KOWIN Mentoring Circle Program

January 22, 2022

“Weaknesses”

Agenda

Welcoming Remarks

7 Qualities of Women Leadership (continued)

SWOT Analysis Review

Q & A

Closing Remarks

7 Qualities of Women Leadership

Habit 1: Focus on Your Vision

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• Be Patient. Take what comes your way. People will recognize your hard work

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• Identify where you want to be in the future; Go after what you want; even if you believe you are not quite ready

7 Qualities of Women Leadership

Habit 2: Effective Communication

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• Be ladylike, quiet and polite; speak when you are spoken to. let people come to you; don’t be assertive or bold

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• Speak up and speak out concisely; influence and assert your leadership with a leadership voice without being aggressive

7 Qualities of Women Leadership

Habit 3: Leadership Presence

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• Take a back seat at the table; be modest and exclusively a ‘we’ manager

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• Look, walk and talk like a leader; take credit with ‘I’ when it is you who achieved it, without forsaking the ‘we’ moments as well; engage and inspire your team to achieve their goals and yours

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Habit 4: Forge Trusted Relationships

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• Stick with your comfortable circle of colleagues

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• Consistently develop relationships with influencers and thought-leaders within and outside your organization; sharing, supporting, listening, learning, being curious about them and contributing to them as well

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Habit 5: Confidence

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• Feeling worthy requires being perfect 100% of the time

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• Possess the belief that you will succeed and know that others believe that, too, without the pressure of making everything 100%+ perfect to prove it time and time again

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Habit 6: Emotional Intelligence

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• React quickly to troubling work challenges and dynamics with hurt feelings, anger or fear; difficulty managing one’s emotions

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• Monitor one’s own and other’s emotions and integrate this with intelligence and empathy to manage, lead and collaborate effectively with one’s team, peers and leaders of the organization

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Habit 7: Courage

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• Operate in one’s comfort zone, participating and contributing only in areas where the results are fairly predictable with a lack of interest in trying anything beyond the routine or appearing risky

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• Eagerly welcome new ideas, new challenges, new learnings, new opportunities and change even when there is a risk of failure

SWOT

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Internal

External

Weaknesses

Opportunities

• Your expertise in an area which make a difference to your company/organization
• Professional qualifications/certifications you have which makes you stand out from the rest
• Projects/assignments you have completed successfully

Threats

• Do you have the necessary skills/qualifications to be successful in your current or future roles?
• Do you have bad habits? i.e. frequently late, poor communication skills, etc.

• Is there any significant changes/advancements in your industry which you need to take advantage of?
• Is there a new industry trend which you can use in the future?
• Is there a new position advertised in your company which matches your skill set? Did a position become vacant?

• Is one of your peers doing a better job than you in a similar role? Are both of you pursuing the same promotion?
• Are your personal traits hurting your career advancements?

Weaknesses

Threats

Opportunities

Strengths

Weaknesses

The importance of SWOT Weaknesses: self-evaluation

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• What times have you “messed up”?
• Do you have bad habits?
• What are the things that you are not comfortable in doing?
• What are the things that you have a hard time doing?
• What are the things that people usually complain about you? Are they valid?
• What are the things that your supervisor wants you to improve?
• Are there skills and knowledge, qualifications you need for your position?
• What situations and tasks do you usually avoid? Why?
• What Keeps you from achieving your goals?

Weaknesses

Hear from KOWIN Mentors talk about their weaknesses.

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Juliana Chyu, M.D., Dermatologist - “I tend to be a perfectionist. While it can be a positive trait, it does discourage me from trying new things and accepting failures.” “I also still find that I am not comfortable with public speech.”

Irene Sohn, Executive Director of Hanul Family Alliance - “I have a hard time saying ‘no’ when building a new partnership because I want to please everyone. It usually ends up costing more time and effort to adjust expectations.” “I need to improve on giving constructive criticism in a positive and timely manner.” “I find it difficult to speak up against the majority opinion.”

Soo Yeon Lee, Attorney - “I change my mind a lot (impulsive).” “I don’t like having to do things just a certain way. This sometimes means that I have a hard time following rules.”

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SWOT

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Internal

External

Weaknesses

Opportunities

• Your expertise in an area which make a difference to your company/organization
• Professional qualifications/certifications you have which makes you stand out from the rest
• Projects/assignments you have completed successfully

Threats

• Do you have the necessary skills/qualifications to be successful in your current or future roles?
• Do you have bad habits? i.e. frequently late, poor communication skills, etc.

• Is there any significant changes/advancements in your industry which you need to take advantage of?
• Is there a new industry trend which you can use in the future?
• Is there a new position advertised in your company which matches your skill set? Did a position become vacant?

• Is one of your peers doing a better job than you in a similar role? Are both of you pursuing the same promotion?
• Are your personal traits hurting your career advancements?

Weaknesses

Threats

Opportunities

Strengths

Closing Remarks

• Next Mentoring Circle Meeting:
• Date: March 19, 2022
• Time: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
• Invite your friends!
• We have our first small circle! If you’re interested in 1:1 or small group mentoring, please email KOWIN.Chicago.Mentoring@gmail.com

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Q&A