Bold Career Project

03/27/2024

Mid-career professionals to execs: I just took a photo of my 3-steps to advance your career.

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12/03/2023

The biggest mistake I made building my career:

Not consistently making first things first - exercise, sleep, vacations, time away from work, social interactions, hobbies.

Maybe you can relate…

📌 When what you do for a living is part of your identity.
📌 When you have a mission or high interest in the subject matter.
📌 When saying yes is easier than saying no and you like to please people.
📌 When you’re open to new things, curious, full of ideas, and starting projects is a strength.

Lessons have been hard-won. And ironically, all that extra time didn’t always equal greater output.

Now I’m working on:
☑ A shorter daily to-do list (so difficult!)
☑ Daily hard stops (work shut down at 5 pm)
☑ Finding ways to move from Complex ==> Simple and Ad-hoc ==> Systems
☑ More outcome-focused work (tied to carefully selected objectives)
☑ Scheduling daily / weekly personal time and activities to strengthen and enrich my life
☑ And perhaps most difficult of all for me - remembering that ...

I can do anything; I can’t do everything 🤔

Putting those things first actually makes me better at what I do.

What’s been your experience - either wins or lessons learnt - in managing the work / non-work sides of your life?



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11/27/2023

If there's a gap between where you are and your career vision, personal marketing is the bridge that crosses that gap.

I want you to have a fulfilling and rewarding career journey. To do that ...

Authentic personal marketing is foundational to the success of your career journey.

📌 If you are in the job market, you are marketing yourself.

📌 Want to get promoted or win bigger assignments? Marketing.

📌 Exploring a career change? Marketing.

📌 Interested in gaining exposure to Board seats, speaking gigs, and other profile-enhancing opportunities? Yes, marketing.

📌 Nervous about the economy and your employment? Again, personal marketing is key.

🗝 Find a way to ...
Get comfortable with the idea of putting yourself out there.
Prioritize and resource the needed projects to get going.
Make time for the habits that drive success.

Need help with this? DM me.

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11/25/2023

I don’t think I’ve done this before.
Someone asked me yesterday if we had a Black Friday deal. My initial reaction was no.

Then I realized that we are all about helping you design, create, and protect a great career journey - one that serves YOU.

If a sale during this lead-up to the New Year helps you take action, it aligns with our mission.

So, here we go.

Four Black Friday deals available until 11:59pm Monday the 27th.⏳

🚀 Get Coaching with me - 25% off hourly packages (unprecedented price)

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11/24/2023

New job opportunity? Promotion? Chance to take on a critical project, account or initiative?

❌ Don’t just sell your skills.

❌ Don’t just sell your experience.

Instead …

✅ Sell why you are excited and ready to give it your all.

✅ Sell the outcomes that your work will produce.

✅ Sell your fit with the team and stakeholders.

✅ Sell the transformation you’ll create.

If you're an exec or manager and want to make your next career move the right way, book a free 20-minute discovery call at BoldCareer.com/clients

11/22/2023

In job search or career change mode? Define what you are moving TOWARD. Not what you’re trying to get away from.

❌ Away from is not a benefit for the hiring company.

❌ Away from keeps you focused on something negative.

❌ Away from doesn’t help you define what you’re seeking.

✔ Towards is more exciting and positive.

✔Towards requires you to define what you want and need.

✔Towards makes you define your benefit to the organization you’re targeting.

Power your career move with a future .

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11/19/2023

Ensure your boss isn't the only one who knows how great you are. That’s a dangerous assumption that limits your options.

How do you do that? Here are the 6 steps in brief.

✅ 1/ It starts with getting comfortable with and following through on authentic personal marketing.

✅ 2/ It also requires prioritizing the actions and habits needed to go from invisible to a known, liked, and trusted actor in your market.

✅ 3/ Then, you figure out your unique professional value, the markets you serve, the problems you solve and your positioning. (Hint: This step is also for your confidence and clarity.)

✅ 4/ From there, you build your marketing assets - LinkedIn profile, resume, bio etc. to showcase who you are and what you’re up to.

✅ 5/ Depending on your situation and the size of your current organization, you may have potential opportunities internally. You can work to build profile, develop new influencer relationships, earn champions, and broaden your impact.

✅ 6/ At the same time, I recommend you access the external market so that you’re not dependent on what happens inside your organization. Develop your channels to opportunities, build and nurture relationships, and find ways to contribute in your target market.

If you can action this, you put yourself in a position where you have optionality. The choice to stay or move to a different organization. And importantly. the ability to shape your career in directions that serve you.

Every day, we are taking our great clients through these steps. DM me to learn more.

What strategies have worked for you to build profile and create opportunities within your organization? PS: If you like this content, follow me!

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10/28/2023

As professionals, we all have our own career aspirations and ambitions. We strive for growth, advancement, and ultimately, a fulfilling and rewarding career journey.

But how do we know if our current role is truly worthy of our professional ambitions? Are we making the impact we desire? Are we generating the bullet points that will propel us forward in our next career move?

Ian Christie from The Bold Career Project explores the importance of aligning our current role with our professional ambitions.

We will delve into the significance of personal leadership and the opportunities available to us in our current job. By reflecting on these aspects, we can gain valuable insights into our career path and make informed decisions about our future.

09/07/2023

If you are looking to engineer a career transition, do not begin your job search with a "dust-off the resume" approach. If you are undertaking a career transition and want this move to improve your career, you can’t afford to skip the strategy that comes before the resume and applying to jobs. Try applying these 5 steps.

Read More: https://www.boldcareer.com/career-blog/career-transition/how-engineer-career-transition

If you are looking to engineer a career transition, do not begin your job search with a "dust-off the resume" approach. If you are undertaking a ca...

08/06/2023

Happy in your current role and organization?
Great! Please make sure that ...

- you're not making dangerous assumptions about your employment
- you regularly assess your career profile risk and external risks
- identify your assumptions (and wishful thinking?) about the market

and most importantly, you do the work to create optionality in your career.

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