Your Worthy Career

Feeling stuck at work means you're not sure what step to take. Whether it's knowing your next best move in your career, knowing how to handle a difficult situation at work, or you know what you want but you think you've tried everything and you're just not getting ahead. 

In today's episode I'm breaking down for you WHY you feel this way so you can solve for it. I'm sharing some statistics on how this is impacting you and why you need to take action to move forward. You're going to get simple steps you can make today that are going to help you get closer to what you want.

After this episode you're going to have a whole new perspective on your career and know what to do next.

What you'll learn:

• 6 reasons why you feel stuck in your job
• Recent research on the impact of staying stuck in your career
• Simple action steps you can take today to make progress
• The 3 things you need to know that will change how you look at your career

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On this episode of the podcast Melissa is sharing a powerful tool that will help you discover the blind spots that could be holding you back in your career.

By the end of this episode you will know what you can do today to know what your coworkers think of you that you don't know and how to get a competitive advantage over all of your high performing colleagues.

What you’ll learn:

• A simple and proven tool for discovering your blind spots
• 8 feedback questions to grow your career
• How to get a competitive advantage at work
• An exercise that promotes psychological safety in teams

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Join me as I talk to Tugba Delaire with Johnson and Johnson about her journey to finding joy in her career.  Tugba hired me as her coach earlier this year and since has been promoted and moved into a new role as a people manager....but this isn't what she says is her biggest change or transformation.

If you've ever thought you'd like to have more joy in your career, you're behind, or wondering if it is possible to take a career that is good and make it even better, this is for you.

Note: The views and opinions that are expressed in this episode are Tugba's and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of any company in the Johnson and Johnson family of companies.

What you'll learn:

• Tugba's career development journey that led her to say "work doesn't feel like work anymore"
• The tipping point that led Tugba to seek coaching
• Advice Tugba wish she had earlier in her career
• The difference between coaching and mentorship
• How you can take a good career and make it joyful without changing companies

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The Genius Zone by Gay Hendricks
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Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here.

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Delegation is an important skill for every level.

This topic is in 2 parts. The 1st part was released earlier in the month and focuses on delegation to peers or in a matrix environment. Today's episode is for people managers, leaders, or aspiring managers to learn how to delegate to your team.

We are also talking about how to move from doer to delegator as a manager.

You'll learn

• How to delegate as a people manager
• Transition from doer to delegator in 6 simple steps
• Tips for managing the growth and development of your team

Mentioned in this episode
Work with Melissa 1-1: Schedule a consultation call
How to Give and Receive Feedback
The Perfect 1-1 Framework
Simple Coaching Skills for Managers
How to Delegate Part 1

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It is the 100th episode of Navigating Your Career! 

In celebration I am sharing my journey to getting this podcast off the ground. If you've ever wanted to do something big and felt scared, hesitant, nervous, doubtful - guess what? So did I. You'll hear what it was like for me as well as a big surprise.

Today is also about gifts! Get ready to go shopping for free tools and resources that have been featured on the show.  Get one or get all.

Learn:

• The journey to the 100th episode of Navigating Your Career
• The fear I had to overcome to release the show
• 5 free gifts for being a listener

Mentioned in the episode:

• Work with Melissa - Schedule a Consultation for 1-1 Coaching
• Master Difficult Conversations Worksheet (Companion to ep 18)
• The Perfect 1-1 Framework (Companion to ep 42)
• Career Clarity Workbook (Companion to episodes 55-57)
• Get Your Voice Heard at Work (Companion to ep 76)
• Podcast Study Guide (NEW)

Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here.

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Delegation is an important skill for every level. Whether you're delegating to your team or delegating to peers or on a project or product based team. With staff shortages and tight deadlines, you might be tempted to just roll up your sleeves and take on the work but in this episode, you're going to learn how to delegate effectively so you can maintain a healthy workload and elevate your skills.

This topic is in 2 parts. Today's episode is focused on delegating to peers or in a matrix environment.  Part 2 will be released later in the month and will be specific to delegating to your direct reports.

You'll learn

• How to delegate to peers or in a matrix environment in 5 simple steps
• What to do when you’re short staffed but things need to get done
• How to lead others without direct authority

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This episode is a mini workshop in how to handle difficult conversations. Whether it's a colleague, boss or personal relationship - you'll learn the framework you can use today to not only master a difficult conversation but repair a relationship that has gone south.

Get the worksheet to apply the framework in the links below.

What you'll learn:

• My 4 steps that are proven to help you master any difficult conversation
• How to discuss any topic and maintain a positive relationship
• How to repair an existing difficult relationship

Mentioned in this episode:

• Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heein
• Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
• Leadership and Self Deception by Arbinger Institute
• Download the Master Difficult Conversations worksheet
• Join Melissa's Email Insiders for weekly tips and inspiration to advance your career
• Apply for 1-1 coaching with Melissa

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Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here.

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If you have ever wanted to be promoted and find yourself stuck, not making progress, and seeing your colleagues pass you by, this episode is for you.

With various promotion policies in place, it can be competitive and difficult to advance. The days of automatic promotions every 2 years with consistent performance are long gone.

In this episode you will learn:

• 4 mistakes people make when trying to get promoted. 
• How to combat each of the mistakes so you can take the right action that will get you to your next level
• Hear how people just like you applied these lessons to get promoted in a matter of weeks!

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Take the free quiz: Are you in the right career?

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Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here.

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You know that voice that tells you not to do what you want?
That you're not good enough?
That maybe you should change something about yourself.
That the career you want is out of your league?

Even the highest of achievers struggle with having that inner critic that makes makes them doubt themselves.

Listen in as I share the purpose of your inner critic, how your inner critic is stopping you from getting the job, having the relationships, and living the life you want.


What you'll learn:

• How to silence your inner critic
• How to disrupt the negative thought patterns that stifle your growth
• How to know if you should listen to your critic or not
• How to make immediate changes to make your critic your ally

Mentioned in this episode:
Work with Melissa at www.melissamlawrence.com
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Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here.

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Career Path Navigator is open for enrollment until July 25th. Tune in for a glimpse of what it's like inside the program. If you are wondering what else is out there for you or what your next best career move is - give this a listen.


What you'll learn:

• Who Career Path Navigator is for
• Why I created CPN
• What it's like inside CPN
• How to join

Mentioned in this episode:

• Learn more about Career Path Navigator (applications open until July 25th)

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Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here.

Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here.

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