Herminia Ibarra, author of "Working Identity," talks about career reinvention, expanding networks, leveraging past skills, and navigating the AI revolution. She emphasizes the importance of networking with "loose ties" and adopting a portfolio approach to work.
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volunteer_activism ADVICE
Act To Change Identity
You cannot think your way into a new career identity without action.
Actively try new things and reflect on them out loud with others for clarity.
volunteer_activism ADVICE
Network With Dormant Ties
Avoid relying on close friends or colleagues for career change advice.
Reach out to dormant ties who offer fresh perspectives and new opportunities.
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Three Stages Of Career Shift
Career change involves stages of building, pivoting, and leveraging skills.
Later career pivots require mixing new skills with leveraging past experience.
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Have you ever dreamed of starting again? Maybe after 5, 10, 15 years in the same field, your heart’s just not in it anymore. Today’s guest wrote her bookbased on years of interviews with professionals in this exact position. Herminia Ibarra’s Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career breaks down the process of career reinvention, giving readers the tools to identify their next steps towards a more fulfilling career. Herminia has a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Yale University and teaches this subject as a professor at London Business School. Today, Herminia sits down with Jessi to break down the three ways of “working identity” and leveraging them to achieve your new career goals.
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