By Joy Spencer
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Do you remember your last big mistake?
Wouldn’t it have been nice if someone had been around to steer you clear of the pit before you stepped right in it?
We can all wish.
While I can’t give this to you in every area of your life I can promise that today’s guest will do it for you in one area.
Your job.
Specifically, Natasha Smith joins us to share 5 pitfalls you’ll want to avoid while creating on your job.
These insights blew me away because I always encourage you to create on your job.
But these pitfalls show me I’ve had a blindspot by encouraging you to create on your job without clear guidance or guardrails.
Natasha is here to sort all of that out for us.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How understanding that the value you think you bring to your job may not be the complete value you bring
The unique qualities of owning on your job that are different from owning in other areas
The Fullfillment Trap: How love, passion, and fullfillment can be your kryptonite
The difference between create and lead vs create, launch, and leave
And much more…
By the end, I know you’ll be armed with powerful nuggets to put into practice as you bring more of you when you create on your job.
About my guest:
Natasha is a visionary leader and recognized trailblazer in the Washington DC area, known for guiding creative, technical professionals, and activists to new heights. She excels at turning uncertainty into innovative opportunities and creating environments where creativity leads to sustainable solutions. Her diverse experience includes developing groundbreaking curricula, enhancing professional development, and establishing and standing up critical teams across education, community initiatives, and global organizations. Natasha’s work in education, civil rights activism, community leadership, and marketing underscores her dedication to driving impactful change.
After years of feeling discouraged by the challenges of pioneering new paths with little guidance or structure, Natasha reached a significant milestone by creating a new role within a global organization. This achievement, which led to the formation of a dedicated team, allowed her to finally see herself as the visionary and pioneer she had always been, despite the initial setbacks and uncertainties she faced.
Outside of her own professional endeavors, Natasha supports pioneers as an accountability and thought partner, guiding them through their journeys and helping turn their visionary ideas into reality.
Connect with Natasha on Instagram at NatashaSmith_CreativeStrategy
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About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
“I don’t know what story to tell.”
“I don’t know how to find personal stories in my life that I can use in my presentations, talks, personal branding, job interviews or elevator pitches.”
Have you ever said these words?
If so you’re not alone.
Many professionals struggle to find stories and use storytelling in their work.
But there’s a way to turn this around for yourself so you never have to struggle to find the right story for the right moment again.
It involves building a Story Bank.
Never heard of it?
Got no idea how to do it?
This episode is definitely for you!
I'll walk you through a step-by-step process for building your Story Bank. After this, you’ll have the roadmap to keep building on it.
If you’ve been listening to Reframe to Create, you know I am committed to helping you reframe your narrative on work by reminding you that your work is not your job or career; your work is what you create.
But creating with your gifts is not the end of the matter.
Next, you’ve got to own what you create and then learn to tell powerful stories about what you create. That’s where storytelling and building your Story Bank comes in.
If you want to get paid to be you, you’ve got to Create.Own. Storytell.
After you’ve listened to this episode I know you’ll be ready to pick one of the story moments you identify and work on building it into a full story.
For that I’ve got a Storytelling Package for you that will move you through the next step of your journey.
Want to explore which one is your right fit?
Book an exploration session to learn more: https://joyspencercoaching.as.me/explorationsession
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Are you feeling stuck in your job? Are feeling unfulfilled? Feeling like you’re not being acknowledged fully for what you do and what you bring to the table? Do you feel like there’s more and you just don’t know how to go about finding out what that is?
Well, you’re not alone.
My guest Adeola Adebiyi knows all about how you feel. Despite being a seasoned Cyber Security executive with more than 15 years of experience in the industry Adeola came to me because she felt stuck.
But I had something for her.
The Resume Excavation is a process I take clients through that’s not about your resume. It’s about you and a treasure hunt that will give you a complete reframe on who you are and the great value that you bring.
If you’re like Adeola you probably treat your resume as this old thing that you only take out when you’re ready to dust it off to get a new job. And the dust-off is usually a minor update with details of your current position. And then you send it off expecting it to perform miracles like landing you some dream job. Which if you know me and have listened to Episode 1 you know the dream job does not exist.
This approach does not work.
But the Resume Excavation process does.
Don’t take my word for it.
Listen in to hear what Adeola had to say about her experience and how the process gave her all she was looking for and more.
About my guest:
Adeola Adebiyi is a seasoned Cyber Security executive with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. She is a Director at Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA in Boston where she currently oversees the Identity & Access Governance program. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Clark University where she teaches Fundamentals of Cyber Security.
