Taking Your Career to the Next Level:

10 How To Tips for Young Managers

Executive Development Institute

Taking Your Career to the Next Level

10 How To Tips for Young Managers
Dr. Leslie T. Szamosi
Senior Lecturer
Academic Director Executive MBA
Bucharest
Thessaloniki
Kyiv
Belgrade
Istanbul
Co-Director of the Laboratory for Strategic People Management

My Background
PhD in Management (OB/HR), MMS in International Business
and Marketing, Carleton University, Ottawa
Academic Director MBA at the International Faculty of the
University of Sheffield, CITY College Thessaloniki
5 Years as Marketing Manager in Bio-Medicals & IT
20 Years consulting in (both CEE and SEE and North America)

CIBC / Royal Bank of Canada / TELUS - GTE / World

Bank (IFC) / PTK / European Union / MAKTEL
MOBIMAC / M-TEL

szamosi@city.academic.gr

Start with a Premise:

NOT everyone wants to create a career!!

Congratulations for being here!

People who build rewarding, lucrative
careers based on their authentic
passions and talents, are:
happier at home,
more successful at work, and
more impactful in the world

Career
an individuals work related experiences (e.g.,
positions, roles, activities) through time (e.g.,
adult life) and space/settings (e.g., employers)

Everyone has a career to varying

degrees

the time element in terms of career stages

ha
ng
e

45 years onwards

decline
reinforcement

in
gC

Today, this may be

re-occurring (i.e.,
re-evaluation
30-44 years
cyclical) over an individuals work life

On
go

Individual life cycle

retirement (?)

18-29 years
Birth -18 years

advancement/establishment
exploration/career entry
foundation

Basically, You Have Two (2) Options

Make a Career
Buy / Invent / Create a Career
Start your own business

getting ahead

Individual Orientations
Towards Careers

getting secure

Employability

getting high
No, this is not what you are thinking!!!
getting free
getting balanced

Sustainability

managing your own Career

to achieve success
know why
i.e., your motives and aspirations
know how
i.e., competencies, experience, knowledge
know WHOM

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Soci

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Social Capital
damage

a network without structural holes

Education does NOT end

S O R R Y !!!!
especially in a knowledge dominated
world!
Education and knowledge must be
continually updated and integrated to
enhance career opportunities
Your competitors (i.e., your friends,
colleagues, business associates)
continue to learn more so must you!!

Who is guiding your

career?
Are you driving or
following directions?

Career Management Process

Action
Plans

Goal
Setting
Reality
Check
SelfAssessment
- determine
career interests,
values, aptitudes

- feedback on
skills, knowledge

- devise shortand long-term

developmental
plans

What does HBR Say? February 2015

Principles
Do:
Make a prioritized list of what a meaningful career
would look like to you
Invite four or five people to serve as a board of
advisors as you explore what you want
Experiment with different elements of a job that
youd want either in your current job, outside work,
or by talking with people

What does HBR Say? February 2015

Principles
Dont:
Focus on your next role think about what you
want from work over the long term
Let the stage of your career hold you back even
those deep into their careers can make changes
Neglect your finances so that when you want to
make a change, you dont feel able to

Career Nirvana??

Using your natural talents in ways that are easy and fun
Being of service to others with your skills and abilities
Working hard but enjoying it so much it feels like play
Balancing life and family priorities
Being comfortable in your own skin, and speaking up
and standing up for what matters most to you
Having the confidence, courage and connections to build
a rewarding life
Feeling proud of who you are and what youre doing in
the world, every day
Go from I dont know what I want to I know what I want
and how to get it!

Learn transformative new mindsets and behaviors that

will propel you forward and open important doors.
Get laser focused on how to use your special talents
and abilitiesand how to make great money doing it.
Evaluate all the options available to you, and learn how
to make the best choice.
Achieve what you want in the most efficient, direct way
possible WITHOUT costly mistakes and wasted time
and money.
Gain the confidence, courage and connections to make
your career dreams a reality.

The 10 Tips
Find a mentor and be a mentor
Develop your network and social capital /
Build connections with people and help them
Know what you want
Collaborate / Innovate
Chase skills, not titles Think bigger than
Whats My Next Job?

Set realistic goals what is success

FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
Leverage your natural talents and seek
feedback
Act like a savvy entrepreneur
Chart a career path
Look for additional ways to contribute in
your workplace / consistently deliver /
volunteer

B
U
I
L
D

Best
Understand
Initiative
Learn
Differentiate

Taking Your Career to the Next Level:

10 How To Tips for Young Managers
szamosi@city.academic.gr

Executive Development Institute