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What’s one piece of career advice you wish you had learned sooner?

Let's Grow Leaders

Career advice you wish you had learned sooner. On this week’s episode of Asking for a Friend, I interviewed Kathryn Heath and Brenda Wensil , authors of I Wish I’d Known This , about the career advice they have after years of professional coaching. . . Career Advice: Have a posse and know your personal brand.

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Transferable Skills: Yes,You’re Qualified

Let's Grow Leaders

Transferable skills sound great in theory, but when it’s a major career change, it’s hard to know. As we met to talk career, his passion for International relations was […] The post Transferable Skills: Yes,You’re Qualified appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Ready to Be Promoted?

Let's Grow Leaders

He blames you, the system, politics, and that crazy project you gave him last year. Communication grow your career Mentoring Storytelling career communication promoted promotions transparency' He thinks he’s ready to be promoted. You don’t. You don’t want to crush his spirits, but he’s not listening.

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The Most Frustrating Mistake Managers Make

Let's Grow Leaders

When managers see their role as a small cog in a bigger system they do whatever they can to fit in. Courageous – Stop complaining about the system, or what can’t be done. They trade power for conformity. Their team yearns for bold vision, challenging questions, and scaffolding support.

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Reaching Unreachable Candidates

Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo

Candidate and company profiles: Preview and expand search results to find a candidate's job history and career experience or a company's details. Export results: Easily export candidate data (including contact info) to Excel, shared with colleagues to review or upload in bulk to a recruiter's applicant tracking system.

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Stuck in the Middle With You

Let's Grow Leaders

Many leaders go through their career (certainly once they get to a higher level) believing that their station or title in their company validates that their perspective is somehow best, or more insightful. I believe strongly that helping people defend themselves against an imperfect system and regaining their power is vital.

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A Systems Approach to Leading Through Transfomation

Great Leadership By Dan

To make this happen, we put a system in place with six key focus areas: 1. I’m an engineer by training, and through my experience have seen that systems work, when practiced regularly and planned purposefully. Create a Clear Vision, Strategic Direction and Communicate It Constantly.

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