Your Career – Don’t Let it Manage You! A few Tips to Manage Professional Development & Career Security

While no one can give job security, one can strive for career security through career growth. An important component of career growth is by learning and practicing soft skills. Workplace habits and expectations have changed significantly in the last several years. Surviving and thriving depend on your ability to grasp the broader picture and hone some essential skills. As an example, if we do not manage relations with managers and peers in the workplace, we will not have the resources to get our jobs done. Communication—of all kinds—is an essential part of this management. Can we ask better questions? How do we work with difficult people? Do we always say nice things, but carry a stick? Have we tried talking up? Are we deadline-passionate, and how do we manage that?

Do you believe that conflict holds creative potential, conflict is unavoidable and common, and conflict and negotiation are central parts of workplace life? If you do, you are already ahead in the game. For most of the remaining folks who get stressed out dreading conflict in the workplace, this presentation offers perspectives on conflict in the workplace and a practical approach to handle conflicts or differences. We include discussions on topics such as handling criticism, the importance of being ever ready, managing your boss, managing peers, and how important it is for us to deviate from our comfort zones once in a while to set different expectations for everyone including ourselves. We will discuss all this and more with examples and anecdotes. You’ll walk away more aware to train yourself to be relevant and successful in today’s workplace.

Co-sponsored by: North Jersey Section, Signal Processing Chapter,

Speaker(s): Mr. Bala Prasanna,

Agenda:
While no one can give job security, one can strive for career security through career growth. An important component of career growth is by learning and practicing soft skills. Workplace habits and expectations have changed significantly in the last several years. Surviving and thriving depends on your ability to grasp the broader picture and hone some essential skills. As an example, if we do not manage relations with managers and peers in the workplace, we will not have the resources to get our jobs done. Communication—of all kinds—is an essential part of this management. Can we ask better questions? How do we work with difficult people? Do we always say nice things, but carry a stick? Have we tried talking-up? Are we deadline-passionate, and how do we manage that?

Do you believe that conflict holds creative potential, conflict is unavoidable and common, and conflict and negotiation are central parts of workplace life? If you do, you are already ahead in the game. For most of the remaining folks who get stressed out dreading conflict in the workplace, this presentation offers perspectives on conflict in the workplace and practical approach to handle conflicts or differences. We include discussions on topics such as handling criticism, the importance of being ever ready, managing your boss, managing peers, and how important it is for us to deviate from our comfort zones once in a while to set different expectations for everyone including ourselves. We will discuss all this and more with examples and anecdotes. You’ll walk away more aware to train yourself to be relevant and successful in today’s workplace.

Room: M105, Bldg: Muscarelle Center, M105, , 1000 River Road , Teaneck , New Jersey, United States, 07666, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/281566