Host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli is sharing her best strategies to help those that find themselves stuck in a career rut. Rediscover your self-worth before you strategically go after what you desire!
Episode Highlights:
- It's incredibly common for those who feel stuck to feel unworthy of what they actually want
- The world is constantly telling all of us to suck it up and move forward, but these pain points must be addressed
- Women have a tendency to put other people's needs before their own, something that Sheila fell victim to
- Dedicate a lot of energy and effort towards self-advocacy so that you know you're own worth
- Understand your market worth and how much your expertise is worth to your employer
- It is sometimes difficult to be your own advocate because no one wants to seem selfish or needy
- Think about the times that you have advocated for others in their own lives
- Women fare better when advocating for other people according to research
- Identify your pain points and then make the decision that you will not tolerate them anymore
- Human beings are terrified of losing something that they already have to the point that they don't seek something better
- Get specific about what needs to change in your life and career
- Boredom is a sign that something needs to change and acts as a beacon towards what needs to change
- Define where your line in the sand is by writing out your needs and wants
- Treat potential change like a science experiment with hypotheses and implementation
- Try your best to understand what's important to the person or people that you are approaching about potential changes
- Be considerate of the time of the day or month or year and what that time is like for the other person
- Keep your approach positive and lead with your why that benefits not only you but benefits everyone
- Make an effort to be clear about what it is that you want and avoid any vague requests
- Don't limit yourself to just one option, so be prepared to present other choices if your best-case is denied
3 Key Points:
- It's important to focus on why you are worthy of getting unstuck so that when it's time to make a move, you truly believe in yourself.
- Take the time to write out your paint points, your wants, and your needs so you can identify your line in the sand.
- Building relationships in a healthy and honest manner helps those seeking change to be strategic in who and how they are asking.
Tweetable Quotes:
- "To begin advocating for what you want out of your work, you have to believe you deserve it." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
- "Replacing an employee costs about 33% of that employee's annual salary." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
- "Bring that same effort and that same energy to our own self-advocacy as we would advocating on someone else's behalf." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
- "People are more likely to take action on aspirational behaviors at the start of a new time period." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
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