Managing Your Career Path Like a Project [Virtual]

Will you choose your path, or will your path be chosen for you?

In today’s era of dynamic and rapid innovation, it’s more important than ever to take an active role in steering the course of your career. However, common career guidance is often dated, generalized, and difficult to apply in your day-to-day profession. In this session we will discuss how to apply best practices of project management to strategically plan and tactically execute your career planning process, helping to identify and earn the role of your dreams. You will leave the session with actionable guidance on the foundational components of your skill base, precise steps to identify your strengths and weaknesses, and a roadmap for pushing your career to new heights.

3 Learning Takeaways: 

At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:

• Confidently define their actual “dream job” 
• Create and execute a plan to audit their skills, brand, and career capital; and
• Identify gaps in their skill base, create a development roadmap, and iterate on the roadmap over time
  

Tyler Norman, MBA, PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA  is a passionate, energetic and results-driven project leader with 10 years of experience spanning industrial and commercial construction, manufacturing, energy and publishing. He is a senior program manager, business operations with Scholastic Inc., with varied certification experience across project management, human resources; and environment, health and safety. He is passionate about standing up project management offices—with direct experience across multiple organizations, mentoring project staff in their career development and leading cultures for high performance and inclusivity.