Oliver Olson's (Dean at Maastricht School of Management Romania) presentation at Think Leadership by Catalyst Solutions, 16th of June, Bucharest. www.msmro.org facebook.com/msmro

1. What Do You Want To Be
When You Grow Up?
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2. Steve Jobs – 3 Stories
3:09 – 8:40
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3. Abby
• 36 Years Old
• Degrees in English and
Psychology from a top college
• Work History:
• Rental Cars
• Farm Equipment Sales
• Marketing, Event Planning
and Graphic Design
(entrepreneur)
• What does she want to be
when she grows up?
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4. “It's never too late to be what you
might have been.”
- George Elliot
“If you don't know who you are,
a university is an expensive place to
find out.”
- A. Armstrong

5. Think Leadership 2012
• It is YOUR responsibility to put
yourself in the right place…
companies used to take
responsibility for this in return for
your life long loyalty and as
compensation for doing a job that
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6. Is This Your Plan?
Childhood University Work Retirement
Stop Living Start Living Die
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8. A Better Plan
Work
Play
Childhood University
Start Living Die
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9. The Best Plan!
There should be no
Difference between
WHO you are and
WHAT you do!
Childhood University
Start Living Die
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10. The link between money and happiness
(*bezea pufoasa)
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Know Yourself:
• The Types of work you like to do
• The activities that give you the most satisfaction
• The environments in which you prefer to work
• The sorts of people you like to work with
• The abilities you possess that you‟d like to
develop
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16. Think Leadership 2012
Ask 5 or 6 friends these questions:
(I hope you have that many friends!)
• What four words best describe me?
• If your best friend asked you to tell her more about me, what would you say?
• What appears to motivate me?
• What would be the ideal job for me?
• What seems to make me most fulfilled and excited?
• What work should I stay away from, and why?
• What about myself do I have trouble seeing?
• What aspects of myself do I need to change to be more successful?
• What aspects of myself should I not change?
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17. Think Leadership 2012
“Most people think they know what
they are good at. They are usually
wrong. More often, people know
what they are not good at – and
even then, more people are wrong
than right.” – Peter Drucker
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18. 344 Questions Exercise 1 - Yellow
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“Managing Oneself” by Peter Drucker
Five key questions:
1. What are my strengths?
2. How do I work?
3. What are my values?
4. Where do I belong?
5. What can I contribute?
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22. 344 Questions Exercise 2 - Purple
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23. You Are Not Special
5:28–7:05 / 8:42-9:00 / 11:32-end
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24. Think Leadership 2012
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25. Think Leadership 2012
• You Need to Prepare for you career just like you would to
master an instrument or to prepare for your final university
exams.
• Make a plan: Example - For every hour you spend on the
internet, spend 10 minutes on career planning. Keep track
of the hours and once a week or once a month use the
accumulated career planning time.
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26. How Do You Get There?
• Aggressively look for opportunities
• Be prepared
• Be „hungry‟
• Surround yourself with „great‟ people
• Work , Work, Work!
• Get education
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27. 344 Questions Exercise 3 - Red
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28. What About Abby?
• Dream Job:
• Antiques Appraiser
• Plan:
• Start selling farm
equipment again (financing)
• Get a Masters in Family
Counseling
• Find an Antiques Appraiser
as a mentor
• In 10 years start new
career
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29. My Story
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30. Recommended Resources
• “The Black Swan” - Nassim Taleb
• “Fooled By Randomness” – Nassim Taleb
• “Outliers: The Story of Success” – Malcom Gladwell
• “The Tipping Point” – Malcom Gladwell
• “Freakonomics” - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
• “SuperFreakonomics” - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
• “What Color is Your Parachute” – Dick Bolles
• “When Genius Failed” - Roger Lowenstein
• “344 Questions?”– Stefan G. Bucher
• Video about doing what you are passionate about – Gary Vaynerchuck
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32. For more information about our Executive MBA in
Romania, visit us at msmro.org or facebook.com/msmro