Job Search, Promotion, and Career Clarity: The Mid-Career GPS Podcast

Send us Fan MailAs you navigate your career transition and continue to build Your Mid-Career GPS, getting interviews is a big step to helping you create whatever is next for you professionally. However, if you are getting interviews but aren’t getting selected, it’s safe to say that something isn’t working. Yes, there are always things you can do to improve your interview skills. However, preparation is one step – execution is another.  In this episode, I will show you where your interview preparation is helping you and where it may be hurting your chances of being selected for a position. Your preparation will help you identify the kinds of questions you will be asked and how you can answer them competently and confidently. But, you will be nervous. We all get nervous because that means we want the job. Nevertheless, being too nervous and not being able to put your thoughts together clearly and concisely will hurt your chances of being offered the job.  I’m going to share some valuable tips to make the most of your interview preparation and how you can manage your brain better to help you SHOW UP in the ways you want to present your brand to a potential employer.  Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Dealing with Your Nerves and Addressing Performance Anxiety (2:04)·      How Your Interview Preparation is Helping or Hurting You (9:03)·      My Experience as a Hiring Manager (14:14)·      One of My Most Memorable Interviews (16:30)·      Let Your Preparation Guide You to Your Next Successful Interview (17:48)  List of Resources:·      SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      Download “The 55-Minute Career Transition Jump Start” by clicking here or visiting https://johnneral.com.·      Get notified when new podcast episodes drop. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you listen. And don’t forget to rate and review to let me know what you are enjoying or learning. Support the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailBy its definition, resiliency is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties. It is also about being able to bounce back from setbacks and challenges that are derailing your progress. Your resiliency reflects your mindset for dealing with the detours, roadblocks, and bumps as you navigate your career. You are either the victim, the fighter, the rationalizer, the caregiver, or the opportunist for your career  - and more than likely – you are all of them at some point.  In this episode, I will help you explore your thinking to determine when you are resilient and when you are holding back from going after your dreams and goals. I’ll share my career lessons and why not getting my dream job on the first go-around was one of the best things to happen to me. I’ll help you set realistic expectations for your job search at a time when mid-career is filled with many more responsibilities than when you were younger. And, I’ll show you how your brain is either helping you create the results you want in your career or not.  There is no magic formula to help you get your next job. Different things work for different people. However, being resilient is a choice. It’s time to take your lessons learned, put your foot on the gas and let’s get to whatever is next for your career.  Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Celebrating Episode 20 (0:42)·      Resilience is a Mindset. What’s Going on in Your Brain? (3:26)·      Five Identities During Our Job Search (9:27)·      When I Didn’t Get My Dream Job on the First Attempt (11:14)·      Defining “Career Resiliency” (17:41)·      Setting Realistic Expectations for Your Job Search (20:47)·      Exploring Your Mindset Models (22:06)·      There is NO Magic Formula to Help You Get a Job (25:34)  List of Resources:·      SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      Download “The 55-Minute Career Transition Jump Start” by clicking here or visiting https://johnneral.com.·      Get notified when new podcast episodes drop. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you listen. And don’t forget to rate and review to let me know what you are enjoying or learning. ·      Let’s stay connected by following mSupport the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailJessi Shuraleff is a former Head of Industry at Google who, after 13.5 years, after much reflection, decided to take her career in a new direction. As a caring and empathetic leader, Jessi guided her teams to great success and was on a clearly defined path for more success within her organization. However, like most of us, we seek to do something different to make a more significant impact. Jessi shares her wonderful experiences at Google and her mindset around what led her to decide to leave her position in this episode. She shares how taking an internal, lateral position was one of the best career moves she ever made. Jessi also shares her motto for 2021 and how that is helping her explore new opportunities for her family, her life, and her career.  Jessi’s transparency and openness are evident in this episode. If you are considering making a bold move in your career because you know there is something more out there for you, I hope you will listen to this episode.  