Ep. 96 - Redefining Success as Progress: Season 6 Opener
Creating meaningful work-life fit in today's ever-changing world requires redefining success as progress. We’ve been thinking about this a lot, and it’s the concept driving the conversations behind season 6 of Strategic Momentum.
Biz of You Spotlight: Meet Connie Steele - Building the Business of You
In this last episode of the Biz of You mini-series, we’re getting an inside look at Connie’s own career journey and the experiences that shaped her perspective on career success. Who is Connie Steele? What inspired her to write Building the Business of You? And what does she hope people ultimately take away from the book? Today, Connie answers these questions and more.
Ep. 95 - Season 5 Recap: Aligning Passion, Purpose and Potential to Build Your Career Mashup - with Connie Steele, Alexis Anthony, and Alan Corcoran
In this episode, Connie is joined by Strategic Momentum marketing manager Alexis Anthony and operations manager Alan Corcoran to revisit key takeaways from Season Five. They tie together the trends that emerged across the interviews and what they mean for the future of work in our new normal.
Biz of You Spotlight: Fluidity for Business - Building the Business of You
In this episode, Connie Now, explains how companies can approach each of the five components in Building the Business of You to help employees reach their potential, as well as how the fluid system can help organizations stay ahead in a rapidly evolving business landscape. Because fluidity isn’t just about the future of careers, it's about the future of work.
Biz of You Spotlight: Skills — Building the Business of You
In this episode, Connie covers the fourth part of the five-part fluid career system, Building Skills. She explains why you need to focus on both hard and soft skills, how to create environments to practice those skills, and why they are essential to the business of you.
Biz of You Spotlight: Networking — Building the Business of You
In this episode, Connie covers the fourth part of the five-part fluid career system, Networking. It’s all about creating that value exchange and building your village to help you reach your potential. She explains how it fits into the overall system and why it’s so critical to career success.
Biz of You Spotlight: Preparing For Change — Building the Business of You
In this episode, Connie covers the third part of the five-part fluid career system, called Preparing for Change. It’s all about accepting change, managing fear then turning it into excitement, and pushing past the inertia we face. She explains how it fits into the overall system and why it’s so critical to career success.
Ep. 91 - Building a Career Mashup to Achieve Work-Life Fulfillment and Balance by Creating Your Compass - with Sabrina Woodworth
Sabrina Woodworth is a Fortune 500 Project Manager, Career Strategy Coach, Bestselling Author and Founder of WorkLessons101. Sabrina’s path to creating her career mashup was one where she recognized the importance of setting a goal and mapping a way to achieve it. She was able to establish her career coaching and development business and write a book while parallel pathing her corporate job. In this episode, she shares how she built her compass to realize her own vision of career success.
Biz of You Spotlight: Creating Your Compass — Building the Business of You
In this episode, Connie discusses how to Create Your Compass on your way to career success. It’s all about creating clarity on what you're aiming for, by being able to map out a strategic plan to help you see the bigger picture and identify those tasks you will need to do to help you achieve your goals.
Biz of You Spotlight: Spotting the Trends — Building the Business of You
In this episode, Connie covers step one of the five-part fluid career system, called Spotting the Trends. It’s all about identifying the challenges, threats, opportunities and potential to help you research and analyze where you are and where you want to go. She explains how it fits into the overall system and why it’s so critical to career success.
Biz of You Spotlight: Fluidity — Building the Business of You with Connie Steele
In this short-form series, Connie Steele shares tips from her #1 Amazon new release book, Building the Business of You. In this episode, Connie introduces the concept of “Fluidity,” the individual and operational mindset that is critical to building the business of you. What does it mean to be fluid? What are examples? And how can we use fluidity to create our career strategies?
Biz of You Spotlight: The Career Mashup - Building the Business of You with Connie Steele
In this short-form series, Connie Steele shares tips from her #1 Amazon new release book, Building the Business of You. In this episode, Connie discusses the “career mashup,” a premier concept in the book and the key to the future of work. What is it and how can you use it to create your dream career?
Ep. 87 - Building the Business of You - with Connie Steele
To celebrate the imminent release of “Building the Business of You: A System to Align Passion and Potential Through Your Own Career Mashup,” Connie shares her own career journey and what you can expect from the book.
Ep. 77 - Building Your Personal Brand: Identifying Your Superpowers, Defining Your Value, and Managing Your Career Like a Business — with David Knies
While brand development is commonplace in business, many people struggle to define their personal brand in a way that represents their authentic self and effectively differentiates them in the market. In this episode, David Knies, career brand strategist and Chief Growth officer at Boston-based design firm Essential, gives us insight and advice into what it takes to define who you really are, what you do and the unique value you truly bring.
Ep. 74 - Networking the Right Way: How to Build Real Relationships to Help Propel You Forward - with Jordan Harbinger
Jordan Harbinger, “The Larry King of podcasting,” is a Wall Street lawyer turned interview talk show host, and a communications and social dynamics expert. The Jordan Harbinger Show is one of the most popular podcasts in the world. In this episode, we’ll learn about how his journey of networking started, the challenges and misconceptions around what networking really means, and what to do to help you build those authentic relationships that can propel you and your career forward.
Ep. 73 - How to be a Kick-Ass Boss: Being Radically Candid to Propel You and Your Team Forward with Kim Scott
Kim Scott, co-founder of Candor, Inc. and author of the NYT & WSJ bestseller Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss without Losing your Humanity has made it her company’s mission to rid the world of bad bosses by helping organizations create BS-free zones at workplaces around the world. In this episode, Kim dives into the challenges that many bosses face when it comes to guiding their teams effectively and the concepts, applications and benefits behind the Radical Candor framework that’s intended to help them.
Ep. 72 - Understanding and Overcoming Social Anxiety to Propel Your Career Forward - with Mark Metry
Mark Metry, 22-year-old entrepreneur and author of Screw Being Shy: Learn How to Manage Social Anxiety and Be Yourself in Front of Anyone, shares his personal journey, the science behind social anxiety, advice for breaking through to meet your potential, and how to better understand those who may suffer from this social disorder.
Ep. 71 - Office Politics (Part 2): Learning to Manage and Master Political Maneuvering
How do you manage power dynamics in an organization? In Part One, a panel of business leaders joined us to unpack how one’s deep-seated emotions can lead to positive and negative office politics. In this episode, we look at various solutions and courses of action you can take to mitigate, manage, and navigate the politics more effectively.
Ep. 70 - Building and Sustaining Effective Teams: The Balance Needed to Drive Momentum - with Jennifer Trzepacz
Team dynamics are crucial to the success of a business, and recent events have made this all the more relevant as businesses adapt and adjust to operating in the “new normal”. Jennifer Trzepacz is the Chief Operations Officer at Wildcat Venture Partners and in this episode she shares her perspective on what it takes to build and sustain effective teams in today’s modern work world.
Ep 69 - Remote Work: Tips on Effective Virtual Meeting Facilitation During the Coronavirus Pandemic - with Michael Wilkinson
With COVID-19 necessitating the rapid shift to working remotely, we felt it would be particularly relevant to share insights from a favorite past guest of ours — Michael Wilkinson — because our goal is always to help you navigate through the change we are all facing so you can create the right momentum to move forward.