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Straight From the Boss | Today's News and What It Means For You  | Etiquette Tips | Upcoming Events / Networking Opportunities | Employment Postings | Members' Successes  

Straight Talk from the Boss

Where’s The Fire?

Alonzo Kelly, President & Founder of Kelly Leadership Group,  LLC  www.kellyleadershipgroup.com                                                                                                         E-Mail: Alonzo@kellyleadershipgroup.com

We young professionals are in such a hurry to rise to the top that we don’t even take time to reminisce about where we’ve been or how far we’ve come.  As soon as we land a job, get a promotion, or secure a new client, our eyes and focus are almost immediately locked into the next promotion or opportunity.   

The term ‘fast tracking’ was often reserved for those individuals whose career journey seemed to be moving faster than industry pace and their current level of responsibility far overshadowed their actual years of experience.  To be considered a ‘fast tracker’ you had to make all the right moves, know all the right people, and do just enough to get noticed so that you were tapped first when a promotional opportunity presented itself.   

Today those same individuals are being exposed as overly zealous employees who are in way over their head.  The results of which can range from unemployment and demotion, to poor professional branding and irreparable career damage. My executive coach once asked me, “Alonzo, where’s the fire?” In other words, why am in such a hurry to get to the next level when there is so much to be learned from my current place and circumstance! We practice fire drills at work but maybe we should consider them for our professional development as well. Perhaps our friends and mentors should be telling us to stop, drop, and roll every once in a while.

Now more than ever, young professionals should be focused at becoming the resident expert at their craft and mastering their current level of responsibilities. If we haven’t noticed, it isn’t necessarily the entry level and middle management folks that are losing their jobs first. That promotion position we’re so focused on obtaining is probably next on the chopping block along with anyone currently in it.

It is very important that I remain clear one point. We should absolutely be driven to accomplish our personal goals and achieve whatever wealth we aspire to obtain. That won’t happen however with a poorly executed plan and exposure to too much risk. I challenge us to spend as much time learning and mastering our current role as we do being distracted by the next one.

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Kelly Leadership Group, LLC, is a leadership development firm whose mission is to provide access to key resources necessary for individuals and organizations to achieve set goals. The vision of the organization is to become the premier provider of personal and professional evolution services resulting in stronger leaders for organizations and our communities

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Today’s News and What It Means for You

 How Childcare Corruption is Robbing Tomorrow's Leaders 

Latoya Dennis, Reporter for Milwaukee Public Radio                                                                         www.WUWM.com                                                                                                                                 E-Mail: DennisL@uwm.edu 

Recently, countless stories have been in the news about fraud within the Wisconsin Shares Program. This program was created to help poor mothers with the cost of childcare, so that they could work outside the home. Instead, many have found ways to cheat the system by setting up elaborate childcare scams. In some cases daycare owners claim to keep kids that are in reality, not in their care.  Among other problems, the Journal Sentinel has also highlighted the fact that thousands of school-aged children are being sent to daycare instead of entering the school system.We all know that children with strong foundations are more likely to finish high school, go on to college and become successful people.

We also know that it is very difficult for a lot of children to catch up once they’ve fallen behind. As a society, we are doing these kids and ourselves a huge disservice by continuing to ignore the problem. If the children born today are to be tomorrow’s leaders, we must do a better job grooming them.  Instead of enrolling four-year-olds in daycare, let’s put them in preschool. Let’s ensure they are getting what they need to prosper in life. 

A lot of people may look at this and wonder why they should care. Well, the answer is simple. Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, which means the results could be catastrophic for the entire state if children here continue to be left behind … as if they don’t matter to the world.

I applaud the Journal Sentinel for the work it’s done on problems within the Wisconsin Shares Program. The series has been eye opening, to say the least. The fact that so much of taxpayers’ money is being basically stolen is maddening. But what I find to be infuriating is that not enough people are talking about the impact this could have on children. 

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Etiquette Tips

  Drink Classy. Drive Classy 

When it comes to client dinners, it's always best to identify all your dishes and utensils lest you drink out of someone else's glass. An easy way to remember how to dine with class is keeping BMW in mind.

Not just a luxury car brand, BMW also stands for "Bread, Meal, Water/Wine." Looking down, Bread is on your left, Meal plate in the middle, and Water and Wine glasses on your right.

Source: Employee Evolution, Ryan Healy, www.employeeevolution.com

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Members' Successes

          New Milwaukee Transplant Makes a Fresh Start

Caralynn Brown

In the summer of 2008 I was laid off from my job in marketing.  I was living in the metro Detroit-area where the economic climate was just starting its downward turn, so finding a new job was definitely a challenge.  After working a few temporary positions, I saw a posting for a job in Milwaukee working for Accenture.  I applied for the position, went through a lengthy interview process and moved to Milwaukee in December of 2008 to work in the Project Services group for one of our clients. 

When I moved here, I didn’t know anyone but decided (after some soul searching) that this was the perfect opportunity to start fresh, meet new people and get involved in activities that I had heard about, but was distracted with my comfortable life to try (like MULYP). If you’re looking to shake things up and step out of your comfort zone, I’d encourage you to join an organization where you don’t know anyone, or just do something out of character. Most importantly, this will help to build or reinforce your self-confidence.  For me, this was becoming more involved with MULYP and making Milwaukee an even better place to live.

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       Upcoming Events / Networking Opportunities

Check out upcoming events, programs and networking opportunities throughout the City of Milwaukee by viewing the Calendar of Events 

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       Employment Postings

View a list of recent job openings in the Milwaukee-area by following this link: Employment Postings

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