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Career Rocket Episode 2: Speak up! Ask that question
Career Rocket is a joint collaboration between Empathetic Machines and DURMC
Target audience for this episode: digital analysts looking for career tips in various stages of career milestones ranging from just starting out through senior and director level positions.
Today’s guest: David Bacon. Digital analytics and optimization leader with a really fun background. David was a military brat (the child of a serviceman) and moved around quite a bit. He attended 5 different 3rd grade schools in 4 states in one year! In addition to being a blackjack dealer and a nationally published cartoonist, he finally settled down and pursued Internet sales and marketing. He has worked most recently for Verizon Wireless leading all digital prepaid sales with record year over year results. He accepted a new opportunity to manage all digital testing and optimization for SunTrust Consumer Digital and is now leading the digital testing, optimization and personalization program for InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG). He has been married for over 20 years and has two teenage daughters.
How many people have you managed (includes direct reports and their teams) over your career? 35
In your opinion, what characteristics defined the exceptional players vs the not so exceptional? Leadership skills, specifically the ability to see the bigger picture and make decisions consistent with the overall goals not necessarily what benefits the group or the individual.
Let’s break down your top advice by career stages:
Entry level: 1-3 years (7:35). Consider this the on-the-job training part of your career.
Mid career: 3-5 years (14:25). Start to evaluate job breadth (should I continue to acquire new skills to augment my existing job) and/or job depth (how can I apply these skills to reach the next stage of my career)
Senior level: 6+ years (14:25). This is the time when you may have to make decisions not only about your career, but also about how you manage your priorities in life.
Mgr/Directors: (22:30). Lead, don’t just manage. Get your hands dirty. Teach. Learn. Empower your people.
What are habits you have built over the years that have contributed to your success? (29:35). Ask questions. Be bold.
What does living abundantly mean to you? (34:26). Living abundantly is being rewarded professionally, personally and spiritually based on these values and how they have shaped my life.
If there was one thing you would like to tell someone earlier on in their career that you wish someone had told you, what would it be? Differentiate between noise and what is truly important
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By Durmc & Empathetic MachinesCareer Rocket is a joint collaboration between Empathetic Machines and DURMC
Target audience for this episode: digital analysts looking for career tips in various stages of career milestones ranging from just starting out through senior and director level positions.
Today’s guest: David Bacon. Digital analytics and optimization leader with a really fun background. David was a military brat (the child of a serviceman) and moved around quite a bit. He attended 5 different 3rd grade schools in 4 states in one year! In addition to being a blackjack dealer and a nationally published cartoonist, he finally settled down and pursued Internet sales and marketing. He has worked most recently for Verizon Wireless leading all digital prepaid sales with record year over year results. He accepted a new opportunity to manage all digital testing and optimization for SunTrust Consumer Digital and is now leading the digital testing, optimization and personalization program for InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG). He has been married for over 20 years and has two teenage daughters.
How many people have you managed (includes direct reports and their teams) over your career? 35
In your opinion, what characteristics defined the exceptional players vs the not so exceptional? Leadership skills, specifically the ability to see the bigger picture and make decisions consistent with the overall goals not necessarily what benefits the group or the individual.
Let’s break down your top advice by career stages:
Entry level: 1-3 years (7:35). Consider this the on-the-job training part of your career.
Mid career: 3-5 years (14:25). Start to evaluate job breadth (should I continue to acquire new skills to augment my existing job) and/or job depth (how can I apply these skills to reach the next stage of my career)
Senior level: 6+ years (14:25). This is the time when you may have to make decisions not only about your career, but also about how you manage your priorities in life.
Mgr/Directors: (22:30). Lead, don’t just manage. Get your hands dirty. Teach. Learn. Empower your people.
What are habits you have built over the years that have contributed to your success? (29:35). Ask questions. Be bold.
What does living abundantly mean to you? (34:26). Living abundantly is being rewarded professionally, personally and spiritually based on these values and how they have shaped my life.
If there was one thing you would like to tell someone earlier on in their career that you wish someone had told you, what would it be? Differentiate between noise and what is truly important