9 - Plans for my Career
Today I went off for a long lunch by myself to get some serious thinking done. And I did. Made some plans, set some goals and generated some ideas. For all areas of my life. Firstly, here are some of my thoughts on my career:
(1) I see that Singapore is going to be Home Base for me indefinitely. So even though I work in a regional role now, it is critically important for me to stay in touch with Singapore law as far as the banking & finance industry is concerned. There have been interesting legal developments here but I have not really kept myself current. I need to rectify this. Immediately I will start a new Singapore file to collect relevant reading materials.
(2) My main career goal in 2006 will be to deliver outstanding performance at work and place myself in a position to be considered for promotion again in early 2007. This is going to be tricky because I just got promoted this year and am not a natural candidate to be considered for promotion again so soon. However, nothing ventured, nothing gained. I will really have to be outstanding though. I have to outshine My Peers; competently handle some Significant Projects, and more importantly (I tend to forget this bit) be SEEN to be competently handling those Significant Projects.
(3) My next goal is to build my knowledge of finance concepts. This is my current Achilles heel. I'm a lawyer working in a bank - I know the law but I actually have no official, professional training in pure finance. Fortunately the way forward is clear and straightforward. I recently purchased a finance textbook which looks succinct yet comprehensive. If I read it from start to finish, I'll be in good shape and this goal will have been achieved.
(4) The academia/scholarship idea continues, but I'm keeping it on the backburner. Maybe next year is the year; maybe a better time would be 2008. We'll see how it goes. Meanwhile, I'll just look out for opportunities to augment my scholarship chances. It would be important to look out for opportunities to speak at conferences or write articles for industry publications. This would improve my scholarship hopes.
(1) I see that Singapore is going to be Home Base for me indefinitely. So even though I work in a regional role now, it is critically important for me to stay in touch with Singapore law as far as the banking & finance industry is concerned. There have been interesting legal developments here but I have not really kept myself current. I need to rectify this. Immediately I will start a new Singapore file to collect relevant reading materials.
(2) My main career goal in 2006 will be to deliver outstanding performance at work and place myself in a position to be considered for promotion again in early 2007. This is going to be tricky because I just got promoted this year and am not a natural candidate to be considered for promotion again so soon. However, nothing ventured, nothing gained. I will really have to be outstanding though. I have to outshine My Peers; competently handle some Significant Projects, and more importantly (I tend to forget this bit) be SEEN to be competently handling those Significant Projects.
(3) My next goal is to build my knowledge of finance concepts. This is my current Achilles heel. I'm a lawyer working in a bank - I know the law but I actually have no official, professional training in pure finance. Fortunately the way forward is clear and straightforward. I recently purchased a finance textbook which looks succinct yet comprehensive. If I read it from start to finish, I'll be in good shape and this goal will have been achieved.
(4) The academia/scholarship idea continues, but I'm keeping it on the backburner. Maybe next year is the year; maybe a better time would be 2008. We'll see how it goes. Meanwhile, I'll just look out for opportunities to augment my scholarship chances. It would be important to look out for opportunities to speak at conferences or write articles for industry publications. This would improve my scholarship hopes.
posted by Joe Dogger at 4:05 PM
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