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#CareerAdvice : The Essential Career Advice No One Tells You. A #MustRead !

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When it comes to career advice, the more you can get, the better. However, some pieces of advice are more critical than others. That’s why I’ve gathered some of the best career takeaways from successful creative female powerhouses.

In honor of Women’s History Month, I asked a group of powerful women entrepreneurs to share some unconventional advice they have for other women looking to advance in their career. Here’s what they had to say:

1- Jaclyn Johnson, Create & Cultivate CEO & Founder and WorkParty author 

Networking is one of the most crucial parts of building a career or business. One tip I always share on networking is to network horizontally. Networking doesn’t always mean attending events or trying to connect with someone you admire. Networking can also mean getting close with the people in the trenches with you as you evolve in your career. Over the years, those people will move on to other positions and you never know how you can help each other in the future.

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2- Ginger Siegel, North America Small Business Lead for Mastercard

“You don’t need to do it alone. Access to mentorship programs and supportive communities are critical to career advancement.”

Paige Adams-Geller, Founder & Creative Director of PAIGE

“I believe the most important quality to have to move ahead in your career is to show passion in every job you have. Even if you are not in your dream job, you need to put your best foot forward.  You never know who you will meet or who will end up shaping your future. I would never be where I am today by taking my jobs for granted. I was able to build my dream team when I started PAIGE. Everyone I asked to come on the adventure with me said yes. I believe it is because I gave my best always.

“Remember that your career or business is a marathon, not a sprint.  Do not try to be an overnight success or a one-hit wonder. Slow and steady wins the race. Take your time to develop the skills you need. No one expects you to know everything out of the gate.”

3- Sophie Kelly, SVP North America Whiskey

“Be audacious!  Treat your career as an exciting story, one you want to tell, each chapter adding new experiences and capabilities to your professional and life journey.  Be passionate, show up and do what you love. Push  other women forward, too.”

4- Julie Smolyansky, President and CEO of Lifeway Foods

Go with your gut. Never doubt it. Nurture it. Make it stronger. Make listening to it part of your self-care routine. It will never lead you astray. Even if it tells you something you don’t want to hear, trust that voice; it will guide you to the right destination . If it recommends a career transition, a new job or circle of friends, trust it blindly.  Make that a foundation you can always turn to in moments of doubt or on hard days.”

5- Bruna Schmitz, Professional Surfer, Model, and Roxy Brand Ambassador

“Make realistic goals and surround yourself with people you admire. Learn to work hard and embrace setbacks as part of the process. Accept constructive criticism, but most of all, stay open to new ideas and different ways of doing things. Exploring the unknown and welcoming change is an enriching experience.”

6- Sami Fishbein, Cofounder & COO, Betches Media & Ship

“One of the most important career choices a woman can make is actually the type of life partner she chooses. It’s critical to have supportive relationships when chasing your dreams, so that you can feel confident and strong enough to move past obstacles.”

Author: Shelcy V. Joseph

I am what you could call a multipotentialite—someone with different passions and interests. I dabble in different things, but at the core of everything I do is creative …

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#CareerAdvice : #JobInterview -How to Survive (and Succeed In) An #Interview with a #CEO .

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CEOs are just regular people. Regular people who run billion dollar companiesand accomplish amazing things, that is.

Considering the polish and professionalism of your average CEO, we think it’s perfectly natural that most of us will feel a glimmer of something like nervousness or fear when we find ourselves in a position to interact with someone at this level, whether we’re being introduced for the first time, passing in the elevator, or giving a presentation.

Do you find yourself with a light case of the jitters when you think about interacting with your CEO? In honor of our Top CEOs award, read on for tips on holding your own in a handful of common office scenarios, like…

…Interviewing With a CEO

You don’t need to read through the Glassdoor Interview Questions & Answers to know that a standard interview with a recruiter or hiring manager can be intense. But interviewing with the CEO adds a whole other level of intimidation: you’re speaking with the most experienced, invested, and authoritative person in the company, and her opinion of you can have a strong influence on whether or not you get the job. So, how can you keep your cool?

First and most obvious, respect the CEO’s time by preparing for your interview. Your answers should come from an informed and authentic place, not a memorized and rehearsed one. And remember, you’re there to interview her just as much as she’s there to interview you. Ask as candid and analytical questions as you can and CEOs and founders like Eventbrite’s Julia Hartz will appreciate your moxie.

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…Presenting to a CEO

One of the biggest stereotypes attached to CEOs and higher ups is that they’re busy – they’re often the ones showing up late to your meeting or staring at their phone as you talk through an important topic. Which brings us to your first task for holding your own when presenting to a CEO during a meeting: not taking his behavior personally. It doesn’t feel good, but sometimes what’s happening before your meeting is genuinely a higher priority than the meeting itself – and the same goes for the email, text, or call that comes in right when you flash to the most important PowerPoint slide you’ve got.

Speaking of PowerPoint slides, we know they’re unavoidable sometimes. But if you really want to impress your CEO (and follow in the footsteps of Jeff Bezos, who banned PowerPoints in executive meetings), you’ll skip the slides in favor of an in-depth conversation that digs into the story of the topic at hand. Providing your CEO with the narrative context he needs to make a decision is the most effective use of his time.  

