Choose One Of This Week’s Readings - Fast Company The New Ru

Choose One Of This Weeks Readings Fast Company The New Rul

Topic: Choose one of this week’s readings. Fast Company: The New Rules of Work Respond to each of these prompts: A short analysis as to why this topic is important: How this week’s topic ties to your life and career: A specific example of how this could apply to your work: Something about this week’s topic that caught your interest, resulted in an epiphany, or created an “aha”: Something about this week’s topic that may be used as a basis for classroom discussion: Submissions should be approximately 600 words (1-2 pages double spaced using 12-font) and are graded on content, sophistication of writing, application of personal experience and format. Feel free to type directly onto this document. Below are questions we would like you to answer in your presentation. Please notice how the PSP Map contents (which you completed during Week 3) fit into these questions. Also please note that your overall plan is of more interest than how you choose to present it. This means both in class and online students are encouraged to be creative with the PSP (Examples: a PowerPoint presentation using voice-overs, music and graphics; a “before and after” type story or essay). No matter how the PSP is completed, the below questions must be answered. NOTE: in-class students will have a 10-minute time limit to present. 1. Based on the work done for this class, where have you discovered you are professionally? What is the here and now, current situation? · Your interests, abilities, and strengths · Required work reward values · Important cultural factors 1. Based on the work done for this class, where have you discovered you want to be professionally? What is the desired future situation? · Vision and next career goal(s) 1. Based on the work done for this class, what will it take you to get from your current professional situation to your desired situation? What steps will you need to take to get there? · Professional development steps · Discovered motivators · Professional network strategies and activities Topic: Focus on your experience in UGP-10 and a single reading, moment, or exercise that opened your eyes to the possibilities. Respond to each of these prompts: A short analysis as to why this topic is important: How this week’s topic ties to your life and career: A specific example of how this could apply to your work: Something about this week’s topic that caught your interest, resulted in an epiphany, or created an “aha”: Something about this week’s topic that may be used as a basis for classroom discussion: Submissions should be approximately 600 words (1-2 pages double spaced using 12-font) and are graded on content, sophistication of writing, application of personal experience and format. Feel free to type directly onto this document. Corporate Athlete Worksheet As you consider your vision (both personal and career) that you just created in Part 1 of the Corporate Athlete Assignment, what are you concerned about potentially standing in your way? What are the barrier(s) to successfully achieving your vision? List the top 4 below. What are the performance consequences of those barriers? Barriers Worksheet My Top Performance Barriers Energy/Performance Consequences Examples: Don’t say no enough – take on too much work Overwhelmed and unfocused Not enough sleep Irritable and moody List below the actions (energy rituals) you can think of that would help reduce the barriers above. Action Development Plan Ritual Building Strategy POSITIVE ENERGY RITUALS SUPPORTING THE TARGETED CHANGE LAUNCH DATE Examples: Take breaks every 90 minutes even when I don’t want to 10/1 Double my deliverable due dates (more realistic time frames) 10/1 CORPORATE ATHLETE PART 1 1. List your deepest values. 2. List your strengths. 3. Jumping ahead to the end of your life, what are the three most important lessons you have learned and why are they so critical? 4. Think of someone that you deeply respect. Describe the three qualities that you most admire in this person. 5. Who are you at your best? 6. What is the one sentence inscription you would like to see on your tombstone that captures who you really were in your life? 7. Write your vision statement (s) in the present tense. It should be both practical and deeply inspirational. My Personal Vision (reflecting my deepest values): 8. My work/career vision (reflecting my personal vision and value): Topic: Corporate Athlete Assignment (think about both the process of completing the assignment and content of the assignment). Respond to each of these prompts: A short analysis as to why the Corporate Athlete topic is important: How the Corporate Athlete topic ties to your life and career: A specific example of how the Corporate Athlete topic could apply to your work: Something about the Corporate Athlete assignment that caught your interest, resulted in an epiphany, or created an “aha”: Something about the Corporate Athlete assignment that may be used as a basis for classroom discussion: Submissions should be approximately 600 words (1-2 pages double spaced using 12-font) and are graded on content, sophistication of writing, application of personal experience and format. Feel free to type directly onto this document.