The Career Edge™

In this episode, Leslie Ferry and Pamela Coleman-Davis discuss the 4th of 5 effective leadership attributes: Proactively Creates Culture.

In this episode, Leslie Ferry and Pamela Coleman-Davis discuss the 3rd of 5 effective leadership attributes: Over-Communicates to Avoid Ambiguity.

The final topic of the Career Transitions and Performance Measurement series is leading others. It starts with two questions. Are you a manager or leader? How do you know? Listen to find out how to recognize your movement into the next career stage.

This Bright & Wize episode discusses how job performance measurements change when individuals start to manage others, whether as a team lead or direct report manager.

This episode series is the first of several year-end Bright & Wize weekly series. Here, Brize CEO & Bright & Wize host Leslie Ferry dives into performance measurement in the workplace. The reason she wanted to explore this topic is because once stated and understood, the performance measurement seems logical; some might even think, duh. But, the funny thing is they appear more subconscious and are not often explicitly stated in these ways, so she thought she’d explicitly say them.

This first episode looks at the transition from academia, where knowing the answer was the measure of good performance, into the workplace, where the measure of our performance differs.

In this thought-provoking episode, we explore how the ever-evolving work landscape and our individual career journeys shape the essential skills needed for thriving in today's careers.

Leslie Ferry, the host and Brize CEO, kicks things off by delving into how technology’s relentless progress reshapes the essence of work. It is no longer just about cognitive skills; it’s about elevating our cognitive abilities, fostering collaboration, and cultivating a positive mindset.

She then sheds light on the job performance measurements shift as we progress through our careers. 

These two factors have created the career profile she and her team at Brize have aptly coined “I3” (I cubed) – a career profile that blends Subject, Emotional, and Social Intelligence.

Listen to understand how these three pillars of intelligence converge to shape your path to success in the modern career landscape.

One of the most exciting aspects of work today is that we get to share our ideas for growth or solutions to problems. Work today is more ideation and less repetitive efforts. It is exciting to have the opportunity to positively impact our organization beyond our individual roles.

 To do that, we need to influence others and persuade them to give our ideas a try. How do you do that?

Many of us avoid thinking about our actions or approaches to work for various reasons. In this Bright & Wize podcast episode, Leslie Ferry delves into why we don't do it. But more importantly, she discusses the benefits of self-reflection, how to overcome the obstacles that prevent us from doing it, and how to get started.

Listen to understand the research proof of 20% higher productivity with self-analysis to work better, not harder.

Hearing we can do a better job in some areas can be disappointing. But with feedback, we can speed our growth. Listen to hear how to accept this tremendous give gracefully. And how you can help your colleagues provide helpful insights. (They may be concerned they will hurt your feelings.)

Brize CEO and host of the Bright & Wize podcast Leslie Ferry recently presented at a virtual tech conference where she shared her thoughts on what it takes to have a successful career in today’s digitally transformed work environment. 

She illustrates how repetitive job tasks have been automated (think Grammarly), and new job growth is in non-routine positions, which require employees to expand their current skills and mindsets. Leslie talks about how AI and digital transformation has created a new career success profile, which she refers to as I3, that integrates our natural intelligence, intention, and interaction.

Listen to hear what it means to work with intention and positive interaction and how to leverage your natural intelligence to do so. It starts with Leslie sharing, “The opportunity to work on meaningful projects, conceptualize and develop creative solutions to problems, or create new products or services no one else has imaged yet has never been greater. We all have the opportunity to impact our organization positively and accomplish personal satisfaction. It is an exciting time to be in the workforce.”