Look Up and Around: Musings on Mentors, Role Models, and Professionalism
Contract Management, p. 32, March 2014
9 Pages Posted: 2 Apr 2014
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Look Up and Around: Musings on Mentors, Role Models, and Professionalism
Look Up and Around: Musings on Mentors, Role Models, and Professionalism (Revised and Updated)
Date Written: March 1, 2014
Abstract
In response to NCMA's request that its Board of Advisors explain how we ended up as leaders in contract management, this article offers a rather simple over-arching suggestion for successful professionals and future leaders: look up and around. The article encourages readers to identify mentors, embrace the strengths of their role models, and open themselves up to learn from others, evolve, and grow. The article discusses, among other things, education, networking, professional development (and, of course, writing), and the power of optimism.
JEL Classification: H57, J41, J44, K12, L33
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