Prior to joining Blue Cross, Adeola held various Security and Audit roles at State Street Corporation, PwC consulting, SunLife Financial and other organizations.
She is a proud alumni of Brandeis University and Northeastern University where she obtained Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She also holds multiple Cyber Security-related certifications.
Adeola is enthusiastic about mentoring young professionals in the technology and security space. She actively participates in the mentoring program in her organization.
She is married with two young boys, enjoys music, travel and spending quality time with her family.
Follow Adeola on Linkedin
Want to find out what treasures your resume has been hiding?
Book your resume excavation session now and get unstuck and clear like Adeola!
Link: https://reframetocreate.com/resume-excavation/
Relevant Episode
Reframe to Create Episode 4 - A Resume Excavation to Clarify Your Unique Contribution | Niko Turrentine
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Have you been letting your job get in the way of your work?
Like most people, you probably have because you don’t know that there’s a difference between your work and your job.
In this episode, I’ll show you why confusing the two is interrupting your ability to have the impact you’re looking to have in life.
Once we clear this up you’ll be ready to make sure our job goes to work for your work and is aligned with supporting your life, not the other way around.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What do you do with the tough things in your past?
Do you ignore or embrace them?
What if your painful memories hold the key to helping you identify your unique contribution?
This possibility is what my guest Sandy Dang opens your mind to as you listen to this episode.
Years after struggling to adjust to life in America as a refugee, Sandy uncovered a powerful truth.
Her challenges weren’t just difficulties she had been through.
Her challenge was her gift.
And this gift is what sets her apart and makes her uniquely suited to serve her world.
As you listen in you’ll learn why this is true not just for Sandy but for you too.
You’ll learn how you can use this knowledge to create something that you’re uniquely made to create and use to serve your world.
Reference: Episode 76 - When Your Job and Mission Align | Josephine Garnem
About my guest:
Sandy Hoa Dang is a social entrepreneur, inspiring speaker, experienced executive, and leadership trainer. She is the Co-founder and Principal of CoInnovate Consulting, a company that provides leadership training and capacity building to governmental agencies, foundations, and nonprofit organizations.
In 2010, Sandy was appointed by former President Obama to serve on the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) board, an U.S. federal government agency with a goal to reconcile the wounds of war through education. Later, the board appointed her to serve as the Executive Director of VEF. Prior to VEF, she served as Founder and Executive Director of Asian American Leadership, Empowerment, and Development (AALEAD), an organization that supports immigrant and refugee families through a broad array of educational and social services.
Sandy has received numerous awards for her outstanding public leadership, including being named as an Outstanding American by Choice in 2021 by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Ms. Dang earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Sandy co-founded Inspire Leadership School and you can learn more about her on her LinkedIn profile.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
It’s time to kick your productivity mindset to the curb once and for all!
Why you ask?
Because it’s the reason you feel dissatisfied at work.
Don’t believe me?
I’m going to show you why and how in this episode:
I highlight a core feature of the productivity mindset and why it’s problematic
The critical cues you miss when you’re locked into the productivity mindset
A reframe to get out of this mindset and into something better
By the time you’re done, you’ll be ready to kick the productivity mindset to the curb so you can regain your sense of work satisfaction.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
What happens when a storytelling coach forgets to tell a story?
She’s reminded of just how important storytelling really is!
That’s what happened to me recently and it prompted me to think deep about why storytelling is non-negotiable for me, for you, and for every professional working at all levels of organizations.
In this episode, I dig into:
Why the stories we tell ourselves are the most powerful
How stories help us connect, influence, and drive for change
How storytelling helps us shape and control our brands
In the end, you’ll get a powerful prompt to help you dive deeper into developing your storytelling skills.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
Want proof that building your authentic voice and personal brand while you’re still an employee is your game-changer?
Do you want to understand how a personal brand can future-proof your work in a volatile job market?
Look no further than my guest Katie Anderson.
Today, Katie is an internationally recognized leadership and learning coach, consultant, and professional speaker. But that’s not where she started.
Like you, she was an employee working tirelessly in an organization for many years.
Then something happened that changed everything.
She began sharing her unique perspective on her organization’s work while on the job.
This led to some unexpected opportunities.
But it did more than just open doors.
Sharing her unique perspective and building her brand while still on the job empowered her decision to leave the career track. It gave her the solid foundation that fueled immediate success in her consulting practice.
