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Career Management

Jan 23

109: Finding and Asking the Right Questions with Toku McCree

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Toku McCree says: "Life isn't about the answers that you get, it's about the questions that you ask."

Celebrated business coach Toku McCree shares curated wisdom gleaned from his coaching clients and years of zen monastery reflection on his career spanning over 30 jobs.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Why you should find your 4% edge and lean on it
  2. What is mindfulness and how to apply it in the office
  3. Three keys to growth

About Toku

Toku works with brilliant leaders who are obsessed with greatness and helps them understand that ‘success’ is just the beginning of an amazing life and not the destination.
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Nov 11

084: Navigating Your Career Climb with Jolene Blackbourn, Esq.

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Jolene Blackbourn says: "Find out exactly what your boss has to report or accomplish and help them meet those goals."

Lawyer and mentoring enthusiast Jolene Blackbourn makes the case for helping others to help ourselves.

You’ll Learn:

  1. What you think you know about your job, but you actually don’t
  2. How not to add a task to your to-do list
  3. A drag and drop tip to collecting praise

About Jolene
Jolene has been an in-house attorney with a major insurance company for almost 10 years. She serves as a mentor to many new attorneys and helps prospective law students determine whether law school is right for them. She also coaches a youth soccer team.

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Nov 07

082: Why You Might Not Need to be a Manager with Mark Allen

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Mark Allen says: "The challenge is don't wait... the next thing doesn't just come along. You've got to find it or make it."

Professor and author Mark Allen presents different opportunities to climb the corporate ladder, even if you don’t want to be a manager.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Alternatives to the traditional managerial track
  2. Why going for manager may not be optimal…even if you’re a top performer
  3. Means of valuing your team in the workplace

About Mark
Dr. Mark Allen is an educator, speaker, consultant, and author who specializes in talent management and corporate universities. He is the author of Aha Moments in Talent Management and the co-author and editor of The Next Generation of Corporate Universities, and The Corporate University Handbook. He has also written numerous articles in practitioner and academic publications.
Mark is a professor at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. He is also a senior faculty member of the Human Capital Institute, a senior associate with the Kiely Group, and has taught for Vatel University and the American Management Association.

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Oct 24

076: Career Acceleration with Comparably’s Jason Nazar

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Jason Nazar says: "One of the things that the most successful people I've ever met do is they act as if they're already financially successful... They act as if they already know the answers."

Comparably co-founder and CEO Jason Nazar shines a light on employer and employee best practices.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Two big mistakes that are stopping you from advancing in your career
  2. Guidance in your search for finding and keeping mentors
  3. Two transformational questions that you should ask yourself everyday

About Jason
Jason Nazar is one of the most active tech entrepreneurs and investors in southern California, and is a popular contributor for Wall Street Journal, Forbes, INC, and Business Insider. He’s founder/CEO of Comparably, an online platform that makes workplace compensation and culture dramatically more transparent. Prior to Comparably, he founded Docstoc — the largest small business content site with over 50 million members — before he sold it to Intuit in 2013 for a reported $50M. Named one of the most admired CEOs by the Los Angeles Business Journal, Jason is currently Entrepreneur in Residence for the City of Los Angeles, appointed by Mayor Garcetti.

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Oct 12

071: Being the CEO of Your Own Career with Angela Copeland

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Angela Copeland says: "Being the CEO of your own career is really not waiting for someone to give you a chance... and just kind of going after what it is that you want to do."

Career coach Angela Copeland shows how to take charge and proactively, intentionally manage your career.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Warning signs that you’re under appreciated at your job and how to deal
  2. A simple, powerful way to highlight your progress and set yourself apart at work
  3. Effective interview tactics

About Angela
Angela Copeland is a career coach and CEO at her firm, Copeland Coaching. She is host of the Copeland Coaching Podcast, columnist for the Career Corner newspaper column, and author of career e-book Breaking The Rules & Getting The Job. Angela’s personal career background gives her the breadth to help job seekers with a variety of different needs, including finding the right job, interviewing, and offer negotiation.

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