Growing Your Career by Getting Comfortable With Uncomfortable Conversations
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Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, & Career Design
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If you want to take more control of your career there’s no way around it: You are going to have some awkward conversations with your boss.
But what if having a few of these well-planned, uncomfortable conversations could get you everything you want out of your work (along with your boss’s stamp of approval)?
Well, it turns out, they can! Our guest today, Jason Bollman, is proof of that. He shared his initial career change story on the podcast a few years ago. If you haven’t listened to that, it’ll be helpful to fill in more of his story: listen here!
Jason attributes much of his success since his initial career change to continuing to have difficult conversations with leadership. He has created a new role in his organization, gotten himself onto numerous projects that interest him, and has continued to pivot his career to fit him better and better!
What you’ll learn
- How to prepare effectively for uncomfortable conversations with leadership
- How to build trust with your organization and foster an environment where you can grow
- How to know if your company is taking advantage of you
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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