Building Your Best Career

School is starting around the country and for many, the kids are learning at home. The concerns about balancing our own workload and making sure our kids are successful are weighing heavily on many. Whether you have just started a new job because you were laid off or you've been at yours for a while, the pressure to maintain maximum efficiency is higher than ever.

Are you an executive that has been in your current role for less than a year and have concerns about how to balance virtual schooling with making sure you are standing out as a great leader and employee?

With so much of our interactions online these days it is hard to notice some really bad behavior and habits out there. This can be really impactful particularly with so many people looking for jobs and being researched online. In this episode, I'm sharing some of the things I've been seeing and ways to make sure you are putting your best foot forward.

Actions speak louder than words. Sounds a bit like a platitude but it really does ring true in many ways. As leaders, we must remember that our employees are always watching us to better understand how we think, what we want, and how they can meet and exceed our expectations.

As leaders we leverage different skills and wear many hats, one of the most powerful is the ability to embrace and promote change when needed. In this episode we discuss the importance of change management, how to maximize the outcome, and ensure your teams are still feeling supported.

As leaders it can be very challenging to cultivate teams that work well together and are highly successful in what they are assigned to do. We can face difficulties with personalities, varying skillsets or backgrounds, team members scattered over different locations, and the dynamics of multiple seniority levels.

In this episode, we'll walk through three key approaches that leaders can utilize to build the capabilities of their team to maximize their impact as a collective and individually. Whether you are a brand new team leader or you've been leading staff for decades, you can employ these practices in how you interact with your teams.

Successful teams are created with that success in mind and from the very beginning. It is so important to consider who you are adding to your team, their individual contributions, and how they will augment the team attitude.

Here’s a sneak peak at what we talked about today…

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 Got goals? What do you want to achieve? 

Whatever it is, NO ONE will fight harder for you than YOU. You may be blessed to have an incredibly supportive network and support system of people around you to cheer you on, offer guidance and accountability.

But the doing…that is up to us.

Being intentional and detailed about planning out our goals helps to keep us accountable, on course, and excited about what we are working towards. Few goals are easy but the feeling we experience when we reach the end is worth the effort.

Here’s a few things we talked about today…

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Have you ever reached a goal, something you've been excited about reaching but once you achieved it you didn't feel as thrilled as you expected? Did you wonder why?

In this episode, we will be talking about how to be specific in setting goals to avoid reaching your objective but not feeling like you accomplished what you set out to do. Often there are subtle things we really are hoping for but go about them in the wrong way which can lead to feeling disappointed even if we reach our goal.

A few of the key tips you will learn are:

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This year has been a crazy roller coaster ride and we are exactly halfway through.  In this episode we will be talking about what you would like the second half of the year to look like in your career. 

What professional goals would you like to accomplish?  Perhaps they have changed over the course of the past few months, perhaps not.  Either way, it’s time to buckle down, get excited about finishing the year off strong.

Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about…

Don't forget to grab your Goal Planning Worksheet freebie and get started today mapping out your plans for the rest of the year!

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Do you have a network within your organization? Are you actively working to grow and nurture those relationships? Today we are talking about how those relationships are a key element to your career success and ways you can build them.

For many the idea of networking can really bring on some pretty strong emotions...stress, overwhelm, confusion, frustration, and just plain old fear. It is definitely an element of our career planning that many put low on the priority list or save until absolutely necessary.

The fact of the matter is, that we really need to build our network slowly and carefully to make sure we are getting the most out of it that we can. And if it is falling off the list of things to do, if really needs to be a priority.

I hear those groans but I promise after listening to today's episode you'll have a clear understanding of why it is important and some simple ways that even the least social among us could handle.

Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about…

Don't forget to grab your 'Networking Quick-Start Guide' freebie because sometimes we just need a little step-by-step action to get those mental juices flowing. This will help you create a plan to get out there (or online) and start building your network!

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Sometimes we get to a point where we just get a bit frozen and feel like there is so much on our plates we aren't sure where even to start. Today's episode talks about some things we can do the honor those feeling but also create a path forward back in action.