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Career Talk: Learn – Grow – Thrive

Content creator, host, and editor, Stephanie Dennis, is on a mission to empower people to take control of their careers by offering holistic career advice. The goal is to provide everyone with actionable tips, knowledge, skills, and confidence to crush their career goals.
This podcast takes a funny, fresh, and playful approach to discussing career topics.
We have fun, laugh, use adult language, tell it how it is, and get right to the point.
Check out Career Talk: Learn – Grow – Thrive as featured in the New York Times, Inc.com, Forbes, Reader’s Digest, Business Insider, and more!

Copyright: © Stephanie Dennis

Latest Episodes:

How to Navigate the Workplace Politics Game Sep 12, 2019

Show notes

Not a game we want to play but at some point in your career you will likely get sucked in.

Sometimes it can feel like you're navigating a mine field but there are things we can do that are within our control.

Tips:

Know the players
Find out or try to determine true motivations
Stay away from gossip / rumors / etc.
Focus on the positive
Build and cultivate relationships
Voice your questions / concerns / business case with reasoning but we ok with nothing resulting from it
Ask yourself if you are contributing or fueling the fire
Tackle the biggest / hardest tasks / conversation first
Lead with the mindset to help and be of service
Hit and exceed goals
Leverage your expertise and knowledge
Be genuine and sincere
Pick your battles
Be solutions oriented
Own up to your part

To support the show:

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What To Do When You’re Moved Into a New Role That You Are Not Passionate About Sep 05, 2019

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We live in a world of mergers and acquisitions. Restructures and reorgs.

If and when this happens it's a great opportunity to do some reflecting.

Tips:

Ask yourself: do you hate this new role or just lack passion?
What did you like about your old role?
What motivated in your previous position?
What were you passionate about in your previous role?
Is there anything you like about your new role?
Is this a permanent change?
In general what are you passionate about?
What gets you excited to get up and go to work?
Can you shift the culture to make the role / team more fun?
Focus on the positive
Do other people feel the same way?
Might be time to brush the dust off your resume and adventure into a new role
Establish daily / weekly goals
Can you learn something new in this role?
Is your new leader someone you could have an open, candid conversation with?
If you stick it out, what are your career growth options? Could it be worth it?

To support the show:

Paypal:

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Anchor:

https://anchor.fm/careertalk

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http://stephdennis13.com/category/careertalk/

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Staying Motivated and Engaged at Work … When it’s Hard Aug 29, 2019

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It's not always easy to stay motivated and engaged. When it gets real, how do you stay motivated and engaged?

Tips:

Get clear on your priorities
What's your why
Dig deep to the root cause of why you are feeling unmotivated or disengaged. What changed?
What are your long term goals?
What do you like about your job?
What is your team working towards?
Break your goals down to daily actions
Focus on the positive and commit to doing good work
Take breaks and time off
Ask for feedback
Change up / makeover your workspace
Do something fun with your colleagues
Have fun outside of work
Reward yourself for your hard work / celebrate your wins
Set a time to leave / stop working everyday and stick to it
Establish deadlines even for the small stuff
Say thank you frequently
Get and stay organized
No more procrastination
Try exercise or movement during the day
Push yourself outside your comfort zone
Brainstorm new ideas
Partner with other teams and / or colleagues to get things done quicker and have a more holistic approach

To support the show:

Paypal:

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Anchor:

https://anchor.fm/careertalk

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http://stephdennis13.com/category/careertalk/

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You’re awesome!!

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How to Handle the Whiners, Complainers and Slackers at Work Aug 22, 2019

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Complainers / whiners

Don't fuel the fire
End conversations to get to it
Re-direct the conversation, get back on track
Is there a root cause you could solve for?
Come to Jesus conversation, is this the right role?
Ask the whiner what their solutions would be
Spin to a positive
Call them out
Sell them on the opportunity
Set expectations
See if they have voiced the concerns to their leader
Let them know you heard them
Can you find common ground with non work topics?
If its impacting you, be honest about it
Add positive, uplifting people to your day
Avoidance
Ask if they are looking for input / advice / guidance

Slackers:

Communicate
Set clear expectations
Set regular check ins / status updates
Offer to help with any roadblocks / questions
Share how their work impacts you / the team
Their lack of work is not your responsibility
You don't need to cover for them all the time
Be honest and blunt
Have a candid conversation with leadership
Focus and prioritize / stay the course
Don't let it get you down, stay positive and motivated
Use them as a don't lesson
This is not an opportunity to pick up bad habits
Don't become a complainer about your slacker
Limit your yes's to work that doesn't involve that person
Ask yourself, does this impact me? For real?
Is this person ok?
Their work does not become your work
Could be an opportunity to shine

To support the show:

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Ageism in the Workplace Aug 15, 2019

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Email Management - How to Get Your Inbox Under Control Aug 08, 2019

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To support the show:

Paypal:

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How to Manage Your Workload When it Feels Like Too Much Aug 01, 2019

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To support the show:

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Let’s talk personal branding with Jennifer Ransaw Smith Jul 25, 2019

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Very excited to chat with Jennifer, she is amazing!

Find her at:

https://www.jenniferransawsmith.com/

We discuss personal branding, how women can be more confident in owning their self worth, why personal branding is so important and many other great topics!!

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Balancing work and the meaning behind the work we do Jul 18, 2019

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For those of us working we are probably working for the following reason(s):

Money
Helping others
Passion
Love for what you do
Accomplishment
Responsibility
Stepping stone
Purpose

To get through the hard times generally we need a combination of those reasons!
Know your why, every single why

Why you work
Why you work for your company
Why you have the job you have
Why you work with the team you work with
Why you work for the boss you work for

Once you full understand your why you can start to understand the meaning behind it all, some examples might be:

Awesome project
Life changing mission
Huge, challenging goal
Moving the needle
Paying off debt
Supporting your family

The why or several whys may fall into different buckets or categories:

Mission
Work = income
Responsibility
Type of work

To support the show:

Paypal:

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What to do when your team is not supportive Jul 11, 2019

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Help doesn't always have to come from our direct team!

Prep:

Get clear on the exact problem
What is causing the problem
Where did you get stuck?
What have you tried?
- Did any of those action items move the needle?

Network:

Are there other teams that can help you?
If you asked your colleagues, can your boss help?
If you asked your boss, can your colleagues help?
Network: ex-colleagues?
- Previous leaders
- LinkedIn
- Job specific meet ups
- Social media platforms
- Ask experts in your field

Evaluate:

Is this a company you want to stay at?
Is this a leader you want to work for and align to?
It's ok to move on if this is a long term issue vs temporary problem

Continue to be a rockstar!

Communicate progress / roadblocks / solutions
Stay consistent
Ask for flexibility
Have a plan
Understand the goals you're working towards
Take control
Can't fix or change it all, accept that
Perform well

To support the show:

Paypal:

paypal.me/stephdennis13

Anchor:

https://anchor.fm/careertalk

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To work together:

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To connect:

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You’re awesome!!

Go be your amazing self today!!!

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