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Ep. 74 Lane Change: Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone (Special Guest Elena Agaragimova)

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In this fantastic episode Brad and Cassie break down the dreaded comfort zones and how to push through them to greatly enhance learning and development in our careers. We invite the Co-Founder of Bessern Elena Agarimigova to help us our young listeners learn the practical steps and rationale of how this can be a career game changer. Highlights from this episode include: 

  • Elena talks about about how breaking comfort zones has impacted her career journey
  • In her work helping individuals develop essential skills and tap into their potential Elena talks about what she sees as the common themes as to why so many people can stay stuck in negative habits that sabotage their success 
  • Knowing what she knows from talent acquisition what skills does she see as essential for young people to learn early
  • For our listeners who may be in the early stages of their career she talks about what are ways they can improve their productivity and make positive impacts on their organizations 
  • She talks about neuroscience and it's connection to performance, and what are the implications for our listeners  
  • There’s a lot of pressure it today’s working to be productive and to be high performers in the work place. Elena discusses how can our listeners work to find a balance
  •  It’s common for students and young professionals to struggle making a connection between the work they’ve done / the skills they’ve used and the work they want to do. She provides advice on how to draw connections between experience and identifying transferable skills  
  • Elena talks about what are small ways that listeners can start to expand their comfort zones in day to day life
  • Elana breaks down what is the best piece of career advice that she could pass along to this next generation

    • Guest Info

    Elena Agaragimova 

    Elena is an engaging skilled trainer and talent development specialist, credited with combining operations, education, and international expertise to design  and deliver programs for diverse audiences. She is  known for her ability to drive change within individuals and organizations that are looking to reach their  potential and maintain their competitive edge in the  business world. Elena is currently immersed in corporate learning and talent acquisition providing talent onboarding  and development to multi-nationals across the MENA region.

    She is an entrepreneur who founded Bloom Youth  – a platform that prepares youth for the future and  Co-Founded Bessern – a tech solution for productivity  and well-being in organizations.

    Elena has a strong passion for L&D, promoting creative and engaging workplaces and all about optimizing performance through the development of others with a keen interest in neuroscience. As a career and talent development coach, Elena has over 12 years  of experience working individuals across different  generations, supporting them in achieving their professional and personal goals.

    Website: bessern.co 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenaagaragimova/


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