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…Having a Casual Conversation With a CEO

You’ve heard the standard advice about talking to Important People: Be yourself. Don’t talk politics. Know when to exit the conversation. But if you really want to impress a CEO – or just walk away from the conversation without feeling like your foot is in your mouth – we recommend heading into work with a few go-to conversation starters in your pocket, like the following:

  • Ask about a recent business trip
  • Compliment a recent initiative, keynote, or product release
  • Ask for recommendations for work-appropriate things like where to take a client for lunch or what local attractions you should recommend to a prospective employee visiting the city for the weekend
  • Compliment a piece of clothing or accessory he’s wearing and explain why you like it (but only if you can be genuine!)
  • Inquire about her past or future weekend plans (depending on which end of the week is closer)

As with most interactions, how you say something is just as important as what you say. With just a little preparation, you can be prepared for a warm, casual conversation with your CEO.

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…Recovering From an Embarrassing Incident in Front of a CEO

Are you worried you’re so nervous around your CEO that you might accidentally hug him or sputter a mouthful of jibberish when he asks you what you’re working on? These extraordinary but true examples show us that no one is immune to awkwardness around the highest employee on the totem pole. But you can recover from almost any awkward moment if you practice a fool-proof social situation process.

First, prepare to respond with good-natured humor. Try to shift to a perspective that everything that happens in the workplace is well-intentioned until proven otherwise and respond accordingly: a brief smile, a quick apology, and an invitation to laugh it off.

And most importantly, remember that while this moment might define your day, it’s just one of hundreds in the day of a CEO. It’s not at all that you’re not important – it’s that your few seconds of perceived embarrassment will be balanced out with hundreds of other interactions with other people. Barring any extreme circumstances, the rest of the CEO’s day will dilute your embarrassing moment enough that it’s not going to haunt you.

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Your #Career : You Need To Talk To Your Company’s #CEO —Here’s Why And What To Say… #SeniorExecs Don’t Need to Know you By Name, But they Should at Least Have a General Sense of your Existence & Function in the Organization.

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Soon after I got my first faculty job, I was sitting with a friend of mine–another psychologist–who’d recently been hired for her first job at another university. She said to me, “Our next task is to become independent nodes in people’s conceptual networks.” That was psychology speak for, “Now we need to make sure people know who we are.”

She was right. The reasons why it’s so important for people to know you who you are are all really simple but can be easy to miss: They can’t give you credit for anything you do if they don’t know what you do. They can’t think of you for new assignments if they don’t know you exist. They can’t plan for a future that involves you specifically if they can’t remember your past contributions.

In other words, you need to introduce yourself to some of the top people in your organization–or at least to people higher up than you and your immediate supervisor. Yes, these are people you don’t directly work with, and that’s precisely the point. Here’s how to strike up such a conversation, and what to say when you do.

Related: What To Say When You’re Stuck In The Elevator With Your Boss’s Boss

LOOK FOR AN OPENING, NOT AN APPOINTMENT

You goal should be to keep it pretty informal, so don’t schedule a time to meet. There may be public events at the company that give you an opportunity to meet top-level leaders. I frequently give talks at small and mid-size companies that senior leaders attend, and there’s usually social time before and after internal events like these for other employees to introduce themselves. Yet I’m always surprised how few people make the effort just to say hi. Don’t let a chance like that go to waste.

Good leaders try to make themselves visible around the office. They might even just walk around on occasion intending to meet people. Or they’ll jump into meetings to listen in on what’s happening. In situations like these, it may feel uncomfortable to go up to the CEO or some other exec and start chatting. You might feel like you’re brown nosing. But leaders probably won’t see it that way at all–it’s what they’re hoping you’ll do. Chances are you’ll be seen as taking some initiative rather than currying favor.

If you’re worried about sticking your neck out, ask your boss for help. Good supervisors also want to be able to show off their team members. After all, part of what makes someone a good manager is how well they mentor new talent. So they’ll want their bosses to know they’re developing the people who work for them. If you have a supportive supervisor, see if there’s a chance to get an introduction to more senior leaders.

Related: Your Guide To Communicating With Upper Management

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WHAT TO SAY

The aim of having an introductory conversation with one of your company’s bigwigs is just to say hello, let the person know what division you work in, and share your excitement about what you do. That’s it.

If you get to have a longer conversation, so much the better, though you should probably just prepare a 30-second description of the most important project you’re working on. If you’re nervous, you might even want to practice delivering that short description to your wall or to a friend a few times to make sure it really is short and clear.

Even if the exec you say hello to doesn’t remember your name later on, they’ll be more likely to recognize you the next time they see you. Plus, your name will at least sound familiar if it’s mentioned again in context. That familiarity will carry some positive feeling along with it. Becoming an “independent node in people’s conceptual networks” isn’t as complicated as it sounds–and it barely takes a minute.

 

FastCompany.com | April 26, 2018 | BY ART MARKMAN 3 MINUTE READ