BUS 100 Professional Development Launch Week 2 Skills

BUS 100: Week 2:
Professional Development — Launch

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BUS 100
Professional Development - Launch
Professional Development:
Build Your Skillsets

 Access to online questions
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 What skill do you need to improve during your
academic journey to kick start a successful
career?
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Entrepreneurship,
Professionalism, and Leadership
(EPL) Survey

 EPL Survey – Live on Canvas
 As you prepare for the self-assessment workshop, an
“Entrepreneurship, Professionalism, and Leadership”
(EPL) survey is available on Canvas
 The survey is a self assessment tool to give you a
snapshot of your current career propensity in the
general areas of Entrepreneurship, Professionalism,
and Leadership.
 It will require only 15 to 20 minutes of your time
 It is a required component of the course. It is due
during week 3. There will be a debrief in week 4.
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 The nature of work and employment
 Last week, we talked about why you chose to
obtain a BBA.
 One of the reasons identified was to build a
skillset to help you launch a meaningful and well
paying career.
 The nature of work has changed over the past 30
years, moving away from mechanical, repetitive
tasks to work that focuses on problem-solving
and critical thinking.
 The employment rate has remained fairly stable;
rather, the type of work has changed.
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 The great technology debate
 Will technology destroy jobs or create them?
 We’ve gone from being hunter/gatherers to an
agrarian economy to an industrial economy to a
knowledge economy. What’s next?
 There is no consensus.
 However, one thing is clear — the notion of what
constitutes a job has/will change over time.
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 What does this mean for you?
1. The job you want today may not be available by
the time you graduate.
2. The job you start when you graduate may not be
available in 10 years.
3. You will most likely not be satisfied in a static job
with no (or slow) opportunities for growth and
promotion.
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 What does this mean for you?
 Therefore you want to be in a position to
take advantage of future trends in jobs or
advancement and to have your choice of
career movement.
 In other words, you need to future-proof
yourself.
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 So how do you future-proof yourself?
 Adopt an intentional learning mindset.
 Create and follow a dynamic professional
development plan.
 Set and pursue short- and long-term professional
goals (from your PD plan).
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 McKinsey & Company would argue that this is the
most fundamental skill you need to acquire.
 What does this mean and how can you take
advantage of available opportunities during your
academic journey at the Beedie School of
Business?
 To answer those questions, you need to
understand the context in which McKinsey &
Company makes that claim.
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 Given the way jobs are constantly evolving and
the “re-skilling” necessary for your future job,
intentional learning enables you to maximize
personal value as you progress through your
professional career.
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 Unlocking intentionality.
1. Through formal academic education:
• Choosing to go to university, and
• Choosing Business as a major (or any major,
really).
2. Train yourself to make everyday learning an
automatic behaviour — adopt a growth mindset:
• Starts at the Beedie School of Business, and
• Continues in your professional life.
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 Mindsets:
 According to the Oxford dictionary, a mindset is
an established set of attitudes … concerning
culture, values, philosophy, frame of mind,
outlook, and disposition.
 Carol Dwecks’s seminal research in the mid-
2000s was guided by her desire to understand
“what made people tick.”
 She articulated the notion of fixed and growth
mindsets.
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 Mindsets:
 In a 2012 interview, she summarized her views:
• In a fixed mindset, students believe their basic
abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just
fixed traits. They have a certain amount and that’s
that, and then their goal becomes to look smart all
the time and never look dumb.
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 Mindsets:
 In a 2012 interview, she summarized her views:
• In a growth mindset, students understand that
their talents and abilities can be developed
through effort, good teaching and persistence.
They don’t necessarily think everyone’s the same or
anyone can be Einstein, but they believe everyone
can get smarter if they work at it.
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 Enabling a Growth Mindset requires 5 core skills:
1. Set small, clear goals;
2. Remove distractions;
3. Actively seek actionable feedback;
4. Practice in areas you want to grow; and
5. Practice regular reflection.
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 Enabling a Growth Mindset: Feed Your Curiosity
 Strengthen your curiosity by facing your fears and
trying something new.
• University is the safest place to “fail”, so take
advantage and experiment
• At the BsB, we have many co-curricular and extra-
curricular opportunities to try-out.
• Don’t be afraid to try.
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Inspiratio
n
Be a self-
directed
learner

 Core Skills
 Small, clear goals
• Set goals that matter.
• Set concrete goals.
• Pursue “once in a [career]” mindset.
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 Core Skills
 Remove Distractions
• This is not just a “student” advice, but a life-
long recommendation.
• Manage your environment — your study room
or workplace office must be comfortable for
learning to happen … no distractions.
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 Core Skills
 Remove Distractions
• Consider using the 5S to organize your study
space.
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 Core Skills
 Actionable Feedback
• Negative feedback on your actions can be
difficult to hear, but intentional learners
thrive on feedback.
• Ask experts for their thoughts on your work.
• You don’t just want complements — prepare
yourself for criticism and plan to deal with it
— don’t avoid it.
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 Core Skills
 Deliberate Practice in areas of desired
growth
• Focus on stretching your skillset in the areas
of importance to you. For example, how do
you feel about public speaking?
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 Core Skills
 Practice Regular Reflection
• Reflection is a diagnostic skill that helps you
evaluate yourself and determine your
learning needs.
– Before (thinking ahead how you will
complete a task)
– During (allows for making adjustments during
the task), and
– After (look back and make adjustments for
the future).
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 Intentional Learning and the Career Advantage
 Read the full article at
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insight
s/future-of-work/the-most-fundamental-skill
-intentional-learning-and-the-career-advanta
ge
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 Term Project
 Now available on Canvas under “Intentional
Learning Project”.
 It has two components
• Goal Setting submission
• Personal Reflection
• See Canvas for due dates
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 Term Project
 The objective of the project is to practice
intentional learning by setting and pursuing a
clear short-term goal to be completed this term.
 The goal should address a skill gap that you
believe you need to close if you are to be
successful in your next, near term, employment
pursuit.
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 Term Project
 The process for the project is to:
• Identify the objective
• Set a goal
• Develop a plan
• Execute the plan
• Finally, reflect on the outcome
 Detailed instructions available on Canvas along
with templates and examples.
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Any Questions?
Thank you!
To Do List:
Readings
 Links in Canvas – Week 3 Module)

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