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Why do some natural resource professionals get more done than others? What are the hard parts of a career that you might encounter? Mike teaches people how to create careers of meaning, purpose, and achievement.
There is a real difference between the work environment of a professional in the private sector and a professional responsible for the public's natural resources. Because the natural resource professional's working environment is so different career management skills should be different as well. So far, the narrators for Intelligent Courage have identified eight career issues ("Keystone Issues") that all professionals encounter but only effective professionals are able to manage.
Understanding these Keystone Issues positions a professional to:
● devise solutions for their own career,
● become a sensitive and supportive supervisor, and
● effectively mentor the next generation of natural resource professionals.
Mike gives keynote speeches, workshops, and a student colloquium on Intelligent Courage. In these sessions we examine the dilemmas and look at ways to improve career effectiveness.
Colloquium for students:
This colloquium is a workshop to explore the ways professionals create careers that make a difference. Interview results from Intelligent Courage are combined with audience participation. In so doing we explore some of the dilemmas and opportunities that natural resource professionals routinely face. We examine how to consciously choose a purpose for your career.
Workshops for professionals:
This interactive workshop begins with a presentation on the main career themes the narrators talk about in Intelligent Courage. Mike then facilitates a discussion of the career events that audience members have encountered. After diagnosing the problems and opportunities these events present we problem solve around the audience's specific issues. Mike also offers advice from his consulting practice working with agencies and professionals across the nation.
Keynote Speeches:
Intelligent Courage contains the career stories of truly inspiring natural resource professionals. These folks have:
● shown courage in difficult situations,
● compassion in making tough decisions,
● innovation in the face of pressure to preserve a dysfunctional status quo, and
● leadership when incentive systems rewarded timidity.
Above all, their careers taught them a lot. They accumulated considerable wisdom about how to be an effective natural resource professional. In speaking engagements Mike tells their inspiring stories and summarizes the attributes that made them exceptional professionals.
To book Mike for your event contact him at:
Michael Fraidenburg
5432 Keating Road Northwest
Olympia, WA 98502
360-867-1140