Leveraging Your Transferable Skills with Dr. Carolyn Ward, Director of Clinical Strategy & Head of Product Marketing (S8:Epi 187)
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Dr. Carolyn Ward, Director of Clinical Strategy & Head of Product Marketing, about career pivots and the importance of transferable skills when you’re looking to take that next step in your career. Dr. Ward has worked in the healthcare field since 2016 having most recently served as an Internal Medicine Physician and on Clinical Product at Forward, where she practiced primary care with an emphasis on preventative medicine while also collaborating with the product and engineering teams to support the...
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Navigating Leadership Opportunities with Laura Symon Browne, President of Buffalo Funds
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Laura Symon Browne, President of Buffalo Funds about leadership and ways to develop new skills to enhance your leadership aptitude. One place to start is by observing the leadership within your organization. Whose career or leadership skills do you admire? Study their strategies and achievements or schedule a 15-minute chat to ask pertinent questions about their career. Uncover a skill that you can develop and incorporate to enhance your leadership proficiency. MORE ABOUT LAURA SYMON BROWNE: LinkedIn:...
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Are Your Life and Career Goals Aligning or Colliding? A Conversation with Randi Roberts, Executive & Career Coach
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, a co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Executive & Career Coach Randi Roberts about when you’re just not feeling energized with your career and tips on if you should stay or should you go. Randi’s top tip is to look at how your life and career goals complement each other, especially as your priorities change over time. Listen in and take action to bring purpose to your career. Randi spent 30 years in Pharmaceuticals and along the way started and ran two businesses. Utilizing her experience, she transitioned into helping clients examine...
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Own Who You Are! Recognize Your Worth! With Martha Aviles, Chief Marketing Officer, Aventus
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, a co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Martha Aviles, Chief Marketing Officer, Aventus, about her early career experience of needing to outwork everyone and immersing herself into her role and how, as she gained confidence in what she valued, recognized the importance of being more strategic in her career growth. Martha’s takeaway – Own who you are and know your worth. Don’t let others define it for you. MORE ABOUT MARTHA AVILES: LinkedIn: Podcast: ABOUT SWEET BUT FEARLESS: Website - LinkedIn -
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Making a Career Pivot with Transferable Skills with Leigh Wager, Head of Commerical, Craniometrix and Health Coach
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, a co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Leigh Wager, Head of Commercial, Craniometrix and Health Coach about how she made a career pivot focusing on her transferable skills. As a geologist, she didn’t find the role as fulfilling as she’d hoped and recognized that her work didn’t align with her personal values. She wanted to transition into a position/company that she could be passionate about and where she could best serve. Recognizing how she could successfully transfer her skills as a geologist, she transitioned into the healthcare tech...
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Avoid Being Pigeonholed in Your Career with Mara Cairo, Product Owner of Advanced Technology at Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII)
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, a co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Mara Cairo, Product Owner of Advanced Technology at Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII), as she shares her insights on her career journey in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and how to be strategic when looking towards your next step in your career. Knowing how easy it is to become pigeonholed as an expert in one area at work, Mara believes that expanding your skills set throughout your career will open up career opportunities and help you broaden your experiences. Asking lots of questions...
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Being Open to New Possibilities with Natasha Malyuk, Senior Academic Advisor at Seattle University
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, a co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Natasha Malyuk, a Senior Academic Advisor at Seattle University and student in the MBA Sports and Entertainment Management program. In her career journey, Natasha reflects on creating boundaries at work to avoid feeling overwhelmed or burned out as well as the importance of creating a strong support system. Natasha advocates that by opening yourself up to new opportunities, you might find it may lead to unexpected and positive shifts in your career path. Natasha completed her BA in Criminology with a Minor...
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Have You Been Offered a Dry Promotion?
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan and Cooper Alexander, co-founders of Sweet but Fearless, we shine a spotlight on the pressing issue of the 'no raise promotion' phenomenon that many women leaders are encountering. You’ve worked hard and now you’re being offered a promotion with more responsibilities and scope of influence. And then the shoe drops. It’s a promotion with no pay increase. These ‘dry promotions’ have plenty of pros and cons for accepting, or not accepting. We talk about ways to respond to a ‘dry promotion’ and questions to ask yourself to help come to the best...
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The Art of Being Unmessablewith with Josselyne Herman-Saccio, CEO, Transformative Coach, and Author (S8:Epi 179)
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Josselyne Herman-Saccio, Founder of The Art of Being Unmessablewith, Transformative Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Author about the limiting beliefs that reside in our blind spots, hindering us from pursuing careers we are truly passionate about. Josselyne looks to empower individuals to live the life of their dreams and become resilient in the face of challenges. Finding the elusive "unmessablewith" spirit can be daunting, especially when feeling stuck doing the same thing day after day. Many of us can find...
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ROAR – Fostering the Spirit of Inclusion and Diversity with Dr. Raymona H. Lawrence
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In this episode, Mary Sullivan, co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Dr. Raymona H. Lawrence about her framework called ROAR, about recruiting, onboarding, activities, and retention in the world of diversity and inclusion. Often, companies recruit for diversity but onboard for confirmatory. Recognizing the challenge of fostering a sense of belonging, asking questions can help build an inclusive environment that values diversity. “How does this system work for you?” “How do you best work? Are you task-oriented or more free spirit?” Understanding the needs and strengths of the...
info_outlineIn this episode, we talk with Michelle P. Wimes, Sr. VP/Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, Children’s Mercy Hospital. Michelle is a strategic leader who is deft at implementing change management strategies necessary for a comprehensive and effective diversity and inclusion and professional development program.
In our conversation, Michelle talks about how being open to new opportunities early in her career allowed her to challenge herself and own her success. Her advice is to have a growth mindset and understand your style of leadership. By being self-aware and owning your strengths and weaknesses, you can learn to be a great leader through empathy, elevating others, and being humble.
Make sure to take notes as Michelle shares her stories and provides words of wisdom to our front-line leaders. One of our favorites is to surround yourself with the resources you need to accelerate your career. Our advice – listen and then listen again and take notes.
What to Listen For
Early Career, Imposter Syndrome, and Pivoting - 3:15
Be Open to New Opportunities - 6:30
Invest in Yourself – 9:05
What Can You Be Doing to Hone Your Leadership - 10:15
Leadership and You – 12:00
Empathy Makes Great Leaders - 14:24
Getting Out of A Rut - 17:10
Negative Self-Talk - 18:20
Receiving Feedback - 20:12
Sponsors and Mentors - 22:15
Advice to Female Front-Line Leaders - 27:53
Own Your Success - 32:50
Resources mentioned in the podcast
Michelle P. Wimes – LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellepattersonwimes/
Michelle has been recognized for her many professional contributions. In 2021, the Kansas City Business Journal recognized her as one of 24 local “Women Who Mean Business.” In 202, she was awarded the Sly James Diversity and Inclusion Award given to members of the Kansas City area legal community for their contributions to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. In 2018, she received Missouri Lawyer Media’s inaugural diversity and inclusion award honoring 20 state-wide individuals and organizations “for significantly advancing diversity, inclusion and dignity of all people in Missouri’s legal profession.” In 2015, Ingram’s Magazine honored her as one of the “50 Missourians You Should Know.
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