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Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Trudy Fahie President & CEO, Walmart Canada Bank May 21, 2010

"Many of us are taught to do our best and then let the world decide how to judge us. I think it’s better to do your best and decide how you want to be judged. And act that way." 2 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Create a personal leadership brand Developing Communicate your value Leadership Build a professional network Visibility Put your hand up Ask for what you want Leverage media Volunteer 3 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Create a Personal Leadership Brand Developing your own brand is critical to business and career success Globalization "A leadership Organizational changes/restructuring brand conveys Project-based work your identity and Career management distinctiveness Increasingly competitive society as a leader. It Rise of brands communicates Your brand needs to be: the value you Compelling have to ofger." Authentic Consistent Well-known 4 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Communicate Your Value to the Business Communicate Where do my value I bring value? Align the value Perfect I bring to the my organization "elevator speech" 5 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Build a Professional Network Build strong Establish a relationships network outside inside the the organization organization – – professional demonstrate colleagues your credibility who can vouch for you and your work High-quality professional networks are among the highest impact drivers of potential 6 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Put Your Hand Up Don’t wait for the shoulder tap Sign up for high-profjle projects Participate in company charity events to raise your profjle 7 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Ask For What You Want Don’t be afraid to speak up! Pay "Women often Promotions don’t get what Assignments they want and Development opportunities deserve because Recognition they don’t ask for it." Don’t assume that others know what you want or need. 8 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Leverage Write for industry publications Media Present/participate at conferences Work with your Corporate Afgairs/ Public Relations department to promote your work externally 9 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Volunteer Chair a committee Sit on a Board for a not-for-profjt organization 10 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

How Visible Are You? Do you leave others’ Do you clearly or impressions of you communicate the value to chance? you bring as a leader? Do you wait for Do you speak up and or the shoulder tap? ask for what you want? Do you intentionally build Do you neglect your meaningful connections or professional network with the right people and leave it to chance? internally and externally? 11 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada

Reference Material Gill Corkindale, Harvard Business Review online, February 26, 2008 Corporate Leadership Council, 2005 "Nice Girls Don’t Ask", Harvard Business Review, October 2008 Seth Godin, Marketer, Author Dave Ulrich & Norman Smallwood, Harvard Business Review online, March 29, 2010 Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever, Michele Gelfand and Deborah Small, HBR.org 12 Developing Visibility Internally and Externally Walmart Canada