In this special episode we’re sitting down with Raquel, the co-founder behind the Mérito Mindset. 

We interview Ish, the mastermind behind the Merito Mindset. He shares his military, education, corporate, and government experience and insights.

He explains how they led to the creation of the Merito Mindset and the pursuit of professional development.

Our Organizational Guide is your sidekick to the Professional Development Planner. 

The organizational guide is your resource for building organizational awareness. It provides a space for taking notes on department information, organizational chart, culture, and stakeholders. 

We firmly believe that learning about the organizational structure inside and out will truly make you “dangerous.”

Soft skills, also known as behavioral competencies, are knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes. 

They play a critical part in a professional's ability to carry out a task, activity, or function successfully and in achieving professional success and growth.

We don’t just discuss behavioral competencies; they are included in the professional development planner to validate your behavioral growth.

The Mérito Mindset Professional Development Planner is not your typical planner. 

We share how our planner is great for tracking your performance, accomplishments and staying organized. It is built to help you navigate through your career. 

It’s not just our tagline; we really want to put professional growth in your hands.

We present the fourth and final pillar of the Mérito Mindset framework, mature. 

How do we mature as professionals?  We explore what it takes to adapt, receive constructive criticism, and conduct your own self-assessments. 

The Mature in the Mérito Mindset Framework focuses on conducting a self-assessment of your professional maturity so that you can unlock your self-awareness.

We discuss the third pillar of the Mérito Mindset framework, grow. 

We grow as professionals by developing organizational awareness. 

The Grow, in the Mérito Mindset Framework focuses on gaining a holistic understanding of the organization’s operations, key players, and internal and external influential factors.

We explore the second pillar of the Mérito Mindset framework, develop.

We discuss how development is ongoing, how professional development is worth pursuing, and different ways of developing.

The Develop pillar of the Mérito Mindset Framework is all about creating your own development plan for your professional development and success.

We take a deep dive into the first pillar of the Mérito Mindset framework, achieve.

This mindset focuses on shifting from reactionary to managerial. We discuss how to manage performance management in the workplace.

The Achieve pillar of the Mérito Mindset Framework is intended to help you bridge performance accountability and recognition with your supervisor.

Introducing a new career coaching framework developed specifically for the professional environment, the Mérito Mindset. 

The Mérito Mindset is intended to be a holistic mindset that connects the dots for professional career growth and success. 

It focuses on four professional development pillars that merge leadership and human resource concepts and practices: Achieve, Develop, Grow, and Mature.