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Leveling Up Your Career

In preparation for a talk I was preparing (slides are below!) on taking your career to the next level I wrote a series of articles (I think out loud so it helps me organize my thoughts).


 

Choosing your path and working it with finesse

  • Finding your Path – do you know the success criteria for your career?
  • Find your Motivation – how to get into the flow and best procrastination
  • Becoming Indispensable 
  • Using What You Have to Get What You Want
  • Rocking your role – doing the best you can at your current role

Inner work

  • The Power of Positive – master your insecurity and build confidence at work
  • Reframing: Put On Those Rose-Colored Glasses
  • How to Make Your Own Luck
  • Overcoming Self-Doubt
  • Authenticity on the Path to Success

Improving your soft skills

  • Tips and exercises to become a better listener
  • Feedback: How to Take It and Make The Most of It

Being an awesome part of any team

  • You should care about how others perceive you, and here is why
  • Your boss has no clue what you do all day – the importance of trust at work
  • Managing Meetings with Your Manager [video]
  • Helping People Help Themselves [video]

Being more effective, productive, and awesome

  •  Do *this* in your next meeting….(hint: it involves a pen and paper) 
  • One Technique to Being Awesome You Aren’t Using Enough: Questions

 

Are you awesome?  Yes!

This was a series of posts written for a presentation on how to be awesome at your engineering or operations job.
So many people liked the articles though, that I moved them to their own section spacer

Enjoy!

  • Manage Your Career – Being Awesome Part 1
  • Being a great teammate – Being Awesome Part 2
  • Improve Your Communication Skills – Being Awesome Part 3b
  • Keep Improving! – Being Awesome Part 4

You can also view a webcast of the talk here.

 

Advice for Technologists

  • Engineers On Engineers: What’s Your Best Career Advice?
  • Handling Technical Disagreements with Finesse [video]

 

Want More Awesome?

Then here some more of my articles you may also enjoy:

  • Engineer Whispering – insights into the technical side of the table
  • The Importance of Doing
  • Leadership 101: Taking Responsibility
  • Leveraging Mentors (including questions!)

And if you have any suggestions or ideas for future topics, let me know!

Slides & Video from Leveling Up talk

Leveling up – taking your career to the next level

View more presentations from Kate Matsudaira

 

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