aspe career presentation march 2013

“We Speak Your Language” Retained Executive Search RPO Leadership Consulting

Next Steps in your Estimating Career

Dan Ryan Principal

“We Speak Your Language”

Who is Dan Ryan

• Recovering Engineer and HR Professional

• Retained Executive Search

• Leadership Consulting • RO • Husband-Father • Rabid Fan!

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“We Speak Your Language” “We Speak Your Language”


Today

• Game plan • Competencies • “Strengths” • Moving ahead


How would you rate your career to this point?

• How did you end up in your present career?

• Are you taking any time to reflect upon your progress?

• Are you satisfied with your progress?


Where are you now?

• If you looked at your life like a football game, where would you be? – First half? – Second half? – Halftime? – Have you considered any game plan

changes?


The Halftime Concept

• In his book “Halftime”, Bob Buford view life like a football game – Many of us strive for success in the first

half – This success may leave many with an

empty feeling • Is this all there is? • What can I do to make a difference?


A personal journey

• Manufacturing • Human Resources • Today


Taking stock

• Halftime is a good time to pause and reflect – What am I passionate about? – What do I want to do in the next 10 years? – Am I using my talents & skills to the best of my

ability? – Which changes…

• Can I make? • Should I make? • Handout


The Halftime Drill 1.What do I want to be remembered for? 2.What about money-how much is

enough? 3.How am I feeling about my career right

now? 4.Am I living a balanced life? 5.What is the primary loyalty in my life? 6.Where do I look for my inspiration,

mentors and working models? 7.What do I want for my children/family?


The Halftime Drill

8. How am I doing on self-realization and community? (Drucker’s needs)

9. Review your life line(s)-where are the ups and downs?

10.Potential transitions – Keep doing what I am doing, but change

the environment – Change the work, but stay in the

environment – Turn an avocation into a new career


How will you transition to the Second Half?

• 180 degree turn • Slight adjustment • Still not sure…..


Core Competencies, Expectations and Career Path for an Estimating Professional Mr. John K. Hollmann PE, CCE and Mr. Bruce G. Elliott, CCC


Estimating Competencies

Core Competencies, Expectations and Career Path for an Estimating Professional

Mr. John K. Hollmann PE, CCE and Mr. Bruce G. Elliott, CCC


Skills & Knowledge of Cost Engineering

Core Competencies, Expectations and Career Path

for an Estimating Professional Mr. John K. Hollmann PE, CCE and

Mr. Bruce G. Elliott, CCC


Estimating Career Paths

• Complete career

• Step toward operations

• Lateral development


StrengthsFinder 2.0

• Measures talent (not strengths)

• Talent only an ingredient of a true strength – Knowledge, skills, practice are amplifiers for

natural talents – Without facts and skills, talent can go untapped

• Talent x Investment = Strength


Background about StrengthsFinder

• Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. – Father of Strengths Based Psychology

• Culmination of more that 50 years of lifelong work

• Introduced by Gallup – Now Discover Your Strengths © 2001 – StrengthsFinder 2.0 © 2007 - New and

improved assessment


Uses for StrengthsFinder

• Individual Development – Career choices – Life choices

• Leader Development – Informal Coaching – Classroom training

• Team Development – Improve communication – Maximize contributions


34 Themes and 4 Leadership Domains

Executing Influencing Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

Achiever Activator Adaptability Analytical

Arranger Command Connectedness Context

Belief Communication Developer Futuristic

Consistency Competition Empathy Ideation

Deliberative Maximizer Harmony Input

Discipline Self-Assurance Includer Intellection

Focus Significance Individualization Learner

Responsibility Woo Positivity Strategic

Restorative Relator


Barriers to moving forward

• There will be barriers • Consider how you can

overcome them • Many shapes and sizes

– Financial – Personal – Family – Work


Your unique role

• Peter Drucker suggests two important questions to discover your unique role – What have you achieved (competence)? – What do you deeply care about (passion)?

– You also need to define your life mission


Now what?

• The ball is in your hands

• Which path will you take?

• How will you get started!


Dan Ryan Ryan Search & Consulting

[email protected]

615 656 3535 http://ryansearch.net

@Ryansearch

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