The Career Evangelist

On this episode, I answered the following questions:

What exactly does it mean to be a great team player? 

What are the characteristics of a good team?

How can we build a cohesive, committed, and conscientious group of people working together to deliver excellent results consistently?

EXPERT GUEST: CHRIS MASIELLO

Chris Masiello has built a successful, nearly forty-year career, spanning a variety of nationally recognized businesses in the real estate and financial services sectors, accounting for over two billion in annual sales. He continues to lead a portfolio of successful companies.

Chris is also a recognized expert in business and a personal empowerment speaker. News sources such as ABC affiliates, Wall Street Journal, and others frequently seek Chris’s insight, and he has received numerous industry achievements including recognition as one of the most influential trend-settingleaders in the real estate and home services industries.

EXPERT GUEST: CHRIS MASIELLO

Chris Masiello has built a successful, nearly forty-year career, spanning a variety of nationally recognized businesses in the real estate and financial services sectors, accounting for over two billion in annual sales. He continues to lead a portfolio of successful companies.

Chris is also a recognized expert in business and a personal empowerment speaker. News sources such as ABC affiliates, Wall Street Journal, and others frequently seek Chris’s insight, and he has received numerous industry achievements including recognition as one of the most influential trend-settingleaders in the real estate and home services industries.

EXPERT GUEST: Emmy Sobieski!

Emmy Sobieski, CFA, is a COO, author, and investor. She is the author of the book $100M Careers: The 5 Fastest Career Paths to Wealth Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, the COO of Performative Speaking, and the COO / co-founder of Competitive Storytelling, Inc.

Emmy previously co-managed the #1 ranked Nicholas | Applegate GlobalTechnology Fund in 1999, up over 495%. Emmy’s institutional investing experience includes 25 years working for investment firms representing diverse strategies (aggressive growth, momentum, value), asset size (responsible for up to $6B in assets), and type (mutual funds, RIAs, insurance cos, hedge fund).

One of the ways to enjoy what you do is to be good at it and to become good at what you do; you must be able to show improvements in how you do things; that is, you should be better this year than you were in the last. And to accomplish such improvement and reach the expert status you desire, you should perform regular assessments of your performance.

Performance assessment requires you to evaluate your skills and knowledge against some benchmark.

Four ways to keep track of your performance:

1. Journal your work

2. Measure your progress

3. Develop an improvement plan

4. Craft your story

Patrick Yip serves as the Director of Business Development at APMEX and OneGold.

APMEX is one of the largest retailers of physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium, and has sold over $15 billion in product over its 20+ year history. OneGold is a fast growing online precious metals platform that has processed over $750 million in transactions during its first three years in business.

Mr. Yip joined APMEX in 2011 and has held roles in Merchandising, Sales, Project Management and Business Development. He played a key role in the company’s 250%+ growth on marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon and Walmart.