What I learn today

1. There are 5 types of career models in the new world of work

• Experts --depth, driven by security and expertise
• Traditionalists--political savvy, go for the executive suite
• Portfolio Managers --breadth/variety
• Planful entrepreneurs--learn and then do it on their own
• Spontaneous entrepreneurs --passion for their own ideas, little dependency on security(Bill Gates, Michael Dell)

2. Professional identity

• New managers have to manage 1) the team 2) the context her team operates in
• New managers experience changes in 1) how they get gratification. no longer from the immidate outcome of the act of a doer, more from see things done right thru others 2) willingness to develop others 3) negotiating interdependencies

3. career planning approach: trial and error v.s. plan and implement

The emphasis is on testing alternatives by going out talking to people thru informationals or volunteering or doing side projects to learn about a new field, a new area, and to learn about yourself.

4. Network, network, network

• Task network
• Career network
• Social network

Get the paradigm right. Networking is about fair exchange of value, give and take. It's about doing research so as to make well-informed decisions.