And she did all of this before she felt 100% ready.
Katie’s story doesn't just show how a personal brand while on the job can pave your way to entrepreneurship.
She shows how it can strengthen your value within your current job.
Listen in to learn more including:
Tips on how you can find and share your authentic voice
Why you may be missing an opportunity to add more value within your current organization because you’re not sharing your unique perspective
How getting validation on your work from outside of your organization can help you in your current role
This episode was powerful for me and I know you’re gonna enjoy this reframe experience!
Listen to Katie’s Chain of Learning Podcast: https://kbjanderson.com/podcast/
Katie’s Book: https://kbjanderson.com/learning-to-lead/
Follow Katie on these platforms:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbjanderson/
Twitter: https://x.com/kbjanderson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KatieAndersonLeadership/
Website: kbjanderson.com
About my guest: Katie Anderson is an internationally recognized leadership and learning coach, consultant, and professional speaker, best known for inspiring individuals and organizations to lead with intention and increase their personal and professional impact.
Katie is passionate about helping people around the world learn to lead and lead to learn by connecting purpose, process, and practice to achieve higher levels of performance.
Her book “Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Lessons from Toyota Leader Isao Yoshino on a Lifetime of Continuous Learning” is an international #1 Amazon bestseller.
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
If you had to do it over again what would you do differently?
It’s general wisdom that we’re more likely to regret what we didn’t do than we are to regret what we did.
And I agree.
In this episode, I share a personal story of revisiting one of my life regrets and how it’s helping me think about how I’ll make different choices today.
How about you?
Do you have something you wish you’d done but didn’t?
Listen in to learn 3 steps to take so you can follow your curiosity and regret-proof your life going forward.
Reference Episodes:
Reframe to Create Episode 80 - Using Curiosity to Discover Your Unique Creativity Style | Victoria P. Mitchell
Reframe to Create Episode 79 - How Curiosity Can Conquer Your Fears and Help You Create | Dzifa Awunyo-Akaba
Reframe to Create Episode 78 - Find Your Passion by Knowing What You Hate | Betsy Jordyn
Reframe to Create Episode 77 - The Skills You Need to Make Your Dreams Come True | Lamarr Womble
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
#CreateOwnStorytell
What has your curiosity done for you lately?
Has it led you to a completely new career?
Has it helped you unlock new and surprising ways in which you’re creative but didn’t know?
That’s what curiosity did for my guest Victoria P. Mitchell and her journey from a member of the Burning Man Project leadership team to COO of Good Party is inspiring and full of wisdom nuggets.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How your definition of creativity may be stopping you from discovering your unique creativity style
How it’s possible to become creative in new ways
How curiosity can be your door opener to completely new work
You’ll never see your curiosity as something to take lightly after you see how powerful it can be when you intentionally use it to learn and grow.
About my guest:
Victoria P. Mitchell is a Chief Operating Officer, content creator, and speaker who’s on a mission to reveal the paradoxes behind our ability to make a deep, lasting impact. If you’re reaching for a bigger vision and want real talk from the trenches, Victoria offers practical insights from her struggles as an “impact-aholic” who didn’t think she was creative enough or capable of being a storyteller.
Victoria started out hustling in restaurants and then scaled a food-tech startup’s operations from the ground up to serving 3 million meals in 2.5 years. She served on the leadership team for Burning Man Project where her cultural change work was featured in Governing Magazine, Forbes, and The New York Times. After moving 20 times across nearly every region of the country, now she’s tackling the deeper problems holding our democracy back by building technology and a movement as COO of Good Party.
You can find her sharing her journey @victoriapmitchell with her 10k+ followers on Instagram and TikTok.
Learn more at www.victoriapmitchell.com/impact
About: The Reframe to Create podcast is hosted by Joy Spencer, an Executive Leadership and Storytelling Coach, Speaker, and Organizational Development Consultant working with professionals and leaders at all levels within organizations. Joy leverages over 17 years of experience she gained while working to champion change in social justice movements, including those related to global access to essential medicines and consumer advocacy for online privacy. This work required a dogged commitment to not merely challenging the status quo, but to reimagining and working towards creating an ideal future. It is this commitment to creating that has shaped Joy’s coaching philosophy and approach today. Using her signature C.R.E.A.T.E. framework, Joy guides her clients through a process to become incomparable in work so they can get paid to be themselves.
Follow Joy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-spencer/
#CreateOwnStorytell
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