24 October 2013 | Focus Group Event | Secrets of a Great Career Revealed
Life is too short not to have a career that you don’t absolutely love! At Ignite Global we are obsessed with the difference between those talented and capable people who seem to effortlessly reach their professional goals (climbing the corporate ladder, managing career around family or simply doing meaningful work with interesting people at great companies) and those equally talented and capable people who lose their way or lose their passion.
It prompted us to ask the question; – what makes the first group so successful? Is it education, experience, raw talent, personality, luck? We’ve discovered (much to our shock) that it’s none of these things.
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Date: 24 October 2013, Thursday Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Registration and Buffet Dinner (Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Halal) starts from 6.30pm Location: SMU School of Economics and Social Sciences | 90 Stamford Road | Seminar Room 2.1 | Level 2 SPMI Member: SGD 30.00 PDU: 2 This event is strictly for SPMI members only. |
You will learn:
We share our findings with you to put you and your staff on the right track to a great career, teaching you:
- How to develop a 3 – 5 year career plan (something only about 5% of the workforce does effectively – and the second most important step to great career management)
- The difference between your destination (personal / professional goals) and the vehicles (jobs or careers) you can use to get there and why it’s critically important to start with that destination (though most people jump right to the vehicles)
- How to find your unique value proposition, or “special sauce” to ensure a lifetime of opportunities and employment as well as greater job satisfaction and achievement
- Which 4 skills are essential for every business person, regardless of function or role and how to master them
- 3 practical tools to “condition resilience” and easily rebound from setbacks – both personal and professional (the MOST important step to great career management)
You are guaranteed to leave motivated and inspired as well as with 9 practical tools you can use immediately to navigate your career safely to its ultimate destination.
About the Speaker
There aren’t many people who can ignite a room like Kim Seeling Smith.
The country’s leading expert on HR in the Social Age, plus co-author of 101 Great Ways to Enhance Your Career, Kim offers concrete solutions for attracting, engaging and retaining staff in today’s ever-evolving era of digital media. Through her company Ignite Global, Kim delivers the breakthroughs essential for effective recruitment and retention of staff today - and as a speaker, she shares her insights and innovations with grateful audiences around the globe.
Originally trained as a CPA and Management Consultant with KPMG, Kim subsequently spent 15 years working as an international recruiter - and studying why some companies are great at attracting and engaging staff, while others constantly struggle with turnover.
In just a single session, Kim presents a suite of innovative tools that attendees can implement immediately. She offers straight forward solutions that make her participants sit up and listen!
Recent Successes Include
Invited to judge 3 categories for the 2012 Australian HR Awards.
Appointed as a Subject Matter Expert to advise US based, multi-national financial services firm’s global Senior Leadership Project Team on increasing employee engagement within the company.
Engaged by Fortune 500, high tech firm to design a 250 piece, talent life cycle program for their 35,000 Value Added Resellers. This included reviewing all externally sourced content and supplementing with original thought leadership.
Why You Should Care
Aon Hewitt has revealed in Trends in Global Employee Engagement that Career Management is the #1 factor that drives engagement. Helping your staff look creatively at internal opportunities will, in many cases, stop (or delay) them from looking externally.
Testimonials
“Kim will help you work out how to plan the career that will really make you happy. She can pass on the latest in international thinking – making it fun and accessible. You need to see Kim if you want to make your happiest and most successful career a reality!” - Jane Campbell, Senior Case Manager, COLONIAL FIRST STATE
“I can highly recommend this program to anyone wanting to help staff get clarity about what their options are, understand their strengths and become more agile in looking at internal opportunities. I have staff that can attribute their success in progressing their careers thanks to Kim.” - Richard Brincat, Leadership and Talent Manager, SYDNEY WATER