EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Chan With A Plan, host Max Chan speaks with Mary Guirovich, an Award-winning holistic career coach and author. In this conversation she discusses how she followed traditional career advice that only left her with more self-doubt, frustration and work with no end in sight. Trying to figure out how to push through this career wall, she developed her now signature My Promotion Plan system that has helped her scale her career into the C-suite and was named partner, giving her the income, impact and joy that she always dreamed of.
QUOTES
- “The traditional career advice really just helps us to work hard, and wait to be noticed. That means we get on strategic projects, we try to find mentors and the problem is, it's just not created equal for everybody. And that advice has been passed down because it's worked for people. But the problem is, it only works for a certain category of people really, really well, which is not the majority of the population” - Mary Guirovich
- “[When it comes to asking for that promotion] you go to them with value, and it changes everything. But you have to know your value. And you have to be willing to own your accomplishments.” - Mary Guirovich
- “Most people that put themselves out there for advancement, they are not 100% ready, there are many things they don't know. But you will figure it out as you go. So I just want to encourage you to really dream. Allow yourself to think and dream big, and then take those actions.” - Mary Guirovich
TIMESTAMPS
- [1:15] Meet Mary
- [2:22] Why the standard promotion advice doesn’t work for a majority of people
- [6:19] Overview of crafting your promotional plan to get that guaranteed promotion at your work
- [12:05] Identifying problems in the company that you can help solve
- [13:28] Balancing doing your assigned work with proactive work that will help get you noticed for a promotion
- [16:24] The importance of working yourself out of your current job in order to get promoted
- [18:02] The best time to present your promotion plan to your manager and how to do it
- [32:23] The importance of asking for that promotion
- [33:27] Getting buy in from other teams to put your ideas into motion
- [35:59] Why it’s never too late to craft a promotion plan even if you’ve been in the same role for many years
- [35:59] Mary’s turning point in regards to no longer listening to traditional promotional career advice and creating her own solution to push past that career wall
- [40:06] One piece of advice Mary wants you to take away from this episode if you currently feel stuck in your career
- [40:56] Contacting Mary
- [41:48] Outro
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