The document provides guidance on preparing for a promotion presentation at a sustainability consultancy. It discusses reviewing one's career path and alignment with company behaviors. It shares advice from employees who underwent the promotion process, including preparing by practicing presentations with one's supervisor. The document also includes examples of slides presented by employees highlighting goals, achievements and qualifications for being promoted. Tips are provided such as not reading one's presentation but making it engaging and using visual aids to tell one's story.

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The world’s leading sustainability consultancy
The Promotion Process - A Look Back
The world’s leading sustainability consultancy
By: Kamryn Garcia, Conrad Nzeribe, Kevin McKee, Chike Ugbode, and Bill Burkey

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Contents
■ Career Framework
■ Stories of our Journey
■ Samples from Our Promotional Presentation
■ Are you ready for a promotion?
■ Tips and Tricks for a Killer Presentation
■ Questions/Comments?

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Career Framework – What’s your path to Success?
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■ Reflect on your current path…
■ Is that the path you want to be on?
■ Are you in line with the ERM
Consultant Behaviours?

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Stories of Our Journey
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When did we know we were ready?
 Discussions around career framework and readiness with supervisor.
 Use experiences and successes to give examples on how you met or
exceeded requirements of The Career Framework
 Continued growth of project responsibilities.
 Increased involvement in various non-billable activities.
Preparation:
 Approached supervisor with the idea of being promoted.
 Others were approached by HR.
 Used The Career Framework tools
 Reference your ERM Resume
 Schedule mock sessions with your supervisor
 This can help you to develop your public speaking skills!

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Stories of Our Journey
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What we learned
 It helped to develop public speaking skills
 An understanding of the process of designing high level business
development focused presentations for decision makers (i.e. Partners and
Human Resources)
 Helped to gain a deeper appreciation for the work we had done and our
accomplishments
Advice:
 Take your time and do it properly!
 Be open to feedback.
 Keep your confidence level up.
 Keep track of your accomplishments
 ERM Resume
 Career Framework Spreadsheet
 Highlight your goals
 You should already be thinking of your next promotion!

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Sample Slides from Our Presentations
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FY2013 Goals [Kevin]
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Strengths:
■ Mentoring new junior staff for air module work in various solutions
■ I have mentored or managed five ERM consultants over the past five months
■ Prepare appropriate TRA or HASP for onsite customer work, even if in an office environment
■ Delivered for Marathon in June
■ Work on project with additional modules, i.e. Waste, Water, Tasking, Compliance, Incident, etc.
■ Interest expressed, potential involvement later in FY with Exxon
Developments:
■ Communication Skills: receiving feedback in a positive manner
■ Marathon has been a great test for me, teaching me the importance of taking all comments objectively and
responding constructively. Example: QA-QC concerns led to e-mail response with suggestions for improvement
■ Improve technical skills for data gathering & loading of solution data for more efficient work process
■ Understand beginner to intermediate queries/scripts, exposure to more advanced SQL through John Cao
■ Enter Project Management Skills program and develop plan to achieve PMP certification
■ Completed PMO workshop in September

8. Project Work at ERM [Chike]
• In my first 7 months, I was focused on executing project tasks
– Chevron ERT Reports – Query & Spec updates
– Chevron ABU Essential Suite Deployment – Compliance Module Testing and
Implementation support
– Chevron NMA Essential Suite Deployment – Compliance Module Testing and
Implementation support
• Over the past 15 months, my focus has been on more complex
projects, as well as managing small projects and tasks in larger
projects
– Chevron CBU Essential Suite Deployment – Compliance Module Configuration
Lead
– Chevron CPL Essential Suite Deployment – Waste, Water & Compliance Modules’
Configuration Lead
– Chevron Environmental Aspect Registers Deployment – Project & Implementation
Lead

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CL1 and CL2 Framework [Kamryn]
• Personal Leadership
• Passionate about using own technical expertise to solve clients’
problems
• High personal performance aspirations
• Developed experience/working knowledge of Air practice through
extensive work in Essential’s Air module
• Supervised team members who helped with Chevron PipeLine’s Air
implementation
• Member of National Association of Environmental Professionals
• Member of Project Management Institute
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What makes a CL2? [Bill]
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Consultant Level 2 supports
the successful delivery of ERM
project and objectives by:
• Contribute specialist technical or
subject matter know-how to the
business unit as well as across the
practice area.
• Collaborate effectively within the
Business Unit and practice area(s).
• Communicate effectively with clients
counter parts to ensure, supervised
where required, to ensure accurate
project/proposal preparation, delivery,
and follow up.
• Develop an effective understanding of
the overall project goals and objectives
and how inputs contribute to the
achievement of the team and group
targets of projects productivity and
revenues.
• Manage Project Support and Sustainment
• Help create SSRS reports
• Test Hotfixes, bugs, enhancements and
other requested changes
• Create and update training and other
reference material
• Communicate with clients regularly

11. Goals and Achievements [Conrad]
GOALS ACHIEVEMENTS
Maintain a high billability Have continuously maintained billability
of 100% and more
Gain Project Management/Lead role Successfully completed Chevron NMA E-
Suite deployment and successful
completion of UAT and Testing of Chevron
MCBU E-Suite deployment as
Configuration Lead
Help develop consulting skills and project
management within ERM SIS
Successful presentation on Planning for
Project Success and Requirements
Gathering & Consulting Skills

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Are you Ready for a Promotion?
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■ Many guides and tools on Minerva
■ Promotional Guidelines
■ Career Framework
■ Consultant Level Job Purpose
■ Continual topic of discussion with Supervisor
■ During Quarterly and Annual Reviews
■ Steps to Prepare
■ Tools to Manage Your Career
■ Values Prioritization and Writing Your Professional Vision Statement
■ Keep ERM internal resume up-to-date

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Tips and Tricks for a Killer Presentation
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■ Do Not Just Read it!
■ You SHOULD NOT READ your presentation!
■ Seriously, do not read it (why are you reading this?)
■ Make it your own
■ Use the ERM Template
■ Add your own spin
■ Find the best mix of visual cues and the story you would like to tell

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