You can follow Jessi on Instagram @ThisIsMyTruthPodcast and contact her via her website at https://jessishuraleff.com.  Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Getting to know Jessi Shuraleff (2:43)·      Jessi’s career at Google leading to being a Head of Industry (4:13)·      Your career is a Jungle Gym not a ladder (7:53)·      Why making a horizontal move was one of Jessi’s best career moves (9:09)·      Listening to the whisper saying “Not this” (14:07)·      When the whisper shouts “Not this” (16:51)·      Jessi’s last week at Google (21:25)·      Jessi’s theme for 2021 - “F the handcuffs” (23:45)·      Life after Google (26:04)·      Jessi’s advice to help someone to help them create their Mid-Career GPS (31:42)·      Where you can connect with Jessi (36:33) List of Resources:·      Follow Jessi on Instagram @ThisIsMyTruthPodcast and contact her via her website at https://jessishuraleff.com.·      #SHOWUP2020 – Episode #14 with Jessi Shuraleffhttps://anchor.fm/showup2020/episodes/SHOW-UP-To-Lead-Authentically--Empathetically-ejv7b3/a-a57pll·      This Is My Truth Podcast Interview with John Neral - Support the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailPracticing gratitude for your career goes far beyond being thankful you got paid. Creating a gratitude practice for what you do is one thing, but how grateful are you for the professional you’ve become, and you are today? You can’t overlook this critical concept in creating your career GPS or growth plan. Without gratitude, you can’t explore those events that have unquestionably transformed and shaped your career.  In this episode, John walks you through his process for practicing gratitude and why he strongly believes you are missing out if you aren’t focusing on how grateful you are for your career. Additionally, John shares the very non-linear career path that got him to where he is today, including being “let go” and how being grateful helped him tell his story more authentically and genuinely whenever he has the chance.  After listening to this episode, you’ll walk aware with a plan to increase your awareness around your career gratitude even when you are beyond frustrated that you aren’t getting the results you want.   Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      John’s Messy and Non-Linear Career Path (4:40)·      What Suze Orman Taught Me About Gratitude (15:30)·      Choosing to Be Bitter or Grateful (19:02)·      Benefits of Being Grateful (21:28)·      Increasing Your Gratitude By Saying “Thank You” and Mean It (23:39) List of Resources:·      Blog – Why I LOVED Every Job·      Blog – Say Thank You and Mean It·      SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      Download “The 55-Minute Career Transition Jump Start” by clicking here or visiting https://johnneral.com·      Get notified when new podcast episodes drop. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you listen. And don’t forget to rate and review to let me know what you are enjoying or learning. ·      Let’s stay connected by following me on social. LinkedIn @johnneral, Instagram @johnneralcoaching, Facebook @johnneralcoaching, Twitter @john_neral.·      Visit https://johnneral.com for more information.  Support the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailYou’ve been told you should network more, but you don’t like networking. You find it overwhelming, exhausting, and it fills you with worry about whether or not you are doing it “right.” According to LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, “People who are referred for a job are a whopping nine times more likely to get it.”  But people don’t network as much as they could because they don’t like it. In this episode, I’m going to share some useful, relevant, and less daunting strategies to help you get out of your way and start networking more intentionally so you can invite people into your network who you want there. Plus, I’ll share some tips on how you can network virtually and create a strategy that works for you to build your network more intentionally and authentically.   According to Alan Collins, “Pulling a good network together takes effort, sincerity, and time.” That’s great advice and I couldn’t agree more.  Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Unpacking Everything, You’ve Heard About Networking (3:48)·      Focusing on Your Knowledge Economy and Sufficiency (10:53)·      My Speed Networking Experience (16:03)·      Strategies to Help You Build Your Network Moving Forward (18:37)  List of Resources:·      How to Get a Job Often Comes Down to One Elite Personal Asset, and Many People Still Don’t Realize It – by Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute·      CEO Jeff Weiner Reveals the No. 1 Challenge Ahead for LinkedIn·      SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      If you’d like to get weekly information about leadership and career topics, sign up for my email newsletter here.·      Get notified when new podcast episodes drop. