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Developing Visibility Internally and Externally

Trudy Fahie President & CEO, Walmart Canada Bank

May 21, 2010

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"Many of us are taught to do our best and then let the world decide how to judge us. I think it’s better to do your best and decide how you want to be judged. And act that way."

Create a personal leadership brand Communicate your value Build a professional network Put your hand up Ask for what you want Leverage media Volunteer

Developing Leadership Visibility

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Create a Personal Leadership Brand

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"A leadership brand conveys your identity and distinctiveness as a leader. It communicates the value you have to ofger." Developing your own brand is critical to business and career success Globalization Organizational changes/restructuring Project-based work Career management Increasingly competitive society Rise of brands Your brand needs to be: Compelling Authentic Consistent Well-known

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Communicate Your Value to the Business

Where do I bring value?

Align the value I bring to the

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Perfect my "elevator speech" Communicate my value

Build strong relationships inside the

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demonstrate your credibility

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Build a Professional Network

Establish a network outside the organization – professional colleagues who can vouch for you and your work High-quality professional networks are among the highest impact drivers of potential

Don’t wait for the shoulder tap Sign up for high-profjle projects Participate in company charity events to raise your profjle

Put Your Hand Up

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Don’t be afraid to speak up! Pay Promotions Assignments Development opportunities Recognition Don’t assume that others know what you want or need.

Ask For What You Want

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"Women often don’t get what they want and deserve because they don’t ask for it."

Write for industry publications Present/participate at conferences Work with your Corporate Afgairs/ Public Relations department to promote your work externally

Leverage Media

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Volunteer

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Chair a committee Sit on a Board for a not-for-profjt

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How Visible Are You?

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Do you leave others’ impressions of you to chance? Do you clearly communicate the value you bring as a leader? Do you wait for the shoulder tap? Do you speak up and ask for what you want? Do you neglect your professional network and leave it to chance? Do you intentionally build meaningful connections with the right people internally and externally?

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Gill Corkindale, Harvard Business Review online, February 26, 2008 Corporate Leadership Council, 2005 "Nice Girls Don’t Ask", Harvard Business Review, October 2008 Seth Godin, Marketer, Author Dave Ulrich & Norman Smallwood, Harvard Business Review online, March 29, 2010 Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever, Michele Gelfand and Deborah Small, HBR.org

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