Join Priscilla McKinney, CEO and Momma Bird at Little Bird Marketing as she interviews Vivian Blade. She is a powerful woman of experience and recognized talent management expert, working with companies to build solid and sustainable bench strength in their leadership pipeline. In her work as a consultant, author, keynote speaker, trainer and executive coach, her passion in building leaders and developing excellence empowers companies to fuel incredible leadership, and professionals to fuel incredible careers. They discuss what do do when you're not in right seat at your company, what to do when your great work is not being recognized and how to move your career forward with purpose. Vivian teaches her four principles about career development which focus on EXECUTION, REPUTATION, REACH and RELATIONSHIPS. Vivian is a prolific writer whose articles, featured in a number of professional, industry, and business publications, and published books have helped thousands of professionals succeed. She is the author of two books that reveal the inside secrets of career success: "FuelForward: Discover Proven Practices to Fuel Your Career Forward" (http://vivianblade.com/books.html), and a contributor to "Find Your Fit", a book from the Association for Talent Development (https://www.td.org/Publications/Books/find-your-fit). When you realize you are ready to be responsible for your own career, you're ready for this episode! Original theme music by the illustrious Leighton Cordell.