In today’s challenging job market, you need repeatable career habits to thrive in your current role and unlock your next big adventure. Based on Kent’s experience working with teams in a variety of industries, he’s identified three essential career-enhancing habits that will set you apart.
In this session, Kent explains how to position yourself as an indispensable contributor by mastering:
- Impact – connect your work to how money flows through the organization
- Context – match your approach to the moment
- Judgment – make decisions that balance impact and context
Whether you’re looking to advance in your current organization or prepare for the future of work, this session provides practical tools and strategies you can implement immediately. You’ll leave with a clear roadmap for career enhancement and the confidence to navigate the evolving demands of business analysis.
Additional Resources
Business Analysts can be product people
Product management roles offer a viable career path for business analysts, especially those who work on custom software development efforts. Here are the stories of four people who made the shift.
Impact First Product Teams by Matt LeMay
Context Leadership Model
The Context Leadership Model, created by Todd Little, was introduced in Stand Back and Deliver as a tool for determining the appropriate leadership style given a product’s uncertainty and complexity.
Money Stories by Rich Mironov
Product managers talk about features. Executives talk about revenue. Money Stories are how product and technical leaders translate what they are building into how it will make money and why that work is essential. In terms that their audience understands. Whether you’re pitching a major initiative, defending a roadmap, or trying to avoid adding “just one more thing,” money stories communicate the value of product work.