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you listen. And don’t forget to rate and review to let me know what you are enjoying or learning. ·      Let’s stay connected by following me on social. LinkedIn @Support the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailAs you continue to create your Mid-Career GPS, being clear about your personal and professional goals is essential. With everything you have going on, it’s understandable that there will be times when you are uncertain about what’s next or experience a lack of motivation only because you aren’t clear about where your career is headed. We all experience this, and that’s why this episode is going to help you examine your Four Pillars of Career Happiness with Career Change Expert and Author, Lisa Lewis Miller.  In this episode, Lisa and John talk about what it means to permit yourself in your career and why it is essential to your career clarity. We also discuss what it means to be clear about your strengths, gifts, magnetic interests, why personality fit is necessary for your career, and examine the lifestyle you want to lead and how that aligns with your career clarity.  You can learn more about Lisa Lewis Miller by visiting her website at https://getcareerclarity.com to learn more about her and download a free sample of her book, “Career Clarity – Finally Find the Work That Fits Your Values and Lifestyle.” And you can listen to her podcast, “The Career Clarity Show,” on all major podcast platforms.    Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Lisa’s background and experience (3:05)·      Why giving yourself permission is necessary for career clarity (7:05)·      Dealing with gratitude shame and job survival guilt during the pandemic (9:33)·      Being unhappy vs being in a career rut (12:05)·      Examining your strengths and gifts (14:19)·      Understanding your "Magnetic interests" (19:00)·      Assessing how your personality fits in an organization (24:15)·      Exploring the life and career you want to have (31:03)·      The four people you need to talk to about your career path (36:40) List of Resources:·      Visit Lisa’s website at https://getcareerclarity.com to learn more about her and download a free sample of her book·      Get Lisa’s Book – Career Clarity on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Career-Clarity-Finally-Values-Lifestyle ebook/dp/B08KR7SB8C/refSupport the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailIf you don’t have a plan for your career, you are making a big mistake. And if you don’t have that plan or uncertain as to whatever is next, you are in the right place listening to this podcast. I coach people on creating their Mid-Career GPS because it gives them clarity and direction to where their career is going, and there are four key steps you must take to make that plan.  There are many moving parts and logistics in your career, and you are probably worrying about all of the things you should be doing. You don’t have to do all of this yourself, and truthfully, you need to get super clear about one thing to make this process easier and less overwhelming.  Listen to this episode to learn what you need to do to prepare, position, and promote who you are and what you do while showing up to make the impact you want. If you implement these four steps, I guarantee you will have a more straightforward plan and direction to help you reach whatever career destination you have in your GPS.   Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Assessing your career situation (4:25)·      What I learned from the first time I got fired (10:30)·      How your resume and LinkedIn must position you strategically in the marketplace (13:10)·      Promoting who you are and what you do (14:57)·      Why SHOWing UP is the key to your success (17:14)·      Gaining momentum with each promotion or advancement (20:04)  List of Resources:·      Episode 12: How to Communicate Your Value·      SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      If you’d like to get weekly information about leadership and career topics, sign up for my email newsletter here.·      Get notified when new podcast episodes drop. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you listen. And don’t forget to rate and review to let me know what you are enjoying or learning. ·      Let’s stay connected by following me on social. LinkedIn @johnneral, Instagram @johnneralcoaching, Facebook @johnneralcoaching, Twitter @john_neral.Support the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailWe all go through the Performance Appraisal process but depending on where you work and how your organization views its importance, it may determine how much quality feedback you receive. Feedback is vital to ensuring your career success as you build Your Mid-Career GPS. But sometimes, depending on where you work and who your boss is, your annual review may not be all you hope it to be.  If you are someone who craves feedback or has been disappointed in how your last performance appraisal went, listen to this episode to help you navigate your next review.  In this episode, you’ll learn why performance appraisals are in place, how they have evolved over the years, and what you can do to get the most out of your annual review meeting. Plus, I’ll share with you some tips to keep you on your path when you don’t get the promotion and how to make the most of your next year leading up to your next annual review.   Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Why Performance Appraisals Exist (3:10)·      Performance Appraisals Provide You with Feedback & Build Relationships (5:59)·      Being Aware of Your Company’s Culture and Attitudes Toward Performance Appraisal (9:12)·      Why I Always Valued Delivering Performance Appraisals to My Direct Reports (12:23)·      Tips to Help You Get What You Need from Your Performance Appraisal (14:27)  List of Resources:·      The Performance Management Revolution by Peter Cappelli and Anna Tavis (Harvard Business Review) - https://hbr.org/2016/10/the-performance-management-revolution·      6 Tips for Writing an Effective Performance Review by Sean Peak - https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5760-write-good-performance-review.html·      Blog – What to Do When You Don’t Get the Promotion - https://johnneral.com/what-to-do-when-you-dont-get-the-promotion/·      John’s Book - SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      If you’d like to get weekly information about leadership and career topics, sign up for my emSupport the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailHave you ever questioned how well your skills will transfer to a new position? No matter what work you are doing, you have technical and soft skills to transfer into a new role and add incredible value to a new organization or your business.  Felicia Shanken had an excellent medical career before venturing into her entrepreneurial journey at mid-career. Her authenticity, ability to build relationships and problem-solve has served her well in your business and her life.  I get on the mic with Felicia to talk about how she builds a meaningful and valuable network of colleagues and connections and how she’s learned to get out of her comfort zone to follow her passion and live a life that is unapologetically hers.  Please connect with Felicia. Website - https://feliciashanken360.comPhiladelphia Women’s Networking Connection - https://www.philadelphiawomensnetworkingconnection.org,Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/phillywnc/?modal=admin_todo_tourInstagram - @phillywncLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillywnc/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFYhUdpogbPOANykxUx81CA?view_as=subscriber Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Felicia shares her work experience and career progression (3:25)·      Learning how your skills are transferable to a new organization (7:10)·      Creating the Philadelphia Women’s Networking Connection (10:01)·      Being a good networking connection for someone (13:00)·      Protecting and promoting your brand (20:40)·      Is your dream bigger than your fear? (24:40)·      Felicia’s advice for helping someone build their Mid-Career GPS (29:40)  List of Resources:·      Get John’s Book - SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      If you’d like to get weekly information about leadership and career topics, sign up for my email newsletter at httpsSupport the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.  

Send us Fan MailI’m going to need you to brag for a bit. And yes, this isn’t going to be an easy exercise, but you will want to listen to this episode to help you get very clear on your professional value and how best to communicate it.  You’re having two conversations. One is focused on what you do. The other is focused on who you are as a professional. There are a lot of people who can do what you do. They have the technical skills and experience, but only you can bring your Unique Professional Value to that position, which will create the value add and the results you and your company desire.  In this episode, I’m talking to you about why your professional value matters and why you must gather data points that demonstrate and exemplify your work quality. Stay until the end because I will walk you through an exercise I do with my clients to create their Unique Professional Value Statements.  Key Topics & Time Stamps: ·      Why your professional value matters (3:28)·      Communicating your value during an interview (7:12)·      Gather your data points about your value (10:09)·      An entrepreneurial lesson on value (13:16)·      Creating your Unique Professional Value Statement (16:25) List of Resources:·      SHOW UP - Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career Calls to Action: ·      If you’d like to get weekly information about leadership and career topics, sign up for my email newsletter here.·      Get notified when new podcast episodes drop. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here or wherever you listen. And don’t forget to rate and review to let me know what you are enjoying or learning. ·      Let’s stay connected by following me on social. LinkedIn @johnneral, Instagram @johnneralcoaching, Facebook @johnneralcoaching, Twitter @john_neral.·      Visit https://johnneral.com for more information.   Support the showIf this episode resonated with you and you want more support in how you SHOW UP for your career and life, I want to invite you to join the SHOW UP Leadership Lab. This is my group membership program where you'll get the clarity and support you need to SHOW UP more impactfully and effectively in your life and career. Visit https://johnneral.com/showup to join. Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts here.Connect with John on LinkedIn here.Get John's New Mid-Career Journal on Amazon here.  Follow John on Instagram @johnneralcoaching. Subscribe to John's YouTube Channel here.