, this course is designed to prepare you for success in any chosen career. You will develop the habits and attitudes you need to perform effectively in the job market. You will identify a mentor to add value to your career. You will analyze your relationships and develop a practical approach for engaging your LinkedIn network. You will differentiate between networking and networking with intention. You will also discover the most effective ways to ask for help from your peer or professional group. Finally, you will evaluate the best methods of adjusting your career path at various stages of life.

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Career Habitudes

Welcome! Congratulations on your commitment to enhance your career! This course is designed for professionals in various stages of career development and success. So no matter if you are a young professional just starting out, a mid-career manager, a pre-launch executive, or a seasoned professional seeking to re-purpose a career and launch Career 2.0, this course will interest you. Our team of faculty will introduce you to the concept of Career Habitudes, guide you through finding a mentor for whatever stage you are at, NetWeaving your way through networking, and building authentic relationships. As a team of professors and higher education leaders, we are passionate about helping you make the most and best of your career. We look forward to helping you on your journey! In this module, we will introduce the key concepts and principles for developing career-enhancing "habitudes" as introduced by Dr. Tim Elmore, author of the Habitudes series of books. Research indicates that having the "wrong" attitude is the most common reason why young professionals lose their jobs. This module will provide valuable advice on how to develop the kind of habits and attitudes you need to succeed at any career stage.

Meet the Team1:15

Introduction to Career Habitudes3:50

What Are Habitudes?1:39

Why are Habitudes Important?4:43

Habitudes and Career Success3:06

Habitude Examples4:13

Habitudes and Leadership3:09

Habitudes for Mid-Career Professionals2:35

Career Advice from Dr. Tim Elmore4:38

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Dan Stotz
Director, Online Executive Education
Michael J. Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University
Elke M Leeds, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President of Technology Enhanced Learning
Academic Affairs
Ana T. Baida, Ed.D.
Executive Director
Department of Career Planning and Development
Wes Rhea, J.D.
Senior Lecturer
Information Systems

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Tim, what are some final advice that you would give to somebody who is trying

to succeed in their career?

>> Great question.

A couple of things come to mind.

Number one, when I'm in front of students that are about ready to launch into

a successful career, i remind them of the simple truth.

Success in the classroom is often 75% IQ and 25% EQ, emotional intelligence.

You get out in the working world, it's often the other way around, it's 75% EQ.

It's your emotional intelligence.

Now certainly we need their smarts and their gifts but

it's about the soft skill of relating well to a team.

>> Mm-hm.

>> And seeing the bigger picture, all these things we've been talking about.

So I would just remind a young person going to their career,

just don't ever under estimate the power of a good attitude, good communication.

Understanding and

empathizing with other people which I don't think we do well today.

Those are just vital.

The other thing I would say is I think I have stopped

completely asking university students what do you want to major in?

And instead I'm asking the question what problem do you want to solve with

your life?

I think it's very different question and here is why.

When I'm asked, what do you want to major in, it really points back to me.

What's my deal?

What's my passion?

What? And

those are good, I think we need to find our passions.

But I learned this from Victor Frankl, do you remember that

incredible man that lived through the Nazi concentration camps,

Auschwitz in the dark days of World War II.

>> It's one of my favorite books.

>> Yeah, it's powerful, man's search for meaning.

>> Mm-hm.

>> He said, one of the things he said in this book was this,

those who survived learned to stop asking themself, what do I expect of life?

And they started asking, what does life expect of me?

He said, the concentration camp was not what I was hoping for.

>> [LAUGH] >> I didn't plan for this.

But, then I'm just going to be bitter all my life, if I say,

this didn't turn out the way I wanted.

Instead, I need to say, what have I found myself in?

What situation? >> Mm-hm.

>> And then, what is life expecting of me?

And he decided, as a psychologist, and a therapist,

if he needed to say, how does the human spirit make it through the darkest times?

And he wrote this incredible book.

>> Mm-hm. >> So, I would say to students,

to avoid becoming disillusioned perhaps.

Stop asking how does the world fit into my gifts and passions.

Say how can I answer the world's need?

What problem can I solve in life that's in front of me today in the 21st century?

I just think it's a better question and it leads to great fulfillment.

When I solve problems, I'm my best.

So that would be what I would say to that.

>> That's a great example.

For a person out there who's in their mid career, late career, who is not in

the right career, not in the right job, what advice would you give to them?

>> Well it would not be unlike what I just said, I think even in mid-life we need to

say am I really about solving problems or just my career ladder or my gifts.

And I don't want anybody to misinterpret.

It is important to identify our gifts.

It is important to understand what fires us up and what impassions us.

But I believe, even in mid-life, we might need to reinvent ourself and say,

are the problems different now?

And am I answering questions nobody's asking right now?

We just talked about this, sometimes we're answering questions nobody's asking.

We're wondering why we don't have more followers on Twitter or whatever.

So I think even later in life we need to be asking the rudimentary questions,

how can I serve better, how can I solve problems and serve people along the way?

And when we answer those, whether we're 80 or eight years old,

I think we're going to come up with a fulfilling life that satisfied,

not only our inward need, but, the world's great need in front of this.

>> Great.

Dr. Elmore, thank you so much for finding the time to be with us today.

For those people watching this interview, what is the easiest way for them to learn

more about your organization Growing Leaders or about your Habit Tool books?

>> Yeah, it's very simple,

we have a website that probably the best place to go.

>> Okay. >> There's free items on there as well as

items for purchase.

It's simply growingleaders.com, growingleaders.com.

And I do a blog three times a week if they want to read about leading the next

generation as well as the habitude books and other books are on there as well.

And we're all about our name, we're about growing leaders in the market place.

>> Great thank you so much.

>> Yeah you bet, my pleasure.

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