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Apr 03
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138: Giving Your Career a Jolt with Roopa Unnikrishnan

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Roopa Unnikrishnan says: "Don't settle. Push yourself. You're worth it."

Innovation consultant Roopa Unnikrishnan highlights why and how to use the same principles companies use to innovate…to jolt your career.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Principles for catapulting your career
  2. Productive stalking to follow innovations and trends
  3. How to manufacture your own serendipity

About Roopa

Roopa Unnikrishnan has almost two decades of experience in roles where she has seeded and driven change and innovation in several Fortune 500 companies. Roopa works with Consumer Goods, Education and Technology clients, helping them establish and improve key processes around strategic planning, innovation space identification and idea development. A master coach, she works with senior executives to drive personal and career change. Roopa was previously at Pfizer as VP, Corporate Strategy and Global Head of Pfizer’s worldwide talent and organizational team for Sales (2007-2012), at BlackRock as HR lead for sales and Citicards as Strategy Director.

A Rhodes scholar with an MPhil and an M.B.A. from the University of Oxford, is also a published poet and a world-class athlete in sports riflery. She is currently President of TiE’s NY chapter, a group focused on fostering entrepreneurship, and was previously Board Chair of Sakhi which works to end domestic violence.

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Mar 20
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132: Delivering Outstanding Usability and Career Experiences with Shannon Clark

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Shannon Clark says: "Don't design a product that needs training."

Shannon Clark shares the story of her rise to exceptional expertise in human factor studies, sharing lessons learned for improving product and career concepts along the way.

You’ll Learn:

  1. How to become invaluable in what you love to do
  2. Ninja tactics for improving the validity of your ideas – and  career path
  3. How stress prevents you from getting to the next level

About Shannon

Shannon Clark is the CEO of UserWise Consulting, working to promote self-sufficient usability engineering programs in companies and the development of safe, usable, and effective medical devices. Prior to starting her own company, she worked as a human factors engineer at Intuitive Surgical and Abbott Medical Optics.

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Mar 15
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130: Managing Interns and Managing your Career with Mark Babbitt

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Mark Babbitt says: "We now live in what we call a testimonial economy."

Mark Babbitt serves up a double portion of insight on the topics of working with interns and working your personal brand.

You’ll Learn:

  1. How internships can be more mutually beneficial than you think
  2. A step by step guide to building high-quality internships
  3. Two simple questions for accelerating your career

About Mark

Mark Babbitt is a career and leadership mentor, and the CEO and founder of YouTern, a community for young talents looking for internships, mentorships, and actionable advice. He is also the President of Switch & Shift, a consultancy firm looking to bring leaders to the Social Media age. He has written for the likes of the Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and the Harvard Business Review. He has published two books, The Ultimate Guide to Internships and A World Gone Social.

 

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Mar 10
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128: Little Things that Make a Big Difference for Your Career with Jeff Kavanaugh

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Jeff Kavanaugh says: "Once you learn how to break down your thinking, deconstruct it, then it becomes simply a method and you work through it."

Infosys Senior Partner Jeff Kavanaugh talks about key skills and differentiators of winning professionals.

You’ll Learn:

  1. The powerful career distinguisher of “leaning forward” with critical thinking, professionalism, and delivering “done-done” work
  2. The Pyramid Principle for communicating with impact
  3. Three concrete steps to take to level up in your field

About Jeff

Jeff Kavanaugh is a Senior Partner at Infosys, one of the world’s largest consulting firms with over $10bn a year in revenue and a market cap in the 11-figures. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and writes at JeffKavanaugh.net.

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Feb 01
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113: How to Get Promoted Fast AND Make Your Employees Love You with Jamie Newman

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Jamie Newman says: "Don't wait for someone else to take you where you want to go."

Fellow career podcaster Jamie Newman describes what a great manager looks like, how to get top performers to stay, and how employees and managers can work together to achieve professional and personal goals together.

You’ll Learn:

  1. 5 things to do if you want a promotion
  2. Why good employees leave
  3. How meaningful goal-setting builds tremendous loyalty

About Jamie

Jamie Newman is a management professional, trainer, and coach through YourBestManager.com which is an online resource designed to help top performers become managers and help first-time managers learn how to build and lead effective teams. Prior to Your Best Manager, Jamie spent 8 years with a major recruiting & consulting firm where he had the opportunity to work with hundreds of companies from mid-market firms through Fortune 100 companies. He’s advised business leaders, from front-line supervisors to senior executives, on who to hire, how to hire and how to manage performance. It’s through this experience that he’s been exposed to a variety of management styles and uncovered what works… and what doesn’t, when it comes to leading people. Jamie also hosts the Your Best Manager podcast where he interviews leadership experts and provides practical advice for first-time